Academics Manager, 5-8 Literacy and ML

5-8 Literacy Academics Manager

The 5-8 Literacy Academics Manager, reporting to the Associate Director of Academics, provides curricular and instructional leadership in the development, implementation, coordination, assessment, and analysis of the 5-8 literacy program to improve student achievement and meet student, school, and regional goals. The Academics Manager, 5-8 Literacy's role is to create and execute a strategy to support our middle school students' achievement in literacy development and in English Language Arts and influence teachers and leaders within our region to operate high achieving schools that support and serve all of our students. In particular, the 5-8 Literacy Academics Manager will be responsible for providing direct coaching support to leaders and teachers, while also working to enhance our regional, balanced approach to common core rigorous literacy instruction, ensuring that our schools provide the best-in-class literacy programs for all students. As an Academics team, we set the academic direction, support School Leaders, partner with School Leader Managers, develop Assistant Principals and Content Specialists at our schools, and create and maintain academic systems which enable our schools. This position requires frequent travel between our schools throughout the Bay Area and Stockton.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience :

• 2+ years coaching and supporting teachers at a 5-8 school with leadership experience as a grade level / department chair, Dean of Curriculum and Instruction, Assistant Principal or other equivalent position.
• 2+ years experience as an Assistant Principal, Principal, Instructional Coach, or District Leader
• 4+ years of or ELA teaching experience at a middle school with strong results.
• Experience working in a middle school setting.
• Experience with adaptive coaching.
• Previous work with multilingual learners (MLs) students, or students who have learning gaps.

Education :

Knowledge / skills required :

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Content and Curriculum Expertise :

Develop and Execute Structures and Systems to Support our Schools :

Coaching and Professional Development :

Physical, Mental and Environmental Demands :

Physical : Ability to navigate office and school campuses, and hold meetings in different spaces. Traditionally, much of the day involves sitting. Ability to access and utilize technology. Occasional lifting / carrying of equipment 1-20 lbs.

Mental : Stress of deadlines and normal work standards, ability to analyze problems and generate alternatives, work with interruptions, concentrate for long periods of time, read, calculate, perform routine math problems, memorize and recall objects and people.

Environmental : Office environment subject to constant interruptions and distractions. Occasional classroom / school environment and travel (50-60%) to schools in the Bay Area. Adhere to KIPP's health and safety guidelines as outlined by the CDC, CDE, and public health agencies' recommendations.

Classification and Calendar :

This is a full-time, exempt position role based on a full year calendar cycle and time off policy, located in our Regional Support Office with travel to schools and districts.

The KIPP Regional Support Office is currently operating in a hybrid fashion. Managers will work at least 3 days week in person at a