Managing Director, Math Instructional Excellence

Job Description

As the Managing Director of Instructional Excellence, you will play a pivotal role in driving transformative change and academic growth within KIPP Texas schools. Leading a team of up to eight directors, you will ensure that our statewide academic strategy is implemented every day in KIPP Texas classrooms. Working with your directors, you will develop plans for implementing rigorous curricular products and monitor research-based instructional strategies across multiple campuses state-wide. Your expertise in instructional coaching will support your directors in their coaching of academic content and allow you to drive exceptional student outcomes through your directors’ coaching. Reporting to the Deputy Chief of Instructional Excellence, you will play a pivotal role in supporting KIPP Texas classrooms, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence in teaching and learning.

You know you are successful if all members of your team support their portfolio schools to attain their KIPP Texas STAAR targets each year, leading to: 

Significant student growth and achievement across all student sub-populations  

100% of schools in your portfolio achieve an A or B rating

100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Reading STAAR

100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Math STAAR

Key Responsibilities

Focus on Transformation: You demonstrate a deep desire and record of results in supporting schools with significant instructional transformation. You understand the research underpinning transforming school communities and can translate that research into action. You hold high expectations for yourself, your team, and the leaders and teachers at transformation campuses.

Strategic Visioning: You can translate the statewide academic strategy for curriculum implementation into action by coaching a team of content experts as they coach in classrooms. You hold our vision for excellent instruction at the forefront of your decisions. 

Effective Team Leader: You lead and develop a high-performing team of instructional coaches to drive transformational educational outcomes through side-by-side coaching and progress monitoring. Effectively support your directors in leading instructional improvement efforts by planning and facilitating professional learning communities (PLCs), observing classroom instruction, and providing actionable feedback to teachers and school leaders.

Instructional Expert: You have demonstrated instructional expertise and an understanding of curricular frameworks, pedagogy, and instructional materials in math and literacy. You have experience effectively implementing KIPP Texas’s chosen curricular products.

Lead a high-performing team that delivers transformational outcomes for students

Manage, lead, and develop a high-performing team of 6 - 8 director-level instructional coaches who are driving transformational student achievement in KIPP schools across Texas

Drive results across the Instructional Excellence team, including progress tracking, monitoring, and reporting. Hold the team accountable for short- and long-term outcomes

Exhibit outstanding critical thinking skills, including the ability to analyze data, identify trends, pinpoint root causes, ask probing questions, and develop innovative solutions

Exhibit a strong focus on goals, accountability, and results; set clear metrics for success

Lead effectively even in times of ambiguity and adapt and respond to unexpected challenges

Coach others to implement our academic strategy

Possess a deep understanding of curricular frameworks, pedagogy, and high-quality instructional materials; experience implementing high-quality instructional materials for a wide variety of grade levels and subjects

Demonstrate strong knowledge of research-based instructional strategies and the ability to lead others to implement these strategies consistently across classrooms and school sites

Lead and manage instructional coaches in their implementation of the statewide academic strategy by building the team’s day-to-day workflow and coaching teammates to execute that strategy

Engage in continuous data analysis and action planning

Support instructional coaches in progress monitoring actions that drive improvement in the areas of data-driven culture, curriculum implementation, and high-quality instruction that lead to teacher impact

Craft and support the execution of school, regional, and organization-wide improvement plans in response to curriculum implementation data

Engage in side-by-side coaching with instructional coaches as they coach leaders and teachers on effective daily data practices, such as strategic monitoring, daily data dives, exit ticket trackers, etc.

Analyze school-specific data to identify trends and support the development of response plans

Confidently speaking to formative student outcome data across campuses to support leaders in ongoing coaching and response plans