Director of Secondary Multilingual Programs - Houston, United States - KIPP Texas Public Schools

KIPP Texas Public Schools

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Houston, United States

1 week ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft.

Worth, Houston, and San Antonio.

Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose —college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering.

We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed.

Join our Team and Family and
champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income communities.

Job Description ROLE OVERVIEW**:

As the Senior Director of Secondary Multilingual Program, you will play a pivotal role in developing comprehensive multilingual education initiatives within secondary education settings that transform the academic outcomes for emergent bilingual KIPPsters and our newcomer/SIFE students.

Leading a team of up to five regional directors, you will ensure that our statewide multilingual strategy is implemented every day in KIPP Texas classrooms.

Working with your directors, you will develop plans for implementing and monitoring research-based multilingual instructional strategies across multiple campuses state-wide.

Your expertise in multilingual pedagogy and instructional coaching will support your directors in their coaching of content-based language instruction to drive exceptional student outcomes.

Your collaboration with stakeholders will positively impact the expansion and sustainability of multilingual education initiatives.

Reporting to the Managing Director of Multilingual Education, you will play a pivotal role in supporting KIPP Texas classrooms, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment for students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

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

Significant emergent bilingual student growth and achievement
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve an A or B rating
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve the Domain III TELPAS growth measure.
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Reading STAAR, with mínimal gaps between EBs and nonEBs.
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Math STAAR, with mínimal gaps between EBs and nonEBs.

Key Responsibilities
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_ Strategic Visioning_:You lead and develop a vision for transformational secondary multilingual programs, including newcomer/SIFE support systems. You can translate multilingual program frameworks to support language acquisition and cultural awareness by coaching a team of multilingual experts as they coach campus leaders.
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Effective Team Leader:

_ **You lead and develop a high-performing team to drive transformational achievement and linguistic outcomes through side-by-side coaching and progress monitoring.

Effectively support your directors in leading effective professional learning opportunities, observing classroom instruction, and providing actionable feedback to deans of multilingual and school leaders.

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Instructional Expert:
_ **You have demonstrated expertise in newcomer and content based language programs and instruction.

You have experience effectively implementing KIPP Texas's chosen curricular products and how to tailor them to support language acquisition and cultural awareness.

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Stakeholder Engagement:
_ **Collaborate with school administrators, teachers, and families to ensure the effective implementation of multilingual programs. Establish partnerships with community organizations, language experts, and cultural institutions to enrich program offerings and resources.

Skills

Lead a high-performing team that delivers outcomes for emergent bilingual students

Manage, lead, and develop a highperforming team of 4 directorlevel contentbased language instruction coaches who are driving student achievement and language acquisition in KIPP schools across Texas
Drive results, including progress tracking, monitoring, and reporting. Hold the team accountable for short

- and long-term outcomes