Company Description

KIPP NC is a network of eight high-performing, college-preparatory public charter schools providing an academically rigorous and joyous school experience to more than 3,500 students in grades K-12 in Charlotte, Durham, Gaston, and Halifax. KIPP NC supports several thousand alumni on their journey to and through high school, college, and career.
KIPP NC is building on a rich tradition of academic excellence and relentless fight for social justice present from the founding of both KIPP ENC and KIPP Charlotte. KIPP ENC is the second oldest KIPP region in the nation. In its 20 years of operation, KIPP ENC has been a cornerstone for students and families in rural Gaston and Halifax, operating two primary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. Over the past five years, it grew to serve even more students by opening up a middle school in Durham, an urban center in the center part of the state. KIPP Charlotte, which grew out of the strong traditions and academics of KIPP ENC, has supported students and families for the past 13 years, operating one primary school and one middle school in the largest city in North Carolina.
KIPP North Carolina is building upon the successes and experiences of KIPP ENC and KIPP Charlotte to provide inclusive school environments and an educational program that will enable our students to lead full lives and equip graduates to be future leaders and agents of change in North Carolina and beyond. KIPP NC is engaging in direct, anti-racist work, and contributes meaningfully to the dismantling of structures of inequality within our organization, schools, and classrooms. We're committed to expanding our efforts to embed anti-racism in all of our activities and engagements within our classrooms and schools, across our organization, and throughout the State of North Carolina. All of this will be in a tireless effort to create classrooms that are homeplaces for our students, places where they feel safe, loved, validated, seen, and heard, places where all their beautiful identities will be affirmed and celebrated, and places where they will learn the academic knowledge and skills needed for college, career, and beyond.

Job Description

The Opportunity
\nThe Assistant Director of High School Curriculum & Instruction role is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has deep high school content knowledge, has a passion for curriculum selection, implementation and academic achievement, leverages content-based coaching strategies and techniques to build the capacity of instructional leaders and teachers, is committed to advancing social justice and culturally relevant pedagogy, and is eager to influence the future of Pride High's curriculum, implementation and academic achievement.
The Assistant Director of High School Curriculum & Instruction will play a critical role both in the school and at the regional level in an effort to drive improved student results, including growth and achievement, college and career readiness, closing the achievement gap through professional development, professional learning communities and curriculum implementation strategies, alongside the KIPP NC Regional Teaching and Learning Team.
While a Gaston- and school-based position, the Assistant Director of High School Academics will report directly to the Managing Director of Academics.
General Role Description
\nThis role focuses on all aspects of high school academics, and will be instrumental in supporting our high school to develop, implement, and monitor curriculum to ensure student growth and achievement across grade levels and content areas. This includes:
• Curriculum Design | Using adopted high school curricula, designs strong systems for teachers and instructional leaders to facilitate implementation and internalization of curriculum.
• Curriculum Adoption & Selection | Leads transparent and equitable project management for selecting curriculum tools and resources necessary for teaching and learning experiences across multiple contents and grade levels.
• Curriculum Vetting | Executes an equitable and research-based vetting process to ensure that curriculum is aligned to grade-level standards and expectations, error-free and publish ready.
• Curriculum Implementation | Designs and executes content-based curriculum implementation, professional learning community and professional development experiences for high school teachers and instructional leaders in an effort to facilitate strong implementation and internalization of curriculum.
• Assessments | Creates high quality, aligned, standards based formative, end of cycle and interim assessments to support mastery of content objectives and seeks feedback from key stakeholders along the way. Support the school team in implementing internal and standardized assessments (for example, ACT, EOCs, AP) with excellence.
• Data Analysis | Designs and implements systems to frequently and consistently progress monitor and analyze a variety of qualitative and quantitative data at the school and regional level to identify strengths and gaps in the curriculum itself and/or its implementation while also strategically providing revisions and course corrections to the curriculum implementation pathway.
• Professional Development | Plan and facilitate in-person and virtual professional development on instructional coaching, curriculum, instruction and assessment analysis to ensure all stakeholders are on a path to implement curriculum with fidelity and achieve academic goals.
• Instructional Coaching | Coach and support instructional leaders and teachers to set, make progress towards, and achieve academic and curriculum implementation goals.
Key Responsibilities
\nThe Assistant Director of High School Curriculum & Instruction responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
• Develop and/or adapt high school curriculum based on feedback from stakeholders, including course overviews, pacing calendars, unit plans, lesson plans, student-facing documents and assessments aligned to the KIPP NC vision.
• Ensure all curriculum and assessments are top-quality and aligned to a college-ready bar and NC state standards before students engage with them.
• Conduct ongoing progress monitoring and data analysis to support coaches and teachers with focused, data-driven responses to instruction.
• Support the school team with the planning and execution of assessments, including internal KIPP NC assessments and standardized testing (ACT, EOCs, AP).
• Plan and lead professional development for instructional leaders and teachers, including unit and lesson internalization, instructional best practices, and responding to data.
• Coach, build relationships, and support principal, assistant principals, deans of curriculum & instruction, and teachers to ensure strong implementation of and solicit feedback on the curriculum.
• Collaborate with the KIPP NC Teaching and Learning Team to ensure curriculum and supporting materials are accessible for ALL students, including exceptional children and multilingual learners.
• Stay up-to-date on best practices in high school instruction and model best practices for
\ninstructional coaches and teachers.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Managing Director of Academics

Qualifications

Qualifications
\nKIPP NC's Associate Director of High School Curriculum & Instruction candidates will have the following:
• A deep commitment to the mission of KIPP NC and an unwavering belief in the potential of all our students
• An unwavering commitment to anti-racism, equity, and inclusion
• A strong desire to collaborate with school leaders and Regional Support Team teammates in service of supporting and growing a strong HS academic program.
• Strong understanding of the college-ready bar for students in high school, especially high standards for students' potential, and unyielding belief that ALL students can achieve at high levels
• Strong understanding of and prior experience with curriculum development, including but not limited to alignment between objectives, learning experiences and assessment; principles of backwards planning; and essential questions to drive inquiry
• Experience coaching teachers and leaders to improve instruction through observation & feedback; can identify action steps based on observations to improve instruction efficiently and effectively
• 2+ years of experience as an assistant principal, instructional coach, or principal, required
• 3+ years of classroom teaching experience at the High School level, preferred
• An understanding of the specific, unique characteristics of public charter schools, NC-specific knowledge a plus
• Experience managing data systems
\n• An entrepreneurial spirit and demonstrated success in building a program, department, or organization
• The flexibility needed to accommodate the breadth and depth of responsibilities and priorities
• Outstanding written, speaking, project management and organizational skills including excellence in backwards planning long-term goals, accountability, and progress monitoring systems
• Ability to interact, professionally, with a broad range of stakeholders with different interests and needs
• Possess a deep commitment to both racial equity and improving the lives of children from low-income communities; experience working within predominantly black, brown, and/or low-income communities
• Understanding and willingness to work in a rural community, including exhibiting resourcefulness and willingness to be in person multiple days per week.
○ Note: for this role, must be on campus/in person at KIPP Pride High School minimum 3 days per week.
• Must live in North Carolina; Halifax - Gaston, ideal, given the location of the assigned school for this position, but not required.

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits
\nSalary is based on years of experience, degree of education, and level of expertise. A competitive benefits package is offered.
Non-Discrimination Statement and Policy
\nKIPP North Carolina does not and shall not discriminate on the race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, disability, source of income, or status as a veteran in any of its activities or operations.