Early Literacy Instructional Lead

About KIPP Texas Public Schools KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K - 12 schools across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high-quality, well-rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way! As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas—founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018—we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission-driven community that wants every child to "run to school," the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you! KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni. The Early Literacy Lead is an exciting opportunity for an individual with deep content knowledge of literacy at the primary school level (PreK through 2nd Grade) and passion for curriculum and instruction. The Early Literacy Lead will play a critical role at the state-level in one of KIPP’s most progressive reform efforts in order to drive improved student results, including growth and achievement, college and career readiness, and closing the achievement gap. The Early Literacy Lead is responsible for leading the strategy and implementation of state literacy priorities, including building teacher and API content knowledge in foundational literacy through leading Reading Academies learning in order to improve and accelerate student achievement across PreK-2 classrooms.  This role can require travel to all four KIPP Texas regions (Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston & San Antonio), and about 75% of time will be spent in schools and classrooms. Implementing the KIPP Texas Early Literacy Strategy | Execute KTX multi-year PreK-3rd grade early literacy initiatives through strategic, region-specific support across the state including but not limited to the Texas Reading Academies. Reading Academies Cohort Lead | Lead Reading Academies Module learning and facilitate coaching cycle with learning in alignment with School Leader development of Literacy Instruction and Achievement..   Coaching | Coach and support PreK instructional leaders, Reading Academies participants, including but not limited to Assistant Principals of Instruction (APIs) and teachers to grow and achieve goals literacy as aligned to our statewide implementation plan. Data Analysis | Analyze data at student-level, teacher-level, school-level and regional-level to identify strengths, opportunities for growth aligned to the Science of Teaching Reading, and curricular and implementation implications ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:  Manage success of Reading Academies implementation for assigned cohorts Lead implementation of state literacy priorities, including but not limited to reading growth assessment/s, foundational literacy across the state for grades PreK-3. Develop, manage, and lead literacy pilots across the state to innovate and try new programs, structures, and strategies; gather implementation data and artifacts on a weekly basis to make statewide programmatic recommendations for future years. Serve as a model of the three instructional coaching power moves – intellectual preparation, instructional coaching, and data-driven instruction.  Coach regional Early Literacy leads, APs, SLs, and regional academics teams members across the state in the power moves when coaching in schools. Conduct Texas statewide and region-specific data analysis to guide regions around intentional data driven response in instruction. Work with the Director of Foundational Literacy and Instructional Excellence team to maintain strong curriculum and implementation feedback cycles, vertical alignment and streamlined literacy support across all grades. Support KTX regions in developing their literacy-specific professional learning scope & sequence and professional learning plans. Plan and lead virtual and in-person literacy professional development for Reading Academies participants K-3 including lesson internalization, module internalization, and responding to data. QUALIFICATIONS: *Texas Reading Academies Cohort Leader screener required to complete the responsibilities of this role.  Proof of passing the Texas Reading Academies Cohort Leader screener will be required prior to starting employment. For more information about completing the Reading Academies Cohort Leader Screener click here . COMPETENCY AND SKILLS: Content and Pedagogical Expertise Strong knowledge and believe in the college-ready bar for students in literacy; exceptionally high standards for rigor and the belief that all students can achieve at high levels Expert in literacy in the early primary grades (Pre-K through 3rd Grade) with a strong knowledge of the full literacy continuum (Pre-K through 12th Grade) Strong knowledge of the components of balanced literacy, with a particular focus on Foundational Literacy (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension) Strong background and familiarity with literacy assessments, with a particular focus on reading growth assessments Master teacher in literacy with strong skill in internalizing curriculum and modeling lessons Strong coach of teachers with expertise in observation and feedback (Preferred) Strong coach of leaders with the ability to model strong coaching and school leader