Director of Curriculum & Instruction, 5-8 (All Content Areas)

VISTA COLLEGE PREPARATORY INC • Phoenix, AZ

12d • $80,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Curriculum & Instruction, 5-8 is a critical instructional leader responsible for ensuring every teacher has access to, and training in, the use of high quality instructional materials and assessment systems across all content areas for grades 5-8 at Vista College Prep. This role reports to the Director of Schools.

Requirements

• Mastery of and enthusiasm for academic subjects and instructional coaching
• Track record of producing dramatic, demonstrable student achievement gains
• Ability to approach situations with optimism and perseverance
• Strong emotional intelligence skills with a track record of building high-trust, collaborative relationships with teachers and leaders across multiple campuses
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and extremely careful attention to detail and follow-through
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree
• Valid IVP fingerprint clearance card

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of 5 years leading or coaching leaders in urban public school setting preferred, but not required
• Experience as a Dean, AP, or equivalent leadership role and/or at a high-performing charter school highly preferred but not required
• Spanish proficiency or fluency preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

• Oversee 5-8 Curriculum
• Lead the development and refinement of network-wide curriculum and instructional resources across content areas, including: Ensuring that every grade and subject have high quality instructional materials Creation of supplemental instructional resources to support implementation and meeting students where they are Ongoing maintenance of curriculum scope and sequence, instructional resources, and pedagogical tools Research, propose and implement programmatic adjustments to core curricula and interventions Collaborate with intervention teachers and Special Education teams to close achievement gaps and ensure access to grade-level instruction.
• Manage 5-8 Assessments Design, revise, or refine assessments to ensure that every grade and subject has a series of assessments that are valid, reliable, error free, and predictive of AASA performance Ongoing maintenance of assessment systems in Illuminate and any other testing platforms Ensuring assessment guidance is accurate and aligned to relevant expectations Leverage data systems and instructional walkthroughs to strengthen and refine network wide instruction and pedagogy Monitor student performance data across content areas to identify trends and adjust curricular resources, materials, or instructional vision. Contribute to network-wide instructional strategy through data analysis and sharing of effective practices and bright spots. Lead instructional walkthroughs to align on where instructional implementation does and does not meet the bar, and make recommendations for adjustments to school leaders and/or director of schools.
• Lead exemplary Professional Development Lead 5-8 professional development sessions across the network aligned to instructional priorities as needed. Partner with campus leadership to provide targeted professional development focused on instructional rigor, effective pedagogy, and elementary learner needs. Support leadership teams and teachers in delivering rigorous, standards-aligned instruction across subjects that builds conceptual understanding and academic readiness through walkthroughs, targeted PDs, or resource creation.

Benefits

• Competitive base salaries reflective of our local market plus candidate experience and education level
• Robust healthcare plans for full-time staff, with health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance plans at little to no cost in monthly premiums and $0 copays, plus confidential, 24/7, no-cost mental health resources and a healthcare concierge service to support your overall experience using your plans
• Retirement benefits through a 401k with John Hancock and up to a 3% employer match
• 12 days of PTO, parental leave, 25 paid holidays and school vacations, and Wellness Fridays built in strategically to support the sustainability of our work
• All the tools needed to succeed, including all curricular materials, quality professional development, classroom supplies, laptop computers for staff and 1:1 devices for students
• Opportunities for leadership, growth, and advancement on our team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director