Secondary Science Manager of Curriculum

• Department:
  Regional Support and Leadership

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.

The Manager of Curriculum role is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has deep content knowledge of Secondary Science, has a passion for curriculum and instruction, leverages content-based coaching strategies and techniques to build the capacity of instructional leaders, is committed to advancing social justice and culturally relevant pedagogy, and is eager to influence the future of secondary school science curriculum and instruction across KIPP Texas and beyond.

The Manager of Curriculum will play a critical role at the state-level in an effort to drive improved student results by ensuring that every student has access to rigorous, excellent, grade-level curriculum that will be implemented in KIPP schools in our Houston, Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio regions.

You know you are successful if:

You are an equity-minded educator who fosters a culture of sustainable change through embedding KIPP Texas’ mission and core values and supporting anti-racism frameworks to deliver KIPP Texas transformation.

You are a science content knowledge expert who has a proven record of results with science at a school-level.

You are a detail-oriented planner who can demonstrate independence, flexibility, and resilience throughout cycles of change.

You are both persistent and adaptive in your approach to solving complex challenges across a variety of shareholders.

The Manager of Curriculum responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Required Education and/or Experience:

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