Director of Language and Literacy – MLL

🔥 14 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $120k - $145k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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Rocketship Public Schools

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2006

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

Rocketship Public Schools is a national network of high-performing public elementary schools focused on serving underserved communities. With a commitment to eliminating the achievement gap, Rocketship schools offer a choice for parents seeking excellent education in regions such as California, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington D. C. These schools have been recognized among the Best Elementary Schools in the nation, emphasizing their success through superior test scores. Rocketship employs a transformative approach based on personalized learning, talent development, and parent empowerment, ensuring students progress 5-7 months more each school year. They offer tuition-free education and are dedicated to teacher growth and community impact.

📋 Description

• Advance Rocketship’s literacy and multilingual learner strategy by setting the vision and direction of multilingual learning pedagogy and implementation • Advise academic and school leaders on literacy instruction, multilingual learner supports, and program implementation • Analyze student achievement, language proficiency, coaching, and observation data to identify priorities and inform action plans • Lead professional learning to strengthen literacy instruction and support multilingual learners across regions • Support curriculum adoption and guide rollout of literacy, language, and integrated English language development supports • Coordinate with network achievement team members to align instructional support and resources • Monitor progress toward literacy and multilingual learner goals • Recommend instructional materials and planning resources • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders • Coach and develop team members in content knowledge, pedagogy, and implementation • Lead regular team meetings and monitor progress • Conduct school visits to inform support, planning, and strategy • Contribute to team member feedback, growth, and evaluation processes • Build capacity of regional achievement team members and school-based leads • Train regional leaders, school leaders, and instructional staff • Observe instruction and review curriculum to identify strengths and improvement needs • Provide actionable feedback based on observation, student performance, and language development data • Develop tools and resources supporting curriculum implementation and integrated language development • Help facilitate network-wide professional development • Partner with principals and regional leaders to plan professional learning • Strengthen Rocketship Public Schools’ literacy strategy, multilingual learner supports, instructional support, and program implementation across regions • Report to the Senior Director of Language and Literacy

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required • 3+ years of experience coaching, managing, or developing adults toward strong instructional and student outcomes in a high-performing charter, district, or similar • 2–4 additional years of successful teaching experience, preferably in elementary settings, with a record of strong student achievement • Experience leading curriculum development, implementation, instructional projects, and/or school-based academic initiatives • Experience with Amplify CKLA strongly preferred • Experience designing and delivering professional development to varied audiences • Expertise in literacy curriculum design and development • Strong understanding of English language development and multilingual learner instruction • Strong organizational, project management, and communication skills • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines • Ability to talk, hear, and communicate with adults and children • Ability to use hands or fingers and handle or feel objects, tools, or controls • Ability to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms • Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds • Ability to occasionally climb ladders • Close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus

🏖️ Benefits

• Excellent health and wellness benefits • 403(b) retirement plan • Flexible spending account (FSA) • Generous paid time off • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities