Secondary Curriculum Manager

Position type: Full time, exempt, 12 Month

Reporting & Collaboration​

• Direct Manager: Vice President of Academics

• Direct Reports: N/A

• Key Collaborators: 

• School Leaders

• Assistant School Leaders

• Instructional Coaches

• Teacher Leaders

• Director of Professional Learning

• Director of Special Populations

• Data Team

• Operations Team

Autonomy & Decision Making​

• Leads instructional decision-making within assigned content area and grade span

• Develops regional guidance for curriculum implementation, assessment practices, and instructional priorities such as:

• Secondary curriculum strategy

• Graduation pathway alignment

• Missouri Learning Standards

• AP Course Audit

• College Board expectations

• End-of-Course (EOC) alignment

• ACT readiness

• Dual enrollment alignment

• Vertical coherence 9-12

• Lead curriculum implementation across all core high school content areas, ensuring alignment to Missouri Learning Standards, graduation requirements, AP frameworks, and postsecondary readiness expectations.

• Ensure curriculum, pacing, assessments, and instructional resources prepare students for MAP, End-of-Course Assessments, AP Exams, ACT, and college-level coursework.

• Develop systems that ensure vertical alignment across grades 6-12 while strengthening readiness from middle school into high school.

What will I be doing in my day to day work?

Curriculum Strategy, Alignment, & Implementation

• Develop and maintain curriculum access systems including unit resources, lesson materials, and intellectual prep supports

• Create and revise pacing guidance aligned to standards, instructional priorities, and assessment timelines

• Support schools in executing curriculum with fidelity while maintaining rigor and grade-level alignment

• Develop and maintain schedules of assessed standards aligned to regional assessment blueprints

• Ensure vertical alignment of standards, instructional practices, and assessment expectations across grade levels

• Support leaders and teachers with lesson internalization, unit unpacking, and student work analysis protocols

Assessment & Data-Driven Instruction Systems- Develop and maintain aligned assessment systems, including:

• Progress monitoring systems

• Assessment blueprints

• Design and support network-wide Data Driven Instruction (DDI) cycles aligned to student outcomes and priority standards

• Facilitate collaborative scoring and calibration processes to ensure consistent understanding of rigor and proficiency

• Analyze student performance trends and support schools in identifying high-leverage instructional responses

Develop and oversee assessment systems aligned to:

• Curriculum-based assessments

• Interim assessments

• Missouri Assessment Program

• Missouri End-of-Course Assessments

• AP assessments

• ACT readiness benchmarks

• College and career readiness indicators

Professional Development & Leader Capacity

• Design and facilitate professional learning aligned to regional instructional priorities and content-specific best practices

• Train School Leaders, Assistant School Leaders, instructional coaches, and teachers on curriculum implementation, assessment practices, and instructional strategies

• Support leaders in conducting effective walkthroughs, coaching conversations, and observation feedback cycles

• Build leader and teacher capacity around:

• AP development

• Secondary literacy across content

• Mathematical reasoning

• Scientific inquiry

• Writing across disciplines

• Academic discourse

• Secondary grading practices

• Support the development of school-based systems that reinforce instructional consistency and strong Tier 1 instruction

Walkthroughs, Coaching, & Continuous Improvement

• Conduct walkthroughs that explicitly monitor:

• Standards alignment

• Academic rigor

• Student discourse

• College-ready tasks

• Cognitive demand

• Literacy across content

• Evidence-based writing

• Inquiry

• Lab instruction

• Problem solving

What will I be evaluated on?

• Curriculum & Instructional Coherence

• Schools consistently implement curriculum and instructional priorities with fidelity across classrooms and grade levels

• Teachers demonstrate strong lesson internalization and alignment to standards, pacing, and instructional expectations

• Students consistently engage in grade-level rigorous work aligned to the instructional framework

• Assessment & Data Systems

• Assessment systems are aligned, predictable, and effectively used across campuses

• Leaders and teachers execute strong DDI cycles resulting in targeted instructional adjustments

• Progress monitoring systems lead to timely intervention and measurable student growth

• Leader & Teacher Capacity

• School Leaders and instructional coaches effectively lead coaching cycles, walkthroughs, and instructional PD

• Teachers demonstrate improved instructional practice aligned to the core elements for Tier I instruction

• Cross-campus calibration and instructional consistency improve over time 

• Student Outcomes-Increased student proficiency and growth to include:

• Increased proficiency on Missouri End-of-Course Assessments

• Increased AP participation and qualifying scores

• Increased ACT performance

• Increased college readiness indicators

• Increased graduation rates

• Increased dual credit success

• Increased course pass rates

• Increased college persistence readiness

What skills should I already bring, i.e., what should I already have a track record around?

• Secondary curriculum implementation across multiple content areas

• College- and career-ready instructional practices

• AP and advanced coursework implementation

• Standards-aligned assessment design

• Secondary instructional coaching

• Cross-content literacy

• Data-driven instructional leadership 

• Strong project management and organizational skills

• Ability to coach and develop leaders and teachers

• Strong facilitation and professional development skills

What should I know a lot about already, i.e., what should I have expertise in?

• Secondary curriculum design and implementation

• Missouri Learning Standards and graduation requirements

• College Board AP frameworks

• Secondary assessment systems

• Data Driven Instruction

• Secondary instructional coaching

• Adolescent literacy

• Evidence-based instructional practices

• Secondary mathematics, science, and literacy pedagogy

KIPP uses Indicators of Excellence (IOE) to codify what great looks like in daily work.  For this role, the IOEs include:

• Planning: Progress Monitoring

• Planning: Questioning for Cognitive Lift

• Execution: Diagnosis

• Execution: Response