Job Description
About Education For Change Education for Change Public Schools (EFCPS) believes it is the right of every child to have access to a high-quality, 21st century education. Our vision is that EFCPS students challenge the predictable patterns of performance and access to opportunity in this country by demonstrating the essential academic competencies, personal agency, and integrated identity necessary to be prepared for a meaningful and productive life. EFCPS is a charter management organization that serves more than 2,500 children in a diverse portfolio of TK-12 schools in the Fruitvale and Elmhurst neighborhoods of Oakland. EFCPS Core Values Connected We continually work to build trusting relationships among students, families, staff, and the Oakland community at large. We are an all-hands-on-deck network driven by empathy. We value our collective identity and the individual identities of our community members and scholars such that we have a sense of collective ownership and responsibility for each other and for our scholars. Inclusive We proactively disrupt predictable patterns of opportunity, power, privilege, and performance. We create an inclusive environment where multiple perspectives are not only valued but sought, where people from all backgrounds feel seen and heard and can thrive, and where we all feel a deep sense of accountability to our mission. Interdependent Our success at every level is dependent on our individual and collective sustainability. To that end, we are transparent, creative, and collaborative problem-solvers who seek to build trusting relationships. We are curious and are open to new ideas while also putting systems in place to ensure continuity so that our employees can stay, grow, thrive, and help make good on our promise to our students and families. Learners We support each other to develop and grow so that we can leverage our collective power, intelligence, and passion on behalf of our students. We lean on home-grown leaders who are rooted in our community. Individuals feel known and are provided opportunities to maximize their potential in alignment with their passions and goals. Additional information about Education for Change Public Schools can be found at www.efcps.org . About The Role Education for Change Public Schools is looking for an equity-centered instructional leader who will engage students, staff, and families to ensure strong student outcomes and joyful, inclusive educational experiences. The Director of Early Literacy TK-2 communicates and actualizes the mission and vision of Education for Change Public Schools, maintains the focus on high achievement for all students, creates a collaborative, results-oriented professional learning community, analyzes and responds to data, supports site leaders and teams in their growth, and evaluates and responds to the effectiveness of instructional practices and interventions. They engage community partners and families in serving the whole child and ensuring ALL children achieve at high levels and are prepared to succeed in any setting. They will know how to successfully manage an urban elementary school with a high English Learner and low-income population. The Director of Early Literacy TK-2 has strong content knowledge, as well as administrative leadership and project management skills. They should have in-depth knowledge in the Science of Reading, as well as common core ELA and ELD standards and shifts. The Director of Early Literacy TK-2 will lead the implementation of the Early Literacy vision of excellence across our TK-5 and TK-8 schools. The Director also leads and develops site-based coaches to ensure that school teams implement culturally relevant, rigorous, standards-aligned, research-based, coherent instruction in Early Literacy and that all teachers receive the necessary support and development to effectively support ALL students to meet their full academic potential. More details can be found at https://www.efcps.org/ . What You'll Do Instructional Leadership: Lead the org-wide approach to Early literacy grounded in the Science of Reading, early childhood development and research-based instructional best practice. Develop, refine and evaluate student assessments in ELA K-2 Design and implement data cycles to drive teacher planning, differentiated instruction, and programmatic assessment Monitor and lead the response to network-wide student performance data and effectiveness of instructional practices and interventions in ELA K-2