Director: Prek-12 STEM

Salary: $93,994.76 - $119,988.24 Annual

BASIC FUNCTION: Under direction of assigned supervisor, the primary responsibility of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Director is to:

● Direct the development of a cohesive District STEM vision and curriculum strategy that guides the K-12 implementation of STEM interdisciplinary and applied approaches to learning;
● Direct the collaboration and integration of the central Science and Math content teams to support the development and implementation of the District’s core academic program, i.e., curriculum, instruction, and assessment, in alignment with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), English Language Development Standards (ELD), and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) standards;
● Direct the central Science and Math content teams, in collaboration with other OUSD central leaders (notably Linked Learning), through design and re-organization work that integrates the current, separate work streams of these teams to support the STEM vision and strategy;
● Collaborate with other central leaders to lead and curate professional learning systems that build educators’ capacity to:
o ensure diverse learners meet the demands of adopted standards (CCSS, NGSS, ELD, SEL) and effective classroom implementation of the instructional core in Science, Mathematics, and integrated STEM contents;
o implement effective intervention/acceleration strategies that improve the academic outcomes of struggling students; and
o gather student performance and adult practice evidence and monitor the site’s Tier 1 instruction and implementation of a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS).
● Collaborate with other central leaders to guide and support school principals and school Instructional Leadership Teams to implement quality site professional learning plans, through the four professional learning levers: 1. personalized learning, 2. teacher observation & feedback, 3. teacher team (Professional Learning Community [PLC]) collaboration, and 4. classroom-based coaching & mentoring;
● Support Network Superintendents and network leadership to plan and implement a quality network professional learning plan, through the four professional learning levers.