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Director, Literacy

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United States

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3 days ago

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$150K - $180K / year

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Director, Literacy

Stronger Consulting

Role Description The Director, Literacy will lead high-impact projects and initiatives, applying deep content expertise in literacy while shaping strategy and fostering equitable learning opportunities across K-12 systems. This role requires exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to translate organizational goals into actionable team workplans. Directors will represent SAP externally, cultivating high-stakes partnerships, and internally, guiding cross-functional teams and contributing to SAP’s mission and vision. The Director, Literacy will contribute to SAP by: - Building and executing departmental strategy in collaboration with senior leadership; translate strategy into actionable team workplans and initiatives. - Designing and overseeing initiatives to achieve strategic priorities, ensuring deliverables are on time, within scope, and on budget. - Leading multiple complex projects simultaneously, delegating effectively and fostering shared ownership across internal teams. - Using short- and mid-term planning to solve problems of diverse scope and provide input on and execute organizational decisions. - Providing deep expertise in literacy content, pedagogy, and systems-level leadership to support high-quality instruction and equitable student outcomes. - Staying current with contemporary literacy content and evidence-based instructional practices. - Managing project budgets, grant-funded initiatives, and resources, ensuring accountability, quality, and alignment with goals. - Communicating effectively with diverse audiences (teachers, administrators, policymakers), tailoring messaging to context and elevating key issues appropriately. - Representing SAP externally through thought leadership, speaking engagements, publications, and presentations. One or more of the following responsibilities can also be expected to fall to a director as part of this senior role: - People Management: Managing team members by providing coaching towards individual professional learning goals aligned to organizational and team priorities through consistent high-quality feedback. - Partnership Management: Designing and/or managing end-to-end processes related to cultivating and securing high-stakes partnership relationships with multiple stakeholders in a way that balances user experience with high impact for clients. - Strategy Support & Execution: Leading sub-committee groups to support and execute on specific aspects of the overall strategy where they own goals and tracking progress (e.g. business development, an inquiry area, a service line). - Internal Initiatives: Leading internal structures or processes to support team development where they own planning, implementation, and ongoing refinement (e.g. leading internal content learning, role-specific development). - Program Inquiry: Leading exploration in an inquiry area in collaboration with the product team to support the identification of key questions, activities aligned to those questions and organizational/team goals, outreach, and metrics for success. Qualifications - Deep belief in equitable learning opportunities and the potential for students to access joyful, rigorous, grade-level literacy experiences. - Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in education, curriculum, or related field preferred. - Minimum of 3 years of classroom teaching experience in K-5 or secondary literacy (grades 6-12), including experience with multilingual and diverse learners. - Minimum of 3 years of experience in a senior level district role or leading systems-level work. - Experience in literacy leadership at district, state, or national levels preferred. - Exceptional communication skills, with experience influencing diverse audiences and representing organizations externally. - Experience in dynamic, fast-paced environments, with demonstrated adaptability, strategic prioritization, and problem-solving. - Passion for and deep knowledge of evidence-based literacy instruction required. - Knowledge of and commitment to continue building capacity of culturally relevant pedagogical practice (preferred). - Commitment to working in project-based design teams to employ equitable design approaches. Travel Expectations - Travel required up to 15–20% annually, including quarterly in-person meetings and external events. Compensation and Benefits - Competitive salary commensurate with experience; salary range for this position is $150,000 - $180,000. - All employees at Student Achievement Partners work remotely. - Comprehensive benefits package that includes unlimited vacation time, unlimited sick days, professional development funds, medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA, and an employer-sponsored 401k retirement plan.

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