Rocketship Public Schools

Director

• 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

Director of Language and Literacy – MLL

General

• Shape Rocketship’s next chapter by ensuring the exceptional talent and leadership needed to elevate its school model, accelerate student achievement, and grow its impact across the country
• Report to the CEO and serve on the Network Executive Team
• Lead Rocketship’s network talent strategy across Organizational Effectiveness, Employee Relations and Compliance, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Rewards, and Systems
• Transform the Talent operating model by building systems, processes, tools, data, and accountabilities for consistent, data-driven Talent decisions
• Build a high-performing Talent Acquisition engine focused initially on teachers and school leaders
• Strengthen recruiting pipelines, selection practices, service levels, and hiring accountability
• Improve manager effectiveness through clear expectations, coaching, development, feedback, performance differentiation, and addressing underperformance
• Redesign and standardize the employee lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding through development, performance, retention, and transitions
• Improve teacher and school leader experience and engagement using eNPS feedback and data
• Lead and develop a high-performing Talent organization with three direct reports
• Partner with Regional Executive Directors and school leadership teams across California, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C.
• Establish feedback loops using staff feedback and engagement data to improve experience and retention
• Set network-wide Talent Acquisition and employer brand strategy
• Develop scalable recruiting systems, workflows, service levels, and candidate assessment frameworks
• Use workforce planning, talent analytics, dashboards, funnel reviews, HRIS, and Workday reporting to guide decisions
• Oversee onboarding, promotion, performance improvement, separation decisions, employee relations, compliance, HR policies, compensation, and rewards strategies

Director of Language and Literacy – MLL

Chief Talent Officer