Job Description

Position Overview:

The Director, Special Education Math (Elementary) is responsible for advancing KIPP NYC's commitment to ensuring that all students with exceptionalities experience rigorous, joyful, and inclusive math instruction that builds strong foundational skills and prepares them for long-term academic success. This leader drives a coherent regional strategy to accelerate outcomes for elementary students with exceptionalities in mathematics.

In close partnership with Special Education and Math leaders across the region, the Director ensures alignment toward shared goals and high-quality instructional practices. This role builds the capacity of school-based leaders, including Math Deans and Directors of Student Support Services, through targeted coaching focused on co-taught classrooms and small-group intervention.

The Director designs and leads high-impact, data-driven professional development for leaders and teachers, ensuring that instructional practices are responsive to student needs and grounded in KIPP NYC's commitment to equity, inclusion, and the belief in the limitless potential of every student.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Math, the Director plays a key role in shaping regional strategy, strengthening math instructional systems for students with exceptionalities, and ensuring that every student is known, challenged, and supported to achieve at the highest levels.

This is a full-time position with a hybrid schedule, requiring a minimum of three in-person days per week based out of our KIPP NYC Midtown Manhattan office. The role also includes travel to KIPP NYC campuses across the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. The cadence and frequency of school visits will be determined by your leadership team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

General responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Instructional Vision & Implementation

• Define and lead a clear, equity-centered vision for math instruction for students with exceptionalities across all KIPP NYC elementary schools
• Ensure alignment with KIPP NYC's broader academic strategy and commitment for driving outcomes in math.
• Partner with TLS to drive consistent implementation of high-quality practices across ICT classrooms, small group instruction, and intervention settings

Curriculum, Assessment & Data-Driven Instruction

• Ensure effective implementation of core curriculum (e.g., Eureka Squared) with appropriate scaffolds and differentiation
• Develop and refine systems for progress monitoring, assessment, and data analysis
• Use data (iReady, internal assessments) to identify trends and drive targeted instructional responses
• Build tools and systems that enable schools to act quickly and effectively on student data

Coaching & Leader Development

• Coach DS3s, Deans, and instructional leaders to strengthen math instruction and intervention practices
• Build leader capacity to support inclusive classrooms and high-impact intervention models
• Conduct frequent school visits, providing clear, actionable feedback tied to student outcomes
• Model strong instructional practices and problem-solving structures

Intervention Systems & MTSS

• Design and scale a coherent vision for math intervention, including pre-teach, re-teach, and targeted remediation
• Ensure interventions are tightly aligned to core instruction and accelerate access to grade-level content
• Support schools in implementing strong Tier 2 and Tier 3 systems

Professional Development

• Design and facilitate high-impact, practice-based professional learning for leaders and teachers
• Build network-wide expertise in special education math, differentiation, and intervention strategies
• Partner with Teaching & Learning to ensure alignment across PD experiences

Special Education Systems & Compliance

• Ensure students receive services aligned to IEPs while maintaining a strong focus on instructional quality and outcomes
• Partner with compliance and behavioral teams to ensure systems are both legally sound and student-centered
• Promote consistent, equitable practices across schools

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with TLS, Data & Assessment, and school leadership teams to align math and student support strategies
• Build network-wide expertise in special education math, differentiation, and intervention strategies
• Strengthen alignment across talent, instruction, and student support systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in Special Education, math education, or related field required
• New York State certification in Special Education strongly preferred
• Minimum 5 years of experience teaching students with exceptionalities
• Minimum 3 years of experience leading teams and coaching adults
• Deep knowledge of math instruction, content, and intervention strategies
• Experience with curriculum implementation (Eureka Squared) strongly preferred
• Demonstrated success in raising achievement for historically underserved students
• Strong data analysis skills and ability to translate data into action
• Experience leading professional development for adult learners
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to navigate complex systems and drive results across multiple schools
• Deep commitment to KIPP NYC's mission and belief in the limitless potential of all students
• Strong alignment with KIPP's values, including grit, joy, and a commitment to equity
• Ability to lead with both empathy and accountability in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Additional Information

KIPP NYC offers a salary ranging from $115,360-$144,200. Salary ranges at KIPP NYC are standardized based on role level and role function. Individual salaries are determined through a lens of equity, accounting for years of experience relevant to the role and scope of responsibilities, and are benchmarked against others within the same salary band.

KIPP NYC offers a generous benefits package, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Robust benefits that include medical, dental, and vision.
• 403(b) retirement plan with a 50% match after 6 months.
• Generous Time-Off aligned with the school calendar
• Up to 12 weeks of 100% parental leave.
• Bright Horizon Back-up Child and Elder care.
• Employer-paid Life Insurance and Short-term / Long-term disability.
• Employee incentives include an 8-week paid Sabbatical after 10 years, annual professional development funds, and tuition reimbursement.

This description is intended to describe the type of work being performed by a person assigned to this position. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required by the employee.

This is a full-time, in-person role based in New York City and will require travel to our schools. If you are not in a school-based position, the cadence and frequency of travel to schools is determined by your leadership team. If you relocate outside of a commutable distance or out of the state of NY, your employment will be subject to review, which may include separation from KIPP NYC. It is important that you notify HR if you move or have plans to relocate.