Network Director of English Language Arts (ELA)

Who are We?

Brooke Charter Schools is a network of four public charter schools, serving grades K-12 in Mattapan, Roslindale, and East Boston. At Brooke, we coach and invest in our teachers so that they can help our students achieve at the highest levels and graduate from college. We believe academic achievement empowers our students to live choice-filled lives and enhances their ability to contribute to creating a just world. In a culture of achievement, educators support students in recognizing and building on their identities as sources of strength even as they work to grow and achieve in new ways.

What is the Network Director of English Language Arts (ELA)?

Brooke Charter Schools is seeking a Network Director of English Language Arts (ELA) to ensure a high-quality ELA curriculum and effective implementation across campuses and grade levels, aligned to Brooke’s vision and core elements of effective ELA instruction. This fully in-person role reports to the Network Co-Director, has no direct reports, and requires routine travel between campuses, with the expectation of spending approximately one day per week at each of Brooke’s four schools. Standard working hours are 7:00 AM–4:30 PM, and the compensation range for this position is $112,000–$169,000.

Responsibilities

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• Strengthen instructional alignment

• Co-observe one teacher each week with each Assistant Principal to calibrate expectations for ELA instruction and align on feedback practices.

• Lead a debrief conversation after each observation to refine and reinforce shared understanding of high-quality instruction.

• Meet with each principal quarterly to review campus strengths and growth areas, grounded in observation trends and data analysis.

• Coordinate curriculum revision and continuous improvement

• Lead and coordinate K–8 curriculum revisions, collaborating with teachers across the network to improve materials and ensure high-quality implementation

• Partner with high school leaders to support a strong department focus and development plan and collaborate with high school leaders in considering semester exams, major course design updates, and new course additions to ensure K–12 curricular alignment and coherence.

• Oversee planning, administration, and ongoing refinement of network ELA assessment systems.

• Design and deliver professional development

• Plan, lead, and/or support school leaders to deliver ELA professional development (in-person and/or via Zoom), across campuses and as needs arise.

• Coordinate new teacher onboarding (NTO) support for ELA, including facilitating sessions when appropriate and assigning session leadership.

Is This You?

• You are committed to fostering diversity by cultivating anti-racist practices and removing bias, empowering students with the resources they need to create choice filled lives for themselves and their futures. Read more about how we are working on this at Brooke here.

• You bring a minimum of 5 years of teaching experience, with 2+ years of leadership experience preferred, ideally across multiple grade levels.

• You are professional, warm, and highly collaborative in your work with colleagues.

• You thrive in fast-paced environments and are able to manage multiple priorities with strong organization, flexibility, and attention to detail.

• You have a deep understanding of literacy development across K–12, or you are prepared to design and own a self-directed learning plan to build expertise across the full grade span.

• You have strong professional development facilitation skills, with the ability to support curriculum implementation and research-based literacy practices.

• You demonstrate exceptional interpersonal and adult-facing leadership skills, enabling you to effectively influence and support principals, assistant principals, and teachers.

• You hold a clear, aligned vision of effective instruction and can co-observe with leaders to align on evidence-based feedback.

• You bring strong curriculum leadership, including responsiveness to feedback and the ability to maintain coherence and alignment across grade levels.

• You have strong lesson planning and curricular revision skills, adapting materials based on data, feedback, and network priorities.

• You communicate clearly and effectively in both written and verbal settings.

• You have strong organizational systems and project management skills.

• You are committed to data-driven instruction, with knowledge of, or a willingness to learn—assessment systems such as DIBELS, ELA MCAS across grade levels, and AP Language/AP Literature exams.

• You have a demonstrated record of highly effective teaching.

• You are able to start in July of 2026 (or earlier if possible)

The community and students we serve are diverse, and we are committed to reflecting that diversity in our staff. We strive to have the most diverse applicant pool possible; to that end, we encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply for any position at Brooke Charter Schools. By fostering a diverse and inclusive environment, we provide the best educational experience to prepare our students for a future reflective of the world we live in.