STEM (Math/Science) Campus Director of Curriculum & Instruction (DCI) (2026-2027 School Year)

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a sense of urgency about achievement for ALL students and preparing every student for post-secondary success.
• Pursue solutions with tenacity that maximize student achievement.
• Model professional maturity; emotional constancy in stressful situations, bringing out the best in others, seeking solutions and positively motivating.
• Coach & develop staff members to achieve excellent academic outcomes for students.
• Lead consistent, high-quality coaching in alignment with DSST’s coaching vision.
• Work with teachers to effectively plan ahead for their year-long course(s).
• Develop teachers to effectively implement DSST curriculum.
• Facilitate Lesson Internalization Coaching Meetings.
• Create, maintain, and update whole-school, grade-level, and teacher-level student academic and assessment records and reports.
• Lead the execution of the school’s assessment program.
• Develop teachers in their regular analysis and action planning in response to assessment data.
• Monitor overall school data and progress to goals.
• Manage school and staff member decisions that come from data analysis.
• Develop and execute the Professional Learning vision for your school.
• Lead professional development that is objective-aligned, engaging, and grounded in adult learning theory.
• Identify and arrange for staff development opportunities which relate to core instructional practices, standards-based assessments, and content areas.
• Manage and execute staff meetings.
• Manage and execute Professional Learning Days.
• Build relationships with teachers and other members of the administration team.
• Co-manage department chairs to ensure effective outcomes within departments.
• Recruit and hire school faculty.
• Serve as a recruiter for new students.
• Act as a student advisor for a group of students.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• At least 3 years 6th-12th grade teaching experience required.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, manage and lead adults to successful outcomes.
• An unwavering belief that all students can succeed in high school, reach their most ambitious post-secondary goals, and lead exemplary lives.
• A desire to grow personally and professionally in their practice of becoming an anti-racist educator.
• Self-awareness, a regular practice of reflection, and a desire to continuously improve.
• Proven commitment to and experience with serving students of color, students with disabilities, and/or multilingual students.

Ideal Qualifications

• Proven commitment to and experience with serving students of color, students with disabilities, and/or multilingual students.

Position Details

STATUS: Full-time, year-round, benefits eligible, exempt, in-person position (Denver, CO) ; some positions might be fixed-term for the 26-27 school year

START: June 2026.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and may require standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching throughout the day. The employee must lift and/or move items up to 30 pounds. The employee must have sufficient hand, arm, and finger dexterity to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.