Program Manager, PreK-3 ELA

clevelandmetroschools; United States; On-site; USD 69,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is seeking a PreK-3 ELA Program Manager to lead curriculum development and instruction for early literacy. You will support school leaders and teachers with high-quality ELA implementation across PreK-3, aligning with Ohio standards and driving data-informed improvement efforts.

Led by the Division of Academics, the role requires strong leadership, analytical thinking, and execution skills, with change management capability to advance district-wide ELA

Qualifications

• Requires strong leadership, analytical and execution skills, plus change management ability.

Responsibilities

• Direct ELA curriculum development for PreK-3.
• Align PreK-3 ELA with Ohio standards.
• Support school leaders and teachers for high-quality instruction.
• Analyze assessment results and develop improvement plans.
• Provide targeted job-embedded support through observations and modeling.
• Collaborate with Academic Progress Teams to monitor plans.
• Assist in evaluating and acquiring curricular resources.
• Help analyze data to identify areas of need and improvement.
• Design professional learning to boost teacher effectiveness.
• Support curricular resource implementation and adjustments.
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders.
• Collaborate across divisions to implement district programs.
• Manage curriculum projects for the Academics Leadership Team.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Execution

Change management

Job description

Position Type: Administration and Professionals

Date Posted: 2026-05-14

Location: Administration or As Assigned

ABOUT CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio's third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students. CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results. CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future. The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access. Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop. In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work.

BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES

The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school. BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Location: Administration or As Assigned

Reports to: Director, Elementary Curriculum and Instruction

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Band: 7

Compensation: $68,891.00 - $93,003.00

This PreK-3 ELA Program Manager position requires an individual with superior leadership, analytical, and execution skills, as well as effective change management skills. This position will serve as a key contributor to the success of Cleveland's teachers, leaders, and scholars.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides direction and leadership in the ELA curriculum development for Grades PreK-3.
• Ensures the PreK-3 ELA program aligns with the Ohio Learning Standards for PreK-3 ELA.
• Provides consistent support to school leaders and teachers to ensure high implementation of core ELA programs through research-based best practices and data-driven instruction.
• Reviews and evaluates results of state and district assessments, determines trends, and develops and implements action plans to ensure that the district meets and exceeds the district core measures.
• Provides targeted job-embedded support to teachers and school leaders by implementing an intensive cycle of content support that includes but is not limited to classroom observations, co-teaching, modeling, co-planning, co-facilitating 100 minutes, analyzing student data for action planning, etc.
• Collaborates with Academic Progress Teams and teachers to develop, monitor, and support the strategies and action steps in the Academic Achievement Plans.
• Participates in evaluating, selecting, and acquiring instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and textbooks to support the ELA curriculum.
• Assists teachers and school leaders in analyzing data (screening, diagnostic, formative and summative) and identifying necessary academic supports; helps establish protocols and procedures to analyze student work and identify specific areas of need for improvement.
• Designs and facilitates targeted professional learning to increase teacher capacity and effectiveness and raise student achievement.
• Provides support for creating and implementing selected curricular resources; assists teachers in adjusting, modifying, and enriching curricular approaches and improving instructional practices.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
• Collaborates with other departments within the Division of Academics as well as other Divisions by providing technical assistance and support in the development and/or implementation of district programs, practices, and processes.
• Manages targeted curriculum projects on behalf of the Academics Leadership Team.