We’re looking for a visionary, instructionally-savvy, and dedicated Teach For America alum to lead our efforts managing and running our Nashville Summer Institute (a world-class teacher preparation experience for 60-100 new teachers each summer), as well as our ongoing corps member programming and learning.
This person will work closely with the Managing Director, Teacher Leadership Development to ensure alignment between corps member programming and the two year corps member continuum. They will also collaborate regularly with colleagues across the country on innovation in instructional and leadership development. The Managing Director, Professional Learning & Experience will report to the Executive Director.
Areas of Responsibility:
Corps Member Professional Development & Programming (25%)
- Set a compelling vision and strategy for corps member programming that makes progress towards our student and corps member outcomes, visions, and goals
- Create a scope and sequence for all corps member programming
- Collaborate with the MD,TLD to align upcoming corps member programming to current trends and needs in classrooms, and revise the scope and sequence as needed
- Oversee the design and execution of all corps member programming from corps member onboarding, institute, and the two year corps commitment
- Prepare TLD and alumni staff members to internalize and execute corps member programming, operations, and logistics
- Partner with TLD, alumni, and community partners to bring in external facilitators and experts for corps member programing
Team Management (30%)
- Manage 4 full time staff members to onboard incoming corps members aligned to pre-service vision and goals; design, create, and execute pre-service corps member programming, and student curriculum development; and build strong operations and logistics to support these workstreams and functions
- Manage a team of 30-50 summer staff members to reach corps member outcomes, student outcomes, and alumni/staff member outcomes
Corps Member Pre-Service Training (30%)
- Set a compelling vision and strategy to reaching desired student achievement goals over the summer as part of our training program for CMs
- Develop a strong partnership with key players in MNPS and at Lipscomb in order to develop a summer school program for students and training program for CMs
- Create vision and strategy for the revision or development of student curriculum materials
- Develop summer staffing proposal and responsibilities aligned to Institute priorities of community integration
- Work with Director, STO and alumni team to cultivate and select high performing part-time summer institute staff (30-50 people) to build a top-notch instructional team
- Plan and execute spring training conferences for institute summer staff
- Support staff members to efficiently plan and execute logistics at the host university and school sites
- Partner closely with school leaders of Institute sites to ensure institute goals and priorities align with school goals and priorities
- Ensure a strong culture of success among institute staff and corps members
- Make significant instructional decisions that will impact both corps member effectiveness and our ultimate goal of student achievement
- Oversee and manage projects and people to create tools and resources to support corps members to effectively teach summer school students
Regional and Organizational Stewardship (15%)
- Serve as a member of the regional leadership team, helping to make key decisions for the region
- Support team-wide priorities for Greater Nashville and organizational-wide initiatives. Examples include:
- Participating in staff committees and task forces
- Corps member recruitment, admissions, and matriculation
- Team meetings and professional development
- Regional events and programming (such as teacher orientation and end-of-year celebration)
Educational Background:
Bachelors degree required, masters preferred
Skills/Experience:
- Minimum 7+ years professional work experience preferred
- Proven record of achieving ambitious results
- 1 or more years of management experience preferred, including leading adults in some capacity
- Strong preference for alumni or internal/former staff
- Previous experience working at a Nashville Teach For America summer training institute strongly preferred
- Knowledge and experience in Nashville community preferred
Personal Characteristics
- Ability to work relentlessly toward goals and invest others in ambitious goals
- Proven ability to develop and leverage relationships
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to analyze and synthesize data from a range of sources to make high-impact, strategic decisions
- Desire to work in an entrepreneurial endeavor
- Project planning and management experience with the ability to manage multiple, distinct concurrent projects
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong instructional background, preferably a former teacher, PD/MTLD, school leader or school director
- Strong organization skills
- Comfort overseeing logistics and operations
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jun 1 2018
Active Until:
Jul 1 2018
Hiring Organization:
Teach For America
industry:
Nonprofit