We are seeking a Director, Alumni Development to design, manage, and facilitate learning experiences for members of the Teach For America Baltimore community across the continuum from accepted corps members through alumnihood. This Director is charged with building a thriving network of bold leaders amongst our alumni.
The Director, Alumni Development will lead a diverse set of learning experiences grounded in Teach For America’s Theory of Leadership, creating a vision in partnership with the participants, building community culture, facilitating experiences, coaching, assessing progress, and enlisting outside experts, where applicable. Because of the diversity of the learning experiences, this role requires an entrepreneurial spirit and ability to coach, facilitate, and lead in diverse scenarios while being responsive to a variety of participants’ needs. This Director, Alumni Development will take the lead in establishing the vision for our School Based Learning Communities. He/ she will establish partnerships with at least 2 schools and flesh out what this structure might look like.
- Create and lead learning communities / experiences for corps members and alumni aligned to Teach For America’s Theory of Leadership (25%)
- Design and facilitate internal and external learning experiences that build our region’s understanding of how to best use various types of data to inform our work and build our thriving network
- School Based Learning Community (40%)
- Establish partnership with at least 2 schools interested in trying School Based Learning Communities
- Partner with school level stakeholders to set the vision for, facilitate, and lead school based learning communities
- Manage Tier 2 Site Based Mentors (15%)
- Leadership Development Team responsibilities (10%)
- Prepare for and lead check ins with your manager around progress toward your goals and your ongoing development
- Coordinate with members of the leadership development team to ensure clarity of vision and data process alignment across corps members and alumni experience milestones and outcomes
- Partner with the Associate, Leadership Development Network Logistics
- Partner with Teach For America’s national organization to leverage leadership development opportunities for alumni teachers facilitated by the national organization
- Regional Team responsibilities (10%)
- Fulfill foundational responsibilities that allow our region to do our work, make decisions, grow as professionals, and strengthen our team culture, including but not limited to attending regional meetings, operating with our Core Values and commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness, completing our performance management cycle, and upholding our data management, office operations and fiscal responsibilities
- Make a direct impact on the organizational mission of enlisting, developing and mobilizing leaders to strengthen the movement for educational equity by participating in corps member network facing events (including Leadership Summits and Summer Training), our alumni giving campaign, alumni survey, and at least one regional or national committee/working group, and other initiatives that impact our members and partners
- 5-7 years professional experience, including at least 3 years of successful classroom leadership
- Experience coaching adults and designing programming for adult leaders
- Previous experience designing and/or facilitating resources relating to cultural competence, or diversity, equity, and inclusiveness preferred
- Some weekend and evening work is required
Skills
- Strong designer and facilitator
- Ability to set and evolve project vision and direction
- Exceptional ability to build and execute a project plan
- Exceptional strategic and critical thinking skills
- Ability to influence others and manage laterally to outcomes
- Operates with a high level of entrepreneurialism and optimism