Director, Teacher Leadership Development

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Teach For America
New Orleans, LA, USA
Full-time

Teaching is a profound act of leadership. As Director, Teacher Leadership Development (DTLD) you are responsible for activating the leadership, strategic thinking and the influence of a team of Managers, Teacher Leadership Development (MTLDs) to cohorts of coach first and second year corps members to realize educational equity and excellence in Greater New Orleans (GNO). To do this, the DTLD must set a strong vision and direction with their MTLDs for corps member excellence in schools and must operationalize that vision through exceptional management of team execution, strong data analysis and solutions development, and exceptional judgment. The DTLD is a people and systems manager, makes data-informed decisions and deeply believes in the potential of individuals to meet ambitious outcomes.

Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s degree required
Skills/Experience: 
  • Deep commitment to Teach For America’s mission and core values
  • Remarkable orientation towards collaboration and team building
  • Prior experience: Minimum of 5+ years’ work experience, with a strong instructional background and at least 2 years of successful management experience. Teach For America experience preferred.
  • Exceptionally skilled at developing and cultivating deep relationships and networks (across different points of view and lines of difference) in order to achieve results
  • Skill in inspiring and motivating a team to perform against measureable goals
  • Ability to manage others to effectively track tasks, assess progress, and follow through on the execution of plans
  • Ability to provide others with effective professional development, coaching, and mentoring
How to Apply: 

https://teachforamerica.secure.force.com/ts2__JobDetails?jobId=a0x0V0000...

Job Function: 
Education, Professional Development & Training

Organization Info

Teach For America

Overview
Headquarters: 
New York, NY, United States
Website: 
teachforamerica.org
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1993
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Education
Mission: 

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates, professionals, or graduate students who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. Teach For America's mission is to enlist, develop, and mobilize as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence. In the 2016-2017 school year, 6,900 first- and second-year Teach For America corps members are teaching in 53 regions across the United States. Since 1990, Teach For America corps members have reached more than 10 million students. Teach For America's more than 40,000 alumni are providing critical leadership -- as teachers, school and district leaders; elected officials and policy advisers; and founders and leaders of education and social reform initiatives -- to ensure all children have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
May 25 2019
Active Until: 
Jun 25 2019
Hiring Organization: 
Teach For America
industry: 
Nonprofit