Teach For America Greater New Orleans-Louisiana Delta seeks a Managing Director of Program Experience & Impact (shortened MD, Program). The MD, Program is an integral member of the regional leadership team. In this role, your mission is to achieve ambitious goals for student achievement, corps member leadership development, and overall corps member culture and strength. You will do this by leading a team of approximately ten staff members responsible for ensuring that the students in our region have increased academic and social opportunities as a result of corps members leading in classrooms across our region, and for ensuring corps members and other partners are inspired to become lifelong advocates for educational equity. Additionally, the MD Program collaborates with other leadership team members to drive results related to development, alumni engagement, human assets, diversity & inclusiveness, etc. The MD, Program Experience & Impact will report directly to the Executive Director.
Program Design, Management, and Strategy (90%) Lead Transformational Change in our Classrooms
- Hold a compelling vision focused on maximizing the region’s impact on students’ immediate academic success and long-term opportunities in life
- Inspire your team to internalize the possibility of achieving ambitious goals related to student outcomes, realize their potential to set students on a dramatically different life trajectory, and claim their role as leaders in the movement for educational equity
- Work closely with regional leadership to shape and enact your region’s strategy to bring its vision to life and achieve ambitious goals
- Cultivate good judgment in your team about trends and causes in classrooms
- Lead your team to take actions that result in significant changes in classrooms, thereby demonstrating results that increase the academic and social opportunities for the students we teach
Develop a Successful Program Team
- Cultivate, hire, and coach and develop a strong team
- Ground your team in the region’s vision and goals, and enable them to plan and execute successfully toward them
- Create an inspiring and inclusive team and corps culture, grounded in the core values
Fuel the Movement for Educational Equity
- Actively work to build authentic relationships with all stakeholders (LA DOE, partner organizations, etc.), and to realize our vision and enact our commitment to diversity and inclusiveness
- Encourage staff and corps members to regularly reflect upon and strive towards maximizing their impact
- Cultivate corps members and alumni in order to support a robust talent pipeline for staff positions in the region and throughout Teach For America
Know and Grow Yourself as a Leader
- Hold a clear, personal vision for impact and how it relates to your goals
- Seek ways to expand your impact, based on reflection and feedback
- Sustain yourself in this work and model this for your team and corps members
Regional & Organizational Stewardship (10%)
- All team members meet submission requirements for reimbursements (monthly), timesheets (weekly), and American Express reports (monthly, as needed) to support the organization’s financial standing. And, support team–wide goals for Greater New Orleans-Louisiana Delta and the National Breakthrough Results through participation in corps member recruitment, selection and matriculation, regional events and programming, team meetings, professional development, and participation in the city-based events to which the team member is assigned, if applicable.
Prior Experience
- 7+ years of previous work experience
- Teach For America corps member experience preferred
- Strong instructional background and successful experience as a teacher
- Knowledge of and experience with adult learning theory a plus
- Management experience of team and through layers
- Coaching others to ambitious outcomes
Work Demands
- Willing and able to work some early mornings, evenings or weekends
- Willing and able to travel 2-3 times per year for professional development purposes
- Willing and interested in contributing to evening or weekend events that support regional programming and culture (ex: All Staff Meetings, Staff Socials, etc.)
- Willing and able to contribute to broader organizational and regional efforts including recruitment, matriculation, selection, etc.
Skills
- Vision-centered, with ability to balance strong outcomes-orientation
- Excited about spending time coaching and developing people
- Creative, yet strategic thinker with a strong learner orientation
- Connects and builds deep relationships with all types of people in all types of contexts
- Making informed, timely decisions and using sound judgment to prioritize actions
- Achievement orientation with exceptional follow through
- Exemplifying Teach For America's core values
- Professional maturity
Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included. Learn more at www.teachforamerica.org/about-us/careers/employee-benefits.
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Commitment to Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment Policy
Teach For America encourages individuals of all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization, as we want to engage all those who can contribute to this effort. Learn more about our diversity on staff:
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