We are seeking a Director, Strategic Action to be a part of a team of vision setters who will lead Teach For America Baltimore in developing bold leaders and creating dynamic coalitions towards a thriving network that disrupts and challenges inequitable systems. You will be an analytical thinker with a track record of designing strong learning experiences for adults and using data effectively. You must also be skilled in creating systems to gather data, building strong group culture and managing your peers laterally and through layers.
Essentially, you will support the Leadership Development team in organizing user performance and behavioral data to help corps members and alums be more intentional and learn from each other. You will focus on improving corps member, alumni, and staff’s ability to leverage data in understanding complex challenges and creating deliberate solutions. You will also be responsible for executing on the vision for facilitating a network across our “high concentration” schools: Baltimore schools where at least 20% of the teachers are corps members or TFA alumni, and at least one school leader is a TFA alumnus.
Lead the Leadership Development team’s work around analyzing and using data in order make more strategic decisions in their work toward increasing student achievement in Baltimore. (20%)
- Create and lead learning experiences to grow the Leadership Development team’s skills in using data
- Use data collected from multiple sources and create the systems by which the Leadership Development team effectively stores and analyzes various data sets
- Find innovative ways to visualize data from a variety of sources.
- Measure the direct impact of the Leadership Development team through strong data evaluation systems
Create and lead learning experiences for corps members and alumni aligned to our theory of leadership’s strategic action sub practice. (20%)
- 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.
Design and lead at least one School Based Learning Community aligned to the Theory of Leadership (25%)
- Establish partnership with at least one school interested in trying School Based Learning Communities
- Partner with school level stakeholders to set the vision for, facilitate, and lead a school based learning community focused on the strategic action portion of Theory of Leadership..
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, 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
Setting the vision for facilitating a network across our high concentration schools (15%)
- 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.
Work Demands
- 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
- Skilled in using logic and data to perform analysis
- Ability to translate data into actionable solutions
- Exceptional strategic and critical thinking skills
- Ability to influence others and manage laterally to outcomes
- Operates with a high level of entrepreneurialism and optimism