Teach For America – Massachusetts seeks a talented, driven Director, Teacher Preparation Program. In this role, you will set the vision, outcomes, and priorities for our corps member learning, deeply impacting the effectiveness of our teaching corps, and ultimately the results for students in their classrooms. You are excited by the responsibility and challenge of developing a highly talented group of leaders into high-achieving teachers. Above all, you are driven by our mission and ready to work relentlessly, including throughout the intense Summer Institute, to ensure that we’re delivering the talent our school partners are looking for.
You are creative and visionary, ready to build on the strengths of our existing program to take it to the next level of efficacy. You will design, develop, and implement a plan for corps member learning that spans the entire arc of their 2.5 year experience, beginning with the summer institute and continuing throughout their two-year corps experience. As a key leader at the Summer Institute, you will build and lead a team of high-impact seasonal instructional staff. You will also determine the curriculum and outcomes for our summer students, and manage your team towards helping our corps members meet those goals.
The Director, Teacher Preparation Program reports to the Senior Managing Director, Teacher Preparation.
Program Development (35%)
- Design and implement the vision, outcomes, and priorities for corps member learning over the 2.5 year arc of the corps experience
- Develop a rubric for corps member proficiency; create corresponding systems for tracking CM performance
Instructional Leadership (35%)
- Plan and execute corps member learning experiences (Institute, Year 1, Year 2)
- Plan and manage summer school outcomes and student curriculum
- Analyze past data to effectively inform future strategy
Management (20%)
- Plan and execute seasonal Summer Institute staff hiring and training for instructional roles
- Manage summer instructional staff to identified outcomes for students
- Build capacity of summer instructional staff through strong onboarding, training, and evaluation
- Manage up and laterally to ensure colleagues are executing towards various components of corps member learning vision
Regional Team Responsibilities (10%)
- Support, attend, and/or participate in regional team activities, including regular staff meetings and retreats, and regional pre-service (one week in June).
- Participate in team-wide initiatives and campaigns, such as interviewing and matriculating corps member prospects and outreach to our local alumni
- 4-10 years of relevant professional experience
- Prior K-12 instructional leadership experience preferred
Work demands
- Role requires a great deal of summer availability, including the expectation of residence at our Summer Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts, from mid-June through the end of July
- During the Summer Institute, work hours will regularly exceed 12 hours/day. Throughout the year, the role is scoped to 50-55 hours/week.
- Occasional day travel throughout the Massachusetts region, including our Western Massachusetts and South Coast sub-regions, is required.
- Occasional overnight conference travel 1-2 times per year
- Occasional evening or weekend work throughout the school year
Skills
- Uncommon level of personal responsibility with strong goal orientation and a proven track record of success
- Strong grasp of instructional leadership; proven ability to effectively support developing educators towards improvement
- Motivated by achieving results through others and able to manage towards outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement strong, intuitive data tracking systems
- Critical thinker who displays strong judgment in prioritizing problems to solve and opportunities to pursue
- Highly organized with exceptional detail orientation and demonstrated ability to manage a high volume of work
- Experience with hiring and onboarding staff preferred
Technical Skills
- Familiarity with MS Office and Google Doc applications required
- Knowledge of Salesforce or other CRMs preferred