The Director, Teacher Leadership Community – Colorado Springs (DTLC-COS) will work closely with the regional program team to support the development of corps members from matriculation to the classroom. The DTLC-COS will have a multi-tiered focus - ensuring that each corps member receives wrap around support and fostering a strong sense of community among our corps members and alumni members. Furthermore, they will forge trusting relationships with a diverse portfolio of teachers, alumni members and school leaders in order to spark individual and collective action towards strong academic and personal growth for all students. Through outstanding instructional and leadership coaching and facilitation, the work of the DTLC-COS will drive monumental results in the classrooms of our corps members. Moreover, the DTLC-COS will dramatically strengthen their members’ personal leadership as well as their commitment to fight for educational equity. They will be responsible for stewarding TFA-CO’s theory of leadership development across constituents- with their team, their corps members, alumni and community partners to significantly increase the individual and collective leadership capacity of the TFA members in the Pikes Peak region.
Teacher & Leadership Development (30%)
- Along with the Colorado Program Continuum Team, support and execute corps member placement and preparation, including corps member induction, orientation, onboarding, and including managing the licensure process of first year corps members to ensure our COS specific cm’s remain in good standing with the State Department of Education and can become licensed teachers.
- Develop the leadership of our corps members as change agents in Colorado Springs
- Cultivate a culture aligned set of structures and strategies that support a learning culture:
- Lead, manage, and facilitate the development of a cohort of alumni members who will support the development of first and second year teachers and alums
- Helping teacher leaders diagnose top needs based on student progress and gaps in their learning
- Supporting and fostering teacher leaders’ leadership development by staying centered on their classroom visions and operating with the important mindsets to be great leaders
- Ensuring teacher leaders build perspective and situate their daily work in the bigger picture
- Cultivate existing relationships and establish new district and charter partnerships to place corps members and alumni leaders with an eye toward maximizing scale and sustainability
Create spaces for our teacher leaders to organize, collaborate, and advocate (30%)
- Facilitating small group sessions to continue additional learning of best practices and creating communities of collaboration among corps members, including occasional meetings on evenings and weekends
- Helping teacher leaders understand the community in which they teach and provide strategies for teacher leaders to build meaningful relationships with multiple stakeholders within the community
- Partner with the Director for Systems Leadership & Community Strategy to ensure the region has a robust alumni engagement strategy that is inclusive of veteran teachers
- Create cohort opportunities for veteran alumni teachers
- Partner with other teams in our region to create learning communities around the Collective Impact Microgrants
Foster a strong cohort culture among Colorado Springs Corps Members (30%)
- Develop and empower the Corps Council to problem-solve with staff members
- Work with Corps Council to organize events that promote community building
- Partner with The Collective Rising to ensure that the corps is an inclusive community
- Collaborate with the rest of the Program Continuum Team to ensure Induction and Institute are meaningful community-building experiences
- Partner with the rest of the Program Continuum Team, the Corps Council, and The Collective Rising to ensure high Strength and Learning Indexes for corps members
Fulfilling our Mission through Organizational and Regional Priorities (10%)
- Participate in our region’s corps member selection, matriculation, induction, and ongoing engagement initiatives.
- Attend regional retreats held throughout the year, monthly staff meetings, and occasional conferences and trainings.
- 5+ years of leadership experience within the education sector
- 2+ years of experience working with grassroots campaigns, advocacy, and/or community engagement/organizing OR experience working within election cycles preferred
Work Demands
- In addition to supporting teachers in their classrooms, The Director, Teacher Leadership Community, Colorado Springs will be working with teachers outside of regular school hours. This may entail some evening gatherings (e.g. coffee chats) as well as occasional weekend events
Skills
- Demonstrated ability to organize members around causes that matter to them
- Must be comfortable working across lines of difference in order to build broad and diverse coalitions
- Knowledge of and experience with the Colorado Springs’ education landscape and pressing issues that impact both students and teachers
- Experience working with teachers in professional development settings