In the spirit of exploring every possible way to insure every child in our city has access to a great neighborhood school, we will likely launch a regional summer training institute in Las Vegas for the summer of 2018. We are looking for a visionary, instructionally-savvy, and dedicated leader to develop, launch and sustain a world-class teacher preparation experience for over 100 new teachers each summer. This person will work closely with the Director of Program Continuum and the Managing Director, Teacher Leadership Development to ensure alignment between the pre-corps experience, summer training and ongoing teacher support and development – all of which is centered on the principles of Teaching As Leadership. He or she will also collaborate regularly with colleagues across the country on innovation in instructional and leadership development. The Managing Director, Institute will report to the SMD, Program Continuum, and will eventually build a summer team to lead institute programming and logistics.
Key Mindsets of Target Leader
You are innovative and strategic. You are energized by a blank page, and are constantly imagining ways for things to improve or new ways to solve problems. This same energy fuels you as a designer—both in crafting powerful adult learning experiences and in forging new systems and structures for impact. You match big thinking with being extremely deliberate in your decision making and know when to push pause on being generative so that you can turn something into reality.
You are a self-driven planner and executer. You seamlessly take gnarly projects and break them down into manageable chunks. You constantly know what is around the bend and have likely laid out four or five contingency plans just in case. This allows you to take immense ownership of your work.
You are obsessive about impact. Your decisions are data-driven and outcome-oriented. You set and stay laser-focused on audacious goals and create team cultures that do as well. You never lose sight of the end game and are relentless about figuring out how to get there.
Set Vision and Design (50%)
- Design a compelling vision and strategy to reach desired student achievement goals over the summer as part of our training program for corps members
- Partner with members of our Leadership Team to build a strong case for support of our regional institute, and represent the region at meetings with potential donors to secure additional funding (anchor funding already secured)
- Partner closely with Program Continuum team to create a seamless transition from institute training to regional program support
- Make significant instructional decisions that will impact both corps member effectiveness and our ultimate goal of student achievement
Manage Team and Operations (20%)
- Manage part-time staff members in the planning and execution of institute
- Develop and execute summer staffing and training proposal aligned to Institute priorities of community integration
- Work with national Talent Recruitment Team to cultivate and select high performing part-time summer institute staff to build a top-notch instructional team
- Oversee a Request for Proposals (RFP) process to identify a strong local university aligned with our vision and approach to culturally responsive teaching, to build a teacher training program partnership (an interested partner has already been identified)
Build Relationships with Key Stakeholders (10%)
- Develop and manage strong relationships with key players at the NV Department of Education, the University ARL provider, and school partners in order to develop a summer school program for students and training program for corps members
- Partner closely with school leaders of Institute sites to ensure institute goals and priorities align with school goals and priorities
Fulfilling our Mission through Organizational and Regional Priorities (20%)
- Participate in the selection and matriculation of the next year’s teaching corps
- Engage in diversity conversations and exploration of your self-identity
- Participate in cross-functional team-wide initiatives that align with our regional priorities and strategies.
Prior Experience
- Strong instructional background, preferably a former teacher, teacher coach, or school leader.
- Experience leading teaching residency programs required (i.e., Teach For America Summer Institute, Teach For All Institutes, TNTP, Teaching Fellows, MATCH).
- Design and execution of adult professional development experience required
- 2 or more years of management experience highly preferred
- Minimum of 6 years or more of work experience
Work Demands
- Some evening and weekend work required
- Located in Las Vegas, NV with travel to other TFA summer institute locations to study and partner with other institute teams.
Skills
- Exceptional ability to set and evolve project vision and direction
- Exceptional ability to build and execute multiple, distinct concurrent projects
- Strong ability to inspire, motivate, and invest others in ambitious goals
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Proven ability to develop and leverage relationships and networks
- Ability to analyze and synthesize data from a range of sources to make high-impact, strategic decisions
- Desire to work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial endeavor
Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.