As the Manager of Alumni Leadership and Collective Impact you will play a critical role in catalyzing our alumni towards collective action with our alumni, our students, families, and the broader community through an anti-oppressive liberatory lens and culturally responsive leadership. You will work closely with the Director, Alumni Leadership and Collective Impact (D, ALCI) and the Managing Director, Alumni Leadership and Collective Impact (MD, ALCI) to achieve ambitious goals and lead innovative programming that grows the leadership of the over 400 Teach For America alumni living in the Las Vegas region.
You will set the vision for how second year corps members (CMs) and new alumni create and pursue their theory of change--you will help them hone their long-term trajectory and educational philosophy through analysis of community needs and their passions and skills and specific career development aspirations. Partnering with the Teacher Leadership Development team, you will provide one-on-one coaching to second year corps members (2CMs) and recent alumni. You will be responsible for the design and execution of several significant alumni events, including the Opportunity Fair and Alumni Induction.
You will partner with alumni in our community and the D, Alumni Impact to manage several leadership pathways, specifically those focused on teacher excellence. You will be a champion of our alumni educators who pursue their theory of change from within the classroom, and elevate their stories of impact to our broader community. As a team leader, you will exemplify both our TFA core values and our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness (DEI) while fulfilling our mission through regional and organizational priorities.
Theory of Change Development (25%)
- Cultivate excellent relationships with second year CMs to hone their long-term trajectory and educational philosophy through analysis of community needs and their passions and skills
- Curate and execute group learning experiences to ensure that corps members acquire critical innovative, differentiated, culturally responsive knowledge, skills, and mindsets to increase their leadership and collective action, the Corps and Alumni Learning Index (CALI), and overall retention of 2CMs in Las Vegas and in teaching
- Empower collective alumni movement building through creating and coordinating collective 2CM-alumni touch points to increase the Corps and Alumni Learning Index (CALI)
- Coach second year corps members and first-year alumni one-on-one to develop in leadership competencies and other career development necessary for role-specific pathways such as teacher leader, instructional leader, school leader, etc.
- Connect 2CMs and alumni to talent opportunities to grow their leadership and impact in Las Vegas
Alumni Leadership and Culture (20%)
- Develop and execute cohesive, effective, innovative alumni individual outreach strategy in partnership with D, Alumni Impact that is responsive to alumni needs, reaches a diverse, wide audience, mobilizes them towards educational equity, and establishes clarity of relationship manager within alumni sub-team
- Design, manage, and execute the yearly Opportunity Fair in December to achieve stated goals and deepen community relationships and alumni leadership, as well as cultivate ongoing talent opportunities for our CM and alumni network
- Build authentic relationships and maintain ongoing touch points with alumni to catalyze them as a part of a broader collective movement including regular monthly communication to current and former Las Vegas alumni to Increase the Net Promoter Score (NPS) by at least 10% (of FY19 End of Year metric) and to reach 75% alumni involvement goal
- Design, manage, and execute the Alumni Induction event in May to celebrate the accomplishments of second-year corps members and formally welcome them into alumnihood
Alumni Educator Development (25%)
- Develop and manage the recruitment strategy, application process, and execution for Teach For America Las Vegas leadership pathways including, but not limited to, the National Board Certification Cohort and Critical Friend Groups
- Coach and grow the leadership of alumni leading Teach For America Las Vegas leadership pathways (ex. the National Board Certification Cohort and Critical Friend Groups)
- Plan and steward an experience to celebrate alumni educators during Nevada Reading Week and share their impact with the broader community
- Partner with D, ALCI to launch new programming to target the needs of educators between their 3rd – 5th years of teaching ranging in content areas and grade levels (Pre-K-12) to increase the Corps and Alumni Learning Index (CALI) to 80% and increase retention of TFA-LV alumni in Las Vegas
- Curate and execute group learning experiences for a diverse group of alumni teacher leaders in years 3-5 to ensure that alumni acquire critical innovative, differentiated, culturally responsive knowledge, skills, and mindsets to increase their proficiency
Team Communications and Operations (10%)
- Partner with the Director, Alumni Impact to manage a comprehensive alumni communications, including but not limited to monthly alumni email blasts, individual outreach, etc.
- Create an implementation plan for TFA Connect Beta (an online career and opportunity platform) in the Las Vegas region to have this site be a hub for employment, volunteer, and other opportunities
- Set vision for and manage the execution of the design and mailing of annual holiday cards to alumni constituents
- Utilize Salesforce database to manage and input data related to alumni interactions, meetings, and events and conduct alumni research to reach goal of 100% involvement recorded in TFACT
- Support all shared alumni team responsibilities, including alumni induction, school visits, Opportunity Fair, alumni teacher development, and other misc. alumni events
Fulfilling Our Mission Through Organizational and Regional Priorities (20%)
- Complete all organization-wide responsibilities at a high level, including selection, alumni survey calls, and others
- Complete all regional team responsibilities as set forth by the Regional Leadership Team, including confirmation calls, LV Families, induction, institute, kickoff, and others
- Own and support all regional and alumni team activities, including corps member selection and matriculation, full staff corps-facing events like All Corps Conferences and Induction (including some weekends), staff meetings, functional team meetings and retreats, and more
- Build strong relationships with school leaders, district, community advocacy and system leaders to facilitate and establish lasting partnerships
- Develop alumni and staff to gain the insight and commitment to serve as effective, committed stewards of the movement for educational equity with an anti-oppression liberatory lens
- Develop a clear, personal yearlong vision, robust quarter plans with identified priorities and goals, as well as a robust plan to check progress to goals throughout the year
- Demonstrated results as a teacher (2+ years of teaching experience preferred)
- Knowledge of Las Vegas education ecosystem preferred
- Demonstrated experience in developing adults preferred
- Strong experience in recruitment and career coaching and development
- Strong communication and organizing skills; Experience creating and managing systems
- Demonstrated results in vision setting and project planning for programmatic events
- Strong evidence of building relationships, culturally competent leadership, and working within teams on specific projects/initiatives
- 1+ years of management experience of CMs/staff preferred
Work Demands
- Some evening and weekend work and facilitation required
Skills
- Strong entrepreneurial spirit to innovate and create scope/sequence of learning
- Orient towards and demonstrate regional cultural aspirations and organizational core values
- Orient towards diversity, equity, and inclusiveness and building diverse relationships and networks
- Exceptional ability to organize, plan, and execute project tasks independently
- Analyzing and array of data to draw accurate conclusions, identify opportunities/issues, and to inform team management approach
- Strong ability towards motivating and influencing others to achieve outcomes
- Strong aptitude in cultivating internal and external relationships while laterally managing them toward outcomes
- Incredible orientation toward giving and receiving feedback, owning outcomes, and continuously improving systems