Managers of Teacher Leadership Development (MTLD) are at the heart of Teach For America's work. You are an educator, advocate and systems change leader charged with developing and cultivating teachers’ leadership skills and mindsets to foster educational equity and excellence. You will coach corps members towards expanding their perspectives, skills, and knowledge to go beyond traditional expectations to advance the academic and personal growth of their students. You will accomplish this through partnering with communities, school leaders, students and families as well as the broader network of MTLDs across the country. You will also support broader regional and organizational priorities, such as: selecting new corps members, supporting regional alumni initiatives, and participating in team committee initiatives. MTLDs report to the manager of the teacher leadership development team, through the leadership of the senior managing director and executive director.
The ideal candidate is eager to coach, empower corps members, and guide their understanding of the community in which they teach. When faced with obstacles, you deepen resolve, adapt, and persist with optimism. You demonstrate resilience in the face of challenges, and you are committed to coaching corps members to so the same. Additionally, the ideal candidate leads with a commitment to diversity, equity & inclusiveness. You feel excited about coaching corps members around diversity, equity and inclusiveness, to ensure they are making progress in their development and integrating equitable practices in their classrooms. You have the ability to engage in difficult conversations and you know how to zero in on the main issues and prioritize accordingly with strong solutions. You constantly reflect and work to grow and improve. Your goal is to coach and empower vision driven leaders that reach our regional goals.
Coach and empower corps members
- Have a deep knowledge of effective teaching practices
- Observe corps members live in action to help them connect their values and beliefs to their work, stay centered on their classroom visions, and learn critical instructional and leadership skills
- Facilitate small group sessions and design learning experiences that offer best practices and create communities of collaboration
- Help corps members understand the community in which they teach and provide strategies for them to build meaningful relationships with multiple partners within the community
- Ability to provide others with effective professional development, coaching and mentoring
- Use data to drive towards your outcomes and vision
Lead with a commitment to diversity, equity & inclusiveness
- Deepen your understanding of your own identity by engaging in personal development around diversity, equity and inclusiveness
- Coach corps members around diversity, equity and inclusiveness, to ensure they are making progress in their development and integrating equitable practices in their classrooms
- Build meaningful relationships with school level staff, administration and people in the community that may offer differing perspectives, to build a culture that celebrates unique contributions and unites people around shared values and common purpose
Mindsets
- When faced with obstacles, you deepen resolve, adapt, and persist with optimism
- You demonstrate resilience in the face of challenges, and you are committed to coaching corps members to so the same
- You have the ability to engage in difficult conversations
- You know how to zero in on the main issues and prioritize accordingly with strong solutions
- You constantly reflect and work to grow and improve
- You have a desire to constantly improve and learn from past experiences
- Exceptionally skilled in identifying an area of opportunity from a complex situation
- Minimum of two years of experience achieving ambitious outcomes as a classroom teacher in a low-income community
- Experience coaching, developing or leading adults.
- Have a deep commitment to Teach For America's mission and core values.
- Strong organizational skills.
Work Demands
- Ability to work occasional weekends and evenings
- Independent travel to multiple school sites throughout the day that may be significant distances from one another
- A valid driver’s license or the ability to obtain one before the first day of employment
- Potentially travel to at least two Teach For America conferences each year