The Role
As the Senior Managing Director, Los Angeles Institute (SMD,I), you will oversee all aspects of the planning and successful execution of the first-ever LA Regional Institute aligned with the expectations and requirements of Teach For America, the Los Angeles region, our Institute partners, and our participating regions’ executive directors. You will be held to high standards for performance in the areas of: staff satisfaction; corps member experience; student achievement; and diversity, equity and inclusiveness.
The Los Angeles institute team is charged with: defining and evolving the vision of institute relative to regional vision and priorities; working closely with the Corps Member and Alumni Impact and Experience Design teams to ensure programmatic alignment; and ensuring that rigorous teacher development, alumni development, and student learning take place within the Los Angeles context over the course of the summer. Year-round you will manage a team of four full-time leaders charged with responsibilities ranging from programmatic design and strategic planning to recruitment and operations. It will be your responsibility to take their leadership and skill development to the next level. In late spring and summer, your team will grow to include up to forty seasonal staff members leading and executing in the areas of coaching, site oversight, operations, culture setting, and instruction, to name a few.
LA Institute will be held on the campuses of two LA regional placement partners and on the university campus of our credentialing partner. You will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with partner staff at all levels throughout the launch and execution of Institute. These organizations are significant and long-term partners of the LA region.
As a team, you will drive toward ambitious results for approximately 180 corps members from three TFA regions and many more students at all K-12 grade levels. In addition to working with others on the Los Angeles regional team, you will need to collaborate with staff on the national institute teams (TPT) as well as other regional institutes. Strong candidates for his role have an experience managing senior leaders, managing through layers, and a track record of leading teams to exceptional results on complex projects. Given that this will be the first Los Angeles regional institute, an entrepreneurial spirit and flexibility will be important as well. Your direct reports will include up to three of the four full-time team members. This position reports to the Executive Director of the Los Angeles region. Please include a cover letter with your application.
The Team
Los Angeles has long been a city calling to those in search of opportunity. From the Gold Rush to the railroads to the immigrants and fame-seekers who arrive today, millions have come to LA in search of the American Dream. For more than 20 years, Teach For America has been working with the community to deliver on that hope. Today, more than 300 corps members and 1,500 alumni are working for a day when our schools are once again considered “the best in the west.”
About LA Institute
Every incoming Teach For America corps member must participate in a summer institute, a five-week-long training program that prepares them to lead a classroom. This is the first year that LA will hold a regionally-run institute, and we expect that approximately 180 corps members will participate. Institute will provide an important opportunity for our schools to remain on track towards transformational outcomes for our kids through summer instruction and serve as a hub of applied innovation in teacher preparation. Our community will be strengthened through leadership development for our alumni, staff, new corps members, and partners in symbiosis, so that all are working in solidarity towards educational access for all students in Los Angeles. Our new teachers will leave institute equipped with essential skills and mindsets, accurate expectations and stronger collaborative relationships, and they will be rooted in our local community and their own agency.
As the Senior Managing Director, Los Angeles Institute (SMD,I), you will oversee all aspects of the planning and successful execution of the first-ever LA Regional Institute aligned with the expectations and requirements of Teach For America, the Los Angeles region, our Institute partners, and our participating regions’ executive directors. You will be held to high standards for performance in the areas of: staff satisfaction; corps member experience; student achievement; and diversity, equity and inclusiveness.
The Los Angeles institute team is charged with: defining and evolving the vision of institute relative to regional vision and priorities; working closely with the Corps Member and Alumni Impact and Experience Design teams to ensure programmatic alignment; and ensuring that rigorous teacher development, alumni development, and student learning take place within the Los Angeles context over the course of the summer. Year-round you will manage a team of four full-time leaders charged with responsibilities ranging from programmatic design and strategic planning to recruitment and operations. It will be your responsibility to take their leadership and skill development to the next level. In late spring and summer, your team will grow to include up to forty seasonal staff members leading and executing in the areas of coaching, site oversight, operations, culture setting, and instruction, to name a few.
LA Institute will be held on the campuses of two LA regional placement partners and on the university campus of our credentialing partner. You will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with partner staff at all levels throughout the launch and execution of Institute. These organizations are significant and long-term partners of the LA region.
As a team, you will drive toward ambitious results for approximately 180 corps members from three TFA regions and many more students at all K-12 grade levels. In addition to working with others on the Los Angeles regional team, you will need to collaborate with staff on the national institute teams (TPT) as well as other regional institutes. Strong candidates for his role have an experience managing senior leaders, managing through layers, and a track record of leading teams to exceptional results on complex projects. Given that this will be the first Los Angeles regional institute, an entrepreneurial spirit and flexibility will be important as well. Your direct reports will include up to three of the four full-time team members. This position reports to the Executive Director of the Los Angeles region. Please include a cover letter with your application.
The Team
Los Angeles has long been a city calling to those in search of opportunity. From the Gold Rush to the railroads to the immigrants and fame-seekers who arrive today, millions have come to LA in search of the American Dream. For more than 20 years, Teach For America has been working with the community to deliver on that hope. Today, more than 300 corps members and 1,500 alumni are working for a day when our schools are once again considered “the best in the west.”
About LA Institute
Every incoming Teach For America corps member must participate in a summer institute, a five-week-long training program that prepares them to lead a classroom. This is the first year that LA will hold a regionally-run institute, and we expect that approximately 180 corps members will participate. Institute will provide an important opportunity for our schools to remain on track towards transformational outcomes for our kids through summer instruction and serve as a hub of applied innovation in teacher preparation. Our community will be strengthened through leadership development for our alumni, staff, new corps members, and partners in symbiosis, so that all are working in solidarity towards educational access for all students in Los Angeles. Our new teachers will leave institute equipped with essential skills and mindsets, accurate expectations and stronger collaborative relationships, and they will be rooted in our local community and their own agency.
Skills/Experience:
Primary Responsibilities
Team leadership and management (45%)
Strategic planning and partnerships (40%)
Regional responsibilities (15%)
Requirements
Experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Work Demands
Apply Now
To be considered for this role, you must submit an online application including a resume and cover letter. Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the link to the online application. For more information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.teachforamerica.org/careers.
About the Organization
There are more than 16 million children growing up in poverty in the U.S., and less than 10 percent of them will graduate from college. These statistics are not a reflection of our children’s potential; we know that children growing up in poverty can and do achieve at the highest levels. Rather, these statistics reflect the systemic lack of access and opportunity for children in low-income communities.
Teach For America (TFA) finds, develops, and supports an ever-expanding network of outstanding and diverse leaders committed to expanding opportunity for children in schools, school systems, and in every sector and field that shapes the context in which schools operate. Representing the diversity of America and sharing the experience of having taught successfully in our most challenging public schools, TFA corps members and alumni form a network of change agents inside and outside of education who are grounded in the tremendous potential of our most underserved children and connected to families and communities impacted by educational inequity.
Founded by Wendy Kopp in 1989, Teach For America has since expanded to 36 states and 53 regions, reaching more than 10 million students. Now 53,000 strong and growing each year, the TFA community is leading across all sectors, including as teachers, school and school system leaders, elected officials, policy and advocacy organizers, social entrepreneurs, and business and civic leaders. We support the individual and collective leadership of this network as they work hand-in-hand with students, families, and allies in the effort to realize educational equity and excellence for children across the nation.
Our Core Values and Diversity, Equity & Inclusiveness Statement
Learn more about our Core Values and our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusiveness.
Benefits and Salary
Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included. Learn more at www.teachforamerica.org/about-us/careers/employee-benefits.
Commitment to Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment Policy
Teach For America encourages individuals of all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization, as we want to engage all those who can contribute to this effort. Learn more about our diversity on staff: www.teachforamerica.org/about-us/careers/life-at-tfa/workforce-diversity-and-inclusiveness.
Teach For America is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
This job description reflects Teach For America's assignment of essential functions and qualifications of the role. Nothing in this herein restricts management's right to assign, reassign or eliminate duties and responsibilities to this role at any time.
Team leadership and management (45%)
- Manage a full-time team of four staff members to plan and execute the institute, and manage oversight of additional staff members over the summer
- Oversee and support the recruitment, selection, and training of a high-performing summer institute staff (up to forty people) that will maximize corps member effectiveness and experience
- Serve as an primary Institute point person and overall role model/leader for your team
- Mentor, coach, and support full-time team members on their leadership and across all workstreams throughout the launch and execution of Institute.
- Build and maintain a strong culture among the full time institute team members and ensure this sense of community exists at the corps member level, as well
Strategic planning and partnerships (40%)
- With input from the Corps Member & Alumni Impact and Experience Design teams, set a compelling vision and strategy to reach desired corps member and student achievement goals over the summer in partnership with the Managing Director, Strategy, Talent, and Operations.
- Lead partner relationships on behalf of the Institute, LA Regional, and TFA teams, ensuring that we provide an excellent and aligned experience for partner schools, participating staff, enrolled students, and corps members (LA, San Diego, and CA Capital Valley).
- Actively contribute to and advance Teach for America’s broader efforts to train and support our corps members across their two-year commitment
Regional responsibilities (15%)
- Serve as a member of the regional Leadership Team to support the region in achieving its short and long term vision, goals, and objectives
- Actively participate in all all-staff activities and initiatives including, but not limited to, all-staff meetings, retreats, small team cohorts, and stepbacks throughout the year
- Own and support broader regional and organizational priorities, including selecting and matriculating new corps members and supporting other regional initiatives
Requirements
Experience
- 7 to 10 years of work experience strongly preferred
- 3 or more years of management experience required
- Previous large-scale strategic planning experience required
- Previous project management experience required
- Instructional experience required
- Teach For America alumni preferred
- Previous summer institute experience strongly preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrated commitment to and belief in Teach For America's mission, theory of change and core values
- Ability to set an inspiring vision and invest others in ambitious goals
- Proven ability to develop and leverage relationships with diverse constituents and stakeholders
- Demonstrated success building a diverse team and fostering long term growth and development
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to analyze and synthesize data from a range of sources to make high-impact, strategic decisions
- Desire to lead and support an entrepreneurial endeavor
Work Demands
- Ability to travel and work on-site at a university for eight weeks (including evenings and weekends) during the summer
Apply Now
To be considered for this role, you must submit an online application including a resume and cover letter. Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the link to the online application. For more information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.teachforamerica.org/careers.
About the Organization
There are more than 16 million children growing up in poverty in the U.S., and less than 10 percent of them will graduate from college. These statistics are not a reflection of our children’s potential; we know that children growing up in poverty can and do achieve at the highest levels. Rather, these statistics reflect the systemic lack of access and opportunity for children in low-income communities.
Teach For America (TFA) finds, develops, and supports an ever-expanding network of outstanding and diverse leaders committed to expanding opportunity for children in schools, school systems, and in every sector and field that shapes the context in which schools operate. Representing the diversity of America and sharing the experience of having taught successfully in our most challenging public schools, TFA corps members and alumni form a network of change agents inside and outside of education who are grounded in the tremendous potential of our most underserved children and connected to families and communities impacted by educational inequity.
Founded by Wendy Kopp in 1989, Teach For America has since expanded to 36 states and 53 regions, reaching more than 10 million students. Now 53,000 strong and growing each year, the TFA community is leading across all sectors, including as teachers, school and school system leaders, elected officials, policy and advocacy organizers, social entrepreneurs, and business and civic leaders. We support the individual and collective leadership of this network as they work hand-in-hand with students, families, and allies in the effort to realize educational equity and excellence for children across the nation.
Our Core Values and Diversity, Equity & Inclusiveness Statement
Learn more about our Core Values and our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusiveness.
Benefits and Salary
Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included. Learn more at www.teachforamerica.org/about-us/careers/employee-benefits.
Commitment to Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment Policy
Teach For America encourages individuals of all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization, as we want to engage all those who can contribute to this effort. Learn more about our diversity on staff: www.teachforamerica.org/about-us/careers/life-at-tfa/workforce-diversity-and-inclusiveness.
Teach For America is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
This job description reflects Teach For America's assignment of essential functions and qualifications of the role. Nothing in this herein restricts management's right to assign, reassign or eliminate duties and responsibilities to this role at any time.
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Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Nov 14 2017
Active Until:
Dec 10 2017
Hiring Organization:
Teach For America
industry:
Nonprofit