We are looking for an aspiring enterprise level leader who is poised to lead across spaces in New Haven-deeply connected to the community they serve, engaged with Teach For America corps members and alumni, and as the facilitator of a high functioning, innovative team. As the New Haven City Team leader, you are responsible for enacting Teach For America’s full theory of change within the context of New Haven. In addition, you share responsibility with countless others to contribute to the success of Teach For America through ongoing collaboration and collective learning. You have a proven track record of setting and enlisting others in bold visions, ultimately leading others to achieve meaningful results. You are a systems leader who leverages a keen understanding of perspectives of others to build relationships, coalitions, and create thriving and inclusive culture across stakeholders. You have a steadfast belief in the potential of all children and in Teach For America’s mission.
Set vision and foster individual and collective leadership of members in New Haven (30%)
- Set and manage toward a compelling and highly contextualized vision for the New Haven program to reach ambitious member learning and engagement, student impact, and team-wide goals
- Cultivate deep relationships across a broad group of stakeholders including district leaders, community leaders, alumni and corps members to advance Teach For America’s contribution in New Haven
- Develop strong partnership with Leadership for Educational Excellence (LEE) to maximize Teach For America’s mission in New Haven
Lead implementation of TFA program and mission in New Haven (30%)
- Develop a member driven learning culture that accelerates the impact of our members
- Collaborate with the central program team to ensure seamless integration of our Alternate Route to Certification (ARC) across our broader member program
- Lead the team to plan for and take actions that result in significant changes in classrooms, thereby demonstrating results and putting kids on a path of expanded opportunities in life
- Plan and execute high quality adult learning experiences for members that are grounded in Teach For America’s position on adult learning (PAL)
- Assess program impact across a variety of measures, use data to make strategic decisions to manage your team toward ambitious goals
- Partner with district and charter partners in New Haven to plan and execute a successful hiring strategy that ensures all corps members are hired by the first day of school
Coach and develop your team towards ambitious outcomes (30%)
- Cultivate, hire, and support a diverse team of two coaches, poised to collectively accomplish a set of ambitious goals
- Coach, develop, and evaluate team members on an ongoing basis to ensure they are learning and growing as leaders
- Foster an empowered, equitable and inclusive team who consistently models our core values for themselves and our members
Regional Team Responsibilities (10%)
- Support, attend and/or participate in regional team activities including but not limited to, corps member selection and matriculation, corps members and alumni professional development, and functional teams meetings and retreats
- Significant experience leading teams to achieve demonstrated results
- Strong instructional background, preferably a former teacher, teacher coach, or school leader.
- Experience with the design and execution of adult professional development experience required
- Connection to the New Haven community and/or the desire to become a local leader there
- 2 or more years of management experience required
- Minimum of 6 years or more of work experience
Skills
- Demonstrated ability to set vision and direction along with the ability to invest a broad range of stakeholders in that vision. Your vision for Teach For America’s role in New Haven is informed by the perspectives of these stakeholders and to whom you are ultimately accountable.
- Exceptional ability to build relationships and tailor approach toward the perspective of others across a variety of stakeholders. You build networks and utilize those to inspire collective action toward your vision.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams and build a strong culture within those teams. Your team includes your in-service members and staff team and you have experience leading through layers toward a cohesive cultural experience.
- Ability to coach and develop others to ambitious results. You have the demonstrated ability to go beyond the surface and create transformational coaching experiences that unlock the leadership potential of others.
- Obsessed with 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.
- Self-driven planner and executer. You seamlessly take complex 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.
- Oriented to systems leadership with a desire to grow you capabilities and that of others
Work Demands
- This role requires occasional evening and weekend commitments.