In the spirit of exploring every possible way to ensure every child in our city has access to a great neighborhood school, we will launch a regional summer training institute in Phoenix for the summer of 2018. We are looking for a visionary, instructionally-savvy, and dedicated leader to develop and launch a world-class teacher preparation experience for over 50 novice teachers this summer.
This person will work closely with the Teacher Leadership Development and Public Affairs & Community Engagement teams 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 VP, Teacher Leadership Development, and will eventually build and manage a summer team of ~15 part-time staff to lead institute programming and logistics.
After the initial launch of institute in summer 2018, we will open the role for a full-time staff member who will help sustain institute for years to come.
Set Vision and Design
- Design a compelling vision and strategy to reach desired CM preparedness, CM culture and 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
- Manage 1 full-time staff member in the planning and execution of institute
- Work with national Talent Recruitment Team to cultivate and select ~15 high performing part-time summer institute staff to build a top-notch instructional team
- Develop and execute summer staffing and training aligned to Institute priorities preparing CMs with foundational skills, building strong corps vulture and strong relationships
Build Relationships with Key Stakeholders
- Develop and manage strong relationships with key players at Arizona State University 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
- Participate in cross-functional team-wide initiatives that align with our regional priorities and strategies.
Prior Experience
- Experience leading teaching residency programs required (i.e., Teach For America Summer Institute, Teach For All Institutes, TNTP, Teaching Fellows, MATCH).
- Strong instructional background, preferably a former teacher, teacher coach, or school leader.
- Design and execution of adult professional development experience required
- 2 or more years of management experience required
- Minimum of 6 years or more of work experience
Work Demands
- Ability to work most nights and weekends during the 6-week summer Institute.
- Outside of Institute, limited night and weekend work.
Skills
- You are innovative and strategic. You 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.
- You build relationships quickly and know how to invest, motivate and inspire others to work towards a shared vision.