Managing Director, Regional Institute Strategy

Though the MD, Regional Institute Strategy is likely to see themselves in the following examples these are not requirements. Rather, these examples are designed to help you determine if this opportunity aligns with your passion and purpose.

• You are a strategic thinker, planner, and operator. When you face a large problem, your first instinct is to break it down into smaller, manageable pieces and set hard line priorities for what is most important. You use systems to track progress, streamline communication and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the regional team’s execution.
• You are obsessed with data. You see data collection and analysis as an essential component of equity work. You consistently collect both quantitative and qualitative data, draw connections between the two, and use these data points to take your work and the work of teachers to new heights.
• You approach your work through an equity lens. You fundamentally believe that race, class, and privilege are at the core of inequity in our society and schools. You work to understand the way that your own identity impacts your thoughts, actions, and ultimately your leadership, and you are excited to support educators in understanding this as well. You have a history of operating in the spirit of our commitment to diversity and a strong understanding of the dynamics of race and class in America.  You lead, and believe others must lead, through a culturally responsive lens and in a way that empowers staff, alumni, and corps members.
• You thrive on being a self-driven learner and iterator. You are hungry to learn and regularly seek out opportunities for feedback and growth. You see feedback as a path to strengthening your work, actively seek it out, and respond positively to it.  You are open and collaborative and working in a team environment to strengthen your practice.  You view mistakes as a way to learn and are therefore eager to dissect them with peers to find a path for improvement. You demonstrate an uncommon level of personal responsibility for achieving results, define broadly what is within your control persevere in the face of challenges and you’re exceptionally optimistic about what is possible. 
• You create exceptional culture. Teams and communities are better because you are a part of them. In the face of challenge, you choose joy and data informed action. As a result of your work and influence, groups of individuals become teams united in pursuit of a common vision.
• You achieve quick wins while always keeping the long game in mind.  You are energized by doing the tough work today while also keeping your eye on the ball ten years from now because when you do, you ask bigger, more important questions and deliver better, short-term success.
• You operate with a learning orientation.  You are an exemplar of lifelong learning and are a reflective practitioner who is committed to your own growth and development in service to increasing your capacity to accelerate the attainment of the mission and lead.
• You establish deep relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.  You understand the importance of maintaining proximity with people within and beyond the organization in service to the mission and operate in a manner that conveys your belief in people and our Core Values and DEI Aspirations.

Setting Vision, Designing, and Executing Student and Teacher Learning Experiences (50%)

• Build deep knowledge of our current and historical contexts and the roles of identity, race, class, and privilege in producing the current conditions of educational inequity, including potential assets and challenges to establishing educational equity
• Analyze data, quantitative and qualitative, in order to set priorities for upcoming year and take strategic action towards those priorities
• Facilitate collaboration across consortium regions to ensure strong alignment between institute and regional arcs of development
• Design the arcs of learning experiences for corps members aligned to regional and institute vision
• Manage the work projects to create all materials and learning experiences for corps members
• Collaborate with district partners to set a vision for student summer school, including daily schedules and curriculum needs
• Manage the work projects to create all materials needed for students’ summer school experience
• Set vision and direction, design, and facilitate summer staff training to ensure staff have the knowledge and skills to lead students and corps members to strong outcomes during the summer

Cultivate and Maintain Relationships (10%)

• Establish strong partnerships with the community, including district partners and consortium regions, grounded in a shared vision of excellent education for all and to optimally advance our mission and strategy 
• Work to ensure strong, collaborative relationships with consortium regions and national partners to ensure learning across all teams

 Management (20%)

• Set vision for and craft plans for medium and large-scale teacher-leader learning experiences
• Project manage large-scale teacher-leader learning experiences
• Manage 2-10 summer staff members, including but not limited to planning and facilitating team meetings and 1:1 check ins, preparing team members for facilitation, progress monitoring, providing input and feedback
• Communicate with team members, corps members, and external partners
• Foster strong culture across your team and across all institute staff

 Staff Cultivation and Hiring (15%)

• Create role profiles for summer staff roles aligned to institute vision
• Cultivate talent from previous staff members and other sources within consortium regions
• Revise or create all interview materials for instructional staff roles
• Interview instructional summer staff roles

Region-wide and Organization-wide Responsibilities (5%)
Teach For America thrives on cross-functional partnerships throughout our organization. Our staff members are skilled in working across layers, understanding and managing through the reality of competing commitments, navigating these situations with grace, and being culture leaders within our regional team. We do this by upholding an orientation towards flexibility and generosity while also remaining deeply committed to a sense of possibility and achievement. While some days we work independently to achieve milestones, realizing our goals requires regular collaboration at all levels. Everyone shows their support for region and organization-wide initiatives by actively engaging in the following:

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness professional development
• Regional staff recruitment and talent cultivation
• Cross-functional special projects
• Corps member selection interviews
• All staff leadership development and team building