Description
Position at IDEA Public Schools

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe in college for ALL and we are committed to ensuring that all of our students graduate from college. IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college. 58% of our students graduate from college in 6 years - that's 8 times the national rate for students in our communities!

IDEA was founded in 2000 as a single school with 150 students in the Rio Grande Valley. When interest exceeded building capacity, to meet the demands, IDEA's co-founders committed to serving more students in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and beyond. We now serve nearly 45,000 students across Texas and Louisiana. By 2022, IDEA will serve 100,000 students. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you-with continued growth in our current regions and new launches in Tarrant County (Fort Worth/Arlington), New Orleans, Houston (2020), Permian Basin (2021), and Tampa Bay (2021)!

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.

To learn more about IDEA, check out this video .

Role Mission: The Director of Teacher Career Pathway leads IDEA's key national strategy for teacher evaluation, recognition, development, and retention by ensuring that IDEA's Teacher Career Pathway is best in class. This leader ensures that the Teacher Career Pathway is an enduring and trusted institution that motivates IDEA teachers to stay in the classroom for their career. This person is responsible for investment in and upholding the integrity and fairness of the Teacher Career Pathway. They will also maintain and update all elements of the program as IDEA expands.

This role will begin in Spring 2019.

Accountabilities

1. Teacher Retention:80% Level 1 | 85% All Teachers | 95% Advanced Teachers (Level 4+)

• All other scorecard metrics are in service of teacher retention goal
• Design, train, organize and implement the Teacher Advisory Council in all IDEA regions. Lead the partnership with Chiefs to approve agenda items, Executive Directors to facilitate regionally, and regional team to coordinate logistics.

2. Manages the Teacher Career Pathway infrastructure in a way that is reflective of and responsive to organizational needs year over year

• Deeply understand the goals and curriculum associated with every teacher-led course in the organization.
• Design criteria for fair and equitable student achievement metrics across all teacher-lead courses

• Lead process and collaborate with Academic Services, Human Assets, and Schools Team to design and/or revise individual student achievement rubrics for each teacher-led course every year
• Create and execute communication and change management plan for any revisions to Teacher Career Pathway evaluation metrics year over year
• 99% of Teachers have a published student achievement accountability metric

• 85% of teachers agree/strongly Agree with Teacher Career Pathway climate survey metrics
• Design and/or update the Teacher Career Pathway Handbook year over year with current policy revisions
• Design and cascade trainings to support and invest campus leaders, regional leaders, and teachers in understanding and implementing the Teacher Career Pathway with fidelity across the organization

3. Design, train, organize, and implement an effective manager review process across the organization to ensure 100% of IDEA teachers are accurately placed on the Teacher Career Pathway by the bonus deadline

• Build, share, and execute the vision for Teacher Career Pathway Dashboards on the Hub.
• Manage the project plan for Teacher Career Pathway Dashboards to be updated and audited throughout the year and published one month before Teacher Career Pathway manager review. Project will be executed by Software Development Team engineers.
• Partner with broader Teacher Advancement Team to ensure all Annual Performance Review ratings on the Guideposts for Excellent Teaching (GET) Rubric are assessed by a GET-certified manager.
• Manage the project plan to ensure the data is collected by deadline for all Annual Performance Review GET Rubric ratings.

• Manage the project plan to ensure all Student and Family Survey data is collected from third-party vendor (Panorama) by deadline.
• Identify all relevant organizational data that must be collected and processed on Teacher Career Pathway Dashboard. Ensure all data is communicated, gathered and process by final deadline.

Executes a staff development cycle addressing the needs of all IDEA teachers, co-teachers and their managers, such that 95% of employees complete all steps.

• Design and implement a staff development cycle that allows for goal setting, feedback, and annual performance reviews.
• Convene collaborative working groups to problem solve, design, and cascade plans for the staff development cycle practices.
• Ensure effective training to all teachers and co-teachers for maximum participation and effectiveness. Design materials that make direct connections to the staff development cycle and the Teacher Career Pathway.
• Collaborate with Teacher Advancement Team and Leader Development Team on training resources and staff communication.

We look for Team and Family who embody the followingvaluesand characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our missionand being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• Has demonstrated effectiveoutcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes

• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationshipsin order toachieve outcomes
• We believe in education asa professionand hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.

Competencies:

• Mission Focus - focuses on IDEA's core purpose of getting all students into college
• Record of Results - holds high expectations for self and others to achieve and surpass intended goals
• Managing Others to Deliver Results -- leads team to achieve measurable and ambitious results
• Instructional Leadership - leads instructional staff to improve their teaching quickly and measurably through observations, coaching, data conversations, and effective evaluations
• Problem Solving - able to synthesize, analyze, and prioritize data and opportunities to develop strategies for achieving quantifiable goals

• Coaching & Developing - develops team through formal and informal methods; makes professional development a top priority
• Communication - effectively conveys information using a variety of channels and techniques
• Continuous Improvement - proactively identifies opportunities to improve and consistently reflects on past actions to guide future decision s

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree preferred

• Experience: 2-5 years teacher experience required, 1-2 years managing a project or program that has organization-wide impact, experience managing adults
• Experience in adult learning or curriculum and instruction

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to identify key stakeholders, build relationships, and influence decisions that impact your goals

• Ability to understand and differentiate communication and training for various audiences and relationships
• Operate with an organizational lens and encourage others to do so

Compensation:

• Salaries for this role typically fall between $65 ,426 to $ 83,419 , commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications. This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on individual and organizational performance and goal attainment.

IDEA Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact IDEA Human Resources at (956) 377-8000.