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Director of Leadership Development - Rio Grande Valley (19-20)

Employer
IDEA Public Schools
Location
Weslaco, TX, United States
Salary
Competitive

Job Details

Description
Position at IDEA Public Schools

About the Rio Grande Valley:

Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a school of 150 students in Donna, TX to the fastest- growing family of tuition-free, public charter schools in the United States. In the Rio Grande Valley, we are a nucleus of four counties (Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy County) that work as one unit to support our children academically and holistically.

RGV is home to a population of just over 1.3 million residents. Children across the region truly benefit from IDEA's mission of college for all as only 1 out of 17 students graduate college-ready. Our mission holds true as we have 2,400 IDEA alumni that currently attend, or have graduated from, 150 colleges and universities across the country.

Join our passionate team of changemakers in south Texas as we prepare to expand our home region to 55 schools, serving over 38,000 students in 2022.



Role Mission:
Directors of Leader Development (DLD) build a strong school leadership pipeline to ensure that every school is led by a transformational leadership team. This is in service of the ultimate goal of a transformational teacher in every classroom, driving rigorous and joyful learning for all students. DLDs focus primarily on the onboarding, development, retention, and career progression of IDEA's principals and their instructional lead team members, due to our belief that excellent school leaders are the key to hiring, developing, and retaining strong teachers. DLDs also work alongside other regional partners to help to build a strong long term school leadership pipeline, beginning with teacher leadership development, continuing with campus lead team member development, and culminating in the Principals-in-Residence and New Principal coaching programs. Directors of Leader Development play critical roles in regional leadership teams, partnering with Executive Directors and Vice Presidents of Schools on the growth and stability of the human capital pipeline.

Accountabilities:

  • 63% of teachers managed by Principals in Residence (PIRs) achieve Level 3+ (out of 5) in the Teacher Career Pathway student achievement measure (portfolio-specific)
    • Ensure PIRs establish effective data tracking and response systems such that their coaching and management of their teachers is consistently data driven and aligned to students learning goals.
    • Regularly analyze PIR student achievement data and respond by adjusting coaching with strategic urgency


  • 90% of PIRs will be rated as proficient or advanced in at least 90% of their target School Leadership Levers
    • Implement IDEA's Principals-in-Residence principal preparation program by providing intensive 1:1 coaching for a portfolio of PIRs and facilitating key professional development experiences
    • Communicate to mentor principals the measures of excellence for principalship (defined within the School Leadership Levers) and, when needed, build mentor principal capacity to model proficiency for their PIR
    • Provide specialized coaching to PIRs in the Rhodes Fellowship so that at least 90% of Rhodes Fellows achieve an adequate or superior rating on their Rhodes Vision Defense
    • Collaborate with regional leadership team and other Human Assets, Schools Team, and Academic Services team members to provide aligned, strategic coaching to support the success and development of PIRs
    • Share best practices and collaborate with other DLDs on best practices to arrange peer visits, school tours, etc.


  • 100% of principal vacancies will be filled with a Principal in Residence
    • Partner with regional leaders, staffing team, and principal managers to help engage in selection and matching of Principals in Residence to vacant principal roles
    • Monitor and support each PIR's progress toward meeting or exceeding their individual development and campus goals
    • Ensure that each PIR is building both technical and adaptive proficiency in the most important areas of instructional leadership and visionary team leadership
    • Partner with principal hiring manager to identify and address other local needs for principal preparation
    • Facilitate sessions (as requested) in the Rhodes Fellowship
    • Collaborate with other DLDs to share best practices across the organization


  • 100% of new principals in coaching portfolio receive an A/B state rating (or achieve their PK - 2 goal, if no state testing yet)
    • Provide coaching to portfolio PIRs in the Rhodes Fellowship to ensure new principals are set up for success in their new role (ensuring that 90 - 100% of Rhodes Fellows achieve an adequate or superior rating on their Rhodes Vision Defense)
    • Coordinate new principal school reviews to evaluate implementation and impact of the vision & plans created during the Rhodes Fellowship
    • Support the creation & implementation of new principal coaching plans that align to each principal's highest priority development focus, if/as requested by the principal's manager


  • Retain 90% of all principals, 95% of PIR-Alumni principals, and 95% of mentor principals from August to August
    • Consult with principal managers to provide thought partnership around principal retention.
    • Periodically (if needed & requested), provide short-term coaching to high priority principals (and sometimes their lead teams) to address a specific need.
    • Help identify prospective mentor principals
    • Support mentor principal development in modeling excellence in principalship, if/as needed
    • Help design and/or facilitate sessions in principal professional development programs, if/as requested by principal managers


  • 85% Campus lead team retention, with no gaps by position
    • Lead the regional Leadership & Management Academy (2 nd year cohort for all campus lead team managers of intact teams)
    • Support faciitation of IDEA coaching and leadership trainings, including: New Leader Institute, Coaching Academy & Leader Content Knowledge Institute (e.g. facilitate sessions as requested/available)
    • Support other local campus leader collaboration days as requested/available (e.g. Principal collaboration)
    • Coach PIRs & Principals to effectively coach & manage their lead team members


  • 90|50% of Leadership & Management participants will respond to the key quality measure survey question with 8+|10, with 90% average attendance & 90% achieving target proficiency in final triathlon tasks
    • Serve as regional lead for the region's Leadership & Management PD program for campus leaders, managing all local elements of the program (designed nationally & executed regionally)
    • Lead communication and build relationships of trust with participants in region
    • Customize session design if/as needed to meet the local needs of your leaders
    • Facilitate sessions and/or select and prepare facilitators
    • Supervise the work of a regionally-selected logistics manager
    • Partner with the Regional Director of Operations and Director of College Success (as needed) to support high quality in-field coaching of Assistant Principals of Operations and Directors of College Success in Leadership & Management Academy


  • Build relationships of trust and collaboration with principal managers, mentor principals, and other school & regional leaders, so that 100% report being satisfied or highly satisfied with the partnership
    • Initiate regular communication about the performance of leaders you support and about the health of the business partnership itself
    • Embrace the challenge of navigating complex business partnerships (sometimes encountering resistance), and seize this challenge as an opportunity to influence transformation at any and all levels of the organization
    • Help business partners understand the connection between sometimes seemingly dichotomous priorities (e.g. national/regional, individual/collective, short term/long term, coaching/management)


  • Live Values of IDEA
    • Believes and is committed to our mission: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
    • Is driven by outcomes 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
    • 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 relationships in order to achieve outcomes
    • Embodies IDEA's core values


    Competencies:
    • Mission Focus
    • Strategic leadership
    • Effective management of self and others
    • Building strong trusting relationships
    • Designing and facilitating adult learning experiences
    • Project management
    • Navigating complex partnerships
    • Leading change
    • Humility with a commitment to continuous improvement


    Qualifications:
    • Education: Master's Degree Strongly Preferred
    • Experience: Teaching & principal experience required


    Knowledge and Skills:
    • Mastery of School Leadership Levers (or similar school leadership rubric)
    • Ability to coach and influence senior leaders across the organization
    • Familiarity with Relay Graduate School of Education/Leverage Leadership Coaching model
    • Comfortable & skilled at managing others to results through both direct supervision and influence
    • Exceptional design & facilitation of adult professional development programs & sessions
    • Successful experience with project planning and executing large-scale professional development programs
    • Execute organizational strategy at the regional level


    Compensation:
    • Salaries for this role typically fall between $85,000 and $102,500, 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.

    Company

    IDEA Public Schools believes that each and every child can go to college. Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States. IDEA currently serves nearly 66,000 college-bound students in 120 schools across Texas and Louisiana and is gearing up to open schools in Florida for the 2021-2022 school year.

    Interested in learning more about working at IDEA Public Schools? 

    Visit us at www.ideapublicschools.org/careers.

    Company info
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    Telephone
    956-377-8000
    Location
    2115 W. Pike Blvd
    Weslaco
    TX
    78596
    US

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