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Position at IDEA Public Schools

About IDEA Public Schools :  

 

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe in college for ALL and we are committed to ensuring that   all   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. 50% 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  over 65,000  students across Texas and Louisiana. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you-with continued growth in our current regions an d new launches in  Tampa Bay , FL  (2021) ,  and  Jacksonville, FL (2022) !  

 

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 .  

About Permian Basin

 

Permian Basin is a large region encompassing the majority of West Texas. When you think of the Permian Basin, think oil country, Friday Night Lights, sunny days, and gorgeous sunsets. The two major cities that IDEA Public Schools will serve are Midland and Odessa, located about 15 miles from each other and situated almost exactly halfway between El Paso and Fort Worth.

 

Though only 17% of residents have a college degree, the community is eager to innovate, partner, and transform the education system for the next generation of scholars. IDEA Public Schools is proud to launch in Permian Basin as a high-quality education opportunity for families, with a commitment to serve over 10,000 students at scale by launching 14 schools across Midland and Odessa.  

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 preparation of IDEA's aspiring principals 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 (PIRs) 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 specific to leadership.

 

Accountabilities:

 
Regional A Rating & 100% of PIRs achieve target student achievement goal

• Implement IDEA's Principals-in-Residence principal preparation program by providing intensive 1:1 coaching for a portfolio of PIRs
• Regularly analyze PIR student achievement data and respond by adjusting coaching with strategic urgency
• Provide coaching for new principals as needed/requested, in close partnership with each principal's supervisor (new principal coaching won't begin until at least Aug 2022)
• Coach lead teams at priority schools, as needed/requested, based on regional data

 
90% of PIRs will be rated as proficient or advanced in at least 90% of their target School Leadership Levers

• Teach and model the School Leadership Levers
• 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 (the year prior to school launch) so that at least 90% of Rhodes Fellows achieve a proficient rating on their Rhodes deliverables

 
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 the principal hiring manager to identify and address other local needs for principal preparation

 
100% of new principals in coaching portfolio receive an A rating (or achieve their PK - 2 goal, if no state testing yet) (new principal coaching won't begin until at least Aug 2022)

• Provide coaching to portfolio PIRs in the Rhodes Fellowship to ensure new principals are set up for success in their new role
• 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 (for all Year 2 PIRs and team managers) or Coaching Academy (training program for all first year instructional leaders)
• Lead Quarterly PIR Collaboration Days
• Support other leadership training programs as needed, including: Teacher Leader Institute, New Leader Institute, Coaching Academy, Monthly Principal Collaboration Days (number of available programs depends on size of region)
• Coach PIRs & Principals to effectively coach & manage their lead team members

 
90|50% of training 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 Academy program and PIR Quarterly Collaboration Days for campus leaders, managing all local elements of the program
• 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 (if/when applicable)

 
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 their partnership with you

• 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: Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred
• Experience: 3+ years successful principal experience and/or 10+ years of instructional and leadership coaching experience required  |  1+ years successful principal coaching/supervision experience preferred

 

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

 

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.