Near South Principal Transition Coordinator (PTC)

Near South Principal Transition Coordinator (PTC)

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is committed to providing every child from every community with a high quality education that prepares them for success in college and in life. CPS students continue to make record-breaking academic progress in every part of the city. Our vision is that all CPS schools can build on this progress by offering high quality, rigorous instruction from talented educators that help put Chicago students on a path to lasting success.

In May 2017, in response to community requests to strengthen educational options in the Near South area, CPS introduced a preliminary framework to expand high quality neighborhood options from pre-K through high school in the Near South area by expanding the boundaries of South Loop Elementary School (South Loop) and converting National Teachers Academy (NTA) to a neighborhood high school. This preliminary framework was designed to address key priorities in the Near South community, including providing a continuum of high quality neighborhood school options for all students from pre-K through high school graduation, as well as building diverse school communities.

During the past 12 months, CPS received extensive feedback on this proposal. As a result of this feedback, CPS modified the proposal by adjusting the proposed attendance boundary for South Loop and modifying the transition timeline so that a majority of current NTA students can remain at the school through high school graduation, if they choose to stay at the school.

Job Summary: CPS is hiring a Principal Transition Coordinator for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school year to support the NTA and South Loop school administrations in handling the additional work that comes with school transitions. The role will include (but is not limited to) supporting transitioning students, c ollaborating with School Chief and Principals to provide operations support (Finance, Information Technology, Real Estate, and Asset Recovery), coordinating and supporting the Culture and Climate Team to ensure the strong school cultures at South Loop and NTA are reflected in the new elementary school, and providing status updates and strategic reporting to senior leadership team

PTC Schedule and Roles / Responsibilities

1. Meeting weekly with district project manager
   
   
2. Coordinating and supporting a culture and climate team to ensure the strong school cultures at South Loop and NTA are reflected in the new elementary school
   
   
3. Escalating climate and culture team roadblocks to Principals and Office of Social and Emotional Learning (OSEL) to ensure timely and effective resolution
   
   
4. Overseeing a small team consisting of transition coordinators and other support staff (e.g. records officials) that will support the transition
   
   
5. Auditing and packaging school records for transition, inclusive of student and business records.
   
   
6. Working with the records department to ensure the successful transfer of records
   
   
7. Completing classroom observations to ensure quality instruction is provided through the end of the year
   
   
8. Working with the teachers and staff to accomplish needed tasks,
   
   
9. Serving as a point of contact for school based leadership staff to troubleshoot transition related questions or issues that may arise.
   
   
10. Monitoring the task list calendar for the principals' timely completion and the networks' weekly verifications
    
    
11. Sustaining the communication between the schools and the AUSL network office, Office of Network Supports and CEO's office,
    
    
12. Working with specific district offices (e.g. ODLSS) to ensure the execution of the transition plan (i.e. ensuring the successful transition of IEPs to a student's new school)
    
    

Type of Education and Experience Required:

5 - 10 years of experience as a proven leader in project and change management in an urban school setting. Experience and familiarity with the Near South community a plus. Experience with grade re-configurations and reassignment boundaries a plus.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience successfully leading development of positive school climate and culture, including MTSS
  
  
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency in accomplishing goals and objectives to ensure success.
  
  
• Proven experience in leading large projects to successful implementation and outcomes.
  
  
• Possesses excellent analytical and organizational skills.
  
  
• Understands how to use multiple sources of data to inform daily decisions, and provide executive updates to leadership team.
  
  
• Excellent communicator in speaking, listening and writing skills.
  
  
• Proven ability to facilitate and motivate change to achieve results.
  
  
• Experience effectively managing and prioritizing operations, budget and other resources to achieve successful outcomes.
  
  
• Proven experience in the development and maintenance of effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholder groups and acts with integrity in a politically-charged environment.
  
  
• Knowledgeable of current policies and procedures of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago.
  
  
• Proficient with current suite of enterprise applications used by the Chicago Public Schools. (Dashboard, IMPACT, Oracle, TALEO, etc.)