Teacher Residency Coordinator

About CPS:

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is the third largest school district in the United States, serving over 360,000 students in 600+ schools and employing nearly 36,000 people, most of them teachers. CPS has set ambitious goals to ensure that every student, in every school and every neighborhood, has access to a world-class learning experience that prepares each for success in college, career and civic life. In order to fulfill this mission we make three commitments to our students, their families and all Chicagoans: academic progress, financial stability and integrity. Five core principles are embedded within these commitments - high quality, rigorous instruction, talented and empowered educators, safety and support, financial stability and collective impact.

About CPS Teacher Residency Programs

With partners across the city, CPS' Talent Office has launched Teach Chicago 2025, an initiative that includes the Teacher Residency Program as a key lever to support schools in the district to accomplish the following goals:

• Expand new teacher pipelines into CPS classrooms
  
  
• Improve Day One Readiness of new teachers
  
  
• Ensure equity in students' access to high quality teachers
  
  
• Support teacher recognition, leadership and retention
  
  
• Build diversity now for long-term change
  
  

The CPS Teacher Residency Program is an accelerated two-year program, run in partnership with three universities, that prepares new teachers, all of whom earn a Professional Educators' License (PEL), a Masters Degree in Teaching (MAT) and an endorsement in a high-needs content area (Bilingual Education, STEM, Special Education or Early Childhood Education).

The mission of the program is to recruit, prepare and retain a diverse base of culturally competent individuals to successfully teach high needs subjects in underserved communities. Undergirding our approach to this work is a vision of a teacher workforce that reflects the rich diversity of CPS students and communities and is devoid of talent shortages, particularly in the highest needs schools. We believe that the best talent should go to the highest needs schools and communities and strive for our program to serve as a model for preparing teachers for today and leaders for our next generations of students and teachers.

About the Residency Coordinator Role

The Teacher Residency Coordinator will be a part of the Teacher Residency team that is responsible for building teacher talent pipelines to better meet the needs of CPS schools and leading efforts to improve the readiness of CPS' new teachers during their pre-service training. The Teacher Residency Coordinator reports to the Teacher Residency Manager, with the primary objective of developing and managing program structures to ensure smooth and effective operations on a daily basis and during peak periods of recruitment and application and Resident staffing. This operational work is especially important, as we've quadrupled the number of residents that the program is supporting in advance of FY20.

To fulfill this objective, the Teacher Residency Coordinator will:

• Process a wide variety of paperwork in support of the administration and growth of our Residency Programs across the district
  
  
• Quickly assess and prioritize requests and issues both from candidates and from the internal team as they arise on a day-to-day basis
  
  
• Manage the program calendar, organize candidate submissions and files and monitor candidate compliance on program requirements
  
  
• Plan and execute program events in partnership with the Recruitment Specialists, including securing vendors, venues and materials and managing technology for effective presentation
  
  
• Manage and direct candidate inquires about the program structure and requirements via phone and email
  
  
• Manage and approve timesheets and payroll processing for Residents in the program
  
  
• Collaborate across teams, including Human Resources, Office Management, Staffing, Budget and Benefits to support candidates and program partners in a calm, friendly and professional manner
  
  

The Ideal Candidate has...

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail (including proofreading and editing), and an ability to consistently deliver high-quality work products
  
  
• Superior organizational/project management skills and attention to detail
  
  
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities, combined with strong initiative and a team player attitude
  
  
• Ability to communicate and build trusting relationships with a broad cross-section of stakeholders
  
  
• Ability to be flexible and quickly adapt to change
  
  
• A customer-service based approach to recruiting that is also highly collaborative and results-oriented
  
  
• Strong interpersonal skills; including confidence and ease with individuals at all levels throughout the organization and externally
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant work experience
  
  
• Experience interacting with leaders/executives preferred
  
  
• Experience managing vendor/consultant resources preferred
  
  
• Valid Driver's License and vehicle access preferred
  
  

*Residency Expectation

As a condition of employment with the Chicago Public Schools, an employee must be an actual resident of the City of Chicago or be willing to become a resident within six months of the date of his/her employment with Chicago Public Schools.