Director Of Instructional Support

Summary

Join Instruction Partners as a Director of Instructional Support and lead the effort to improve instruction in partnership with schools and systems nationwide. This full-time remote position requires up to 50% national travel and is open to candidates residing in the Western United States. You will manage a team of content experts, support a network of schools, and serve as the primary point of contact for partners. Responsibilities include system support, team management, and training. The ideal candidate possesses extensive educational experience, system-level leadership skills, and strong communication abilities.

Requirements

8+ years of educational experience and 3+ years of system-level leadership or school leadership

Responsibilities

• Support a portfolio of schools and systems to improve instruction in core academic subjects and support student growth
• Lead system instructional reviews to diagnose needs and work closely with partners to develop actions plans in line with their values and resources to support instructional improvement
• Build relationships with school and system leaders to support implementation of action plans and adjust course where needed
• Serve as the primary point of contact for partners and their questions; Connect partners to resources, information and research from within the network and across the sector to help schools and systems solve targeted instructional challenges
• Manage a team to provide content-specific support to partners
• Manage partner contracts and deliverables to achieve school-level goals based on instruction and student achievement
• Plan cross-system support opportunities targeting common instructional challenges across the partner network, including: Planning and facilitating classroom visits and meetings for instructional leaders
• Researching and writing case studies of particular examples of instructional improvement
• Identify common instructional challenges across systems and propose, design and execute new services to target common challenges
• Facilitate adult learning experiences for school and system leaders both within and across systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading instructional improvement for a small system and/or rural district, with a track record of improving student achievement
• Knowledge of school leadership levers, decisions, and change management implications — understand and able to provide recommendations on the full range of decisions that leaders can make at the school level to organize instruction, staff and student/family engagement
• Quick ability to understand the assets, needs and personalities of a school system in order to help develop plans that will work for their context
• Strong instructional instincts and experience across content domains; deep understanding of all content areas is not expected and Directors of Instructional Support will have content consultants they can call on – however, strong content knowledge is certainly valued
• Strong management skills and experience developing team members
• Great communication skills verbally and in writing, with an ability to develop quick rapport and build trust
• Detail orientation, organization and ability to keep multiple projects moving forward concurrently
• Data driven orientation and a commitment to whatever works best rather than attachment to pet theories or particular ideologies
• Versatility and a total learner mentality: comfort learning about new content areas and approaches to work and putting them into practice with partners

Benefits

• Salary: $120,000
• Competitive benefits and private retirement investment options are available
• Generous vacation policy
• Instruction Partners covers all travel expenses