Director, Program

Summary

Join Teaching Lab, a growing remote education non-profit, as their Director, Program! This salaried, full-time position, ideally based in the Southern US, focuses on improving K-12 educator professional learning nationally. You will help set programmatic goals, create systems to meet them, delegate work, and lead implementation. The role requires frequent travel to Southern Texas. Compensation ranges from $106,000 to $160,335 annually, with the anticipated hiring range between $106,000 and $139,825. Bilingual (English/Spanish) skills are highly preferred. This is a crucial role impacting educator practice and student learning.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience setting goals, creating the systems and processes for meeting the goals for educational programming
• Experience creating the strategy for a team or business function
• Track record of effective people management
• Five or more years of combined experience directing projects and leading teams
• Five or more years of combined experience planning and implementing projects
• Five or more years combined experience working with partners outside of their organization to manage workflow or deliver services
• Eight or more years combined experience working in PK-12 education, with a minimum of two years experience teaching bilingual (English/Spanish) PK-12 students from traditionally underserved backgrounds with demonstrated evidence of impact
• Five or more years combined experience leading or coaching the implementation of bilingual (English/Spanish) HQIM (in any subject area)
• Deep knowledge and experience with bilingual ELA content and practice standards
• Experience designing impactful professional learning for educators
• Experience facilitating impactful professional learning or coaching for educators
• Experience leading relationships with clients and stakeholders in an education context

Responsibilities

• Implement excellent programmatic services
• Manage programmatic projects and often manage team members to successfully meet the goals of the projects; projects include but are not limited to: professional learning content development projects, professional learning implementation with state and district systems, direct-to-teacher or direct-to-leader coaching, etc
• Act as a content area expert aligned with organizational needs, i.e., has some area of content expertise (like subject-area expertise in ELA, math, science, or social studies curriculum and/or instructional expertise, or general expertise in coaching for continuous improvement or state/system level leadership development, etc.) that they bring to bear on aligned projects as well as support team members to build their content expertise
• Often hold the role of a Project Lead in on project teams, responsible for ensuring project success and sustainability. However, given time, capacity, competencies, skills, and interests, the Director, Program could hold multiple other roles on project teams (e.g., Coach Developer, Client Partnership Manager, Instructional Designer, Subject Matter Expert, Coach/Facilitator, etc.)
• Help shape the program for each partner aligned with the partner’s goals
• Build and continuously update knowledge of Teaching Lab’s programming and services in order to knowledgeably suggest adaptations and customizations for the partner
• Develop a deep understanding of partner enabling conditions and needs to inform programmatic implementation plans
• Maintain and renew contracts with clients to sustain impact on teacher and student learning; support business development as needed
• Design high-quality, research-based, user-centered professional learning content, services, and tools/resources
• Create materials and content for programmatic partnerships and courses
• Engage in Teaching Lab’s user-centered design processes (engaging with Teacher Advisory Board, supporting pilot partnerships, developing rapid prototypes) and use learning and insights to inform design
• Engage in Teaching Lab’s design process to develop content, including drafting, feedback cycles, pilot partnerships (as applicable), and finalization steps (e.g., adhere to Teaching Lab’s style and branding guidelines when developing new content)
• Apply best practices for virtual and in-person adult learning in the design of professional learning content
• If applicable, engage in efficient and effective project management as a Project Lead
• Implement and support other team members to implement the project plans for assigned projects; if needed, identify needs for consultant support to complete projects on time and with high quality; supervise consultants
• Maintain partner project plans that track the execution of services related to scopes of work, and support other team members to maintain individual partner project plans for each project
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills, time management, and workflow management while attending to the diverse needs of partners and keeping a radically responsive orientation
• Develop systems, tools, and processes to support effective and efficient implementation of services to scale Teaching Lab’s partnerships and impact over time
• Maintain contracts and invoices for each partner; collaborate with other team members and the Finance department to ensure accurate invoices are billed and collected
• If applicable, provide vision, direction, and oversight of direct reports as a Home Manager
• Model the people manager-specific competency and implement actions that support a positive work culture and increase productivity (e.g., providing feedback, coaching, counseling, training, development, etc.)
• Provide coaching and support to direct reports on their projects and/or assignments, including identifying and addressing development needs and supports
• Monitor workloads and capacity to ensure effectiveness and productivity while promoting time management and prioritization of assignments
• Provide frequent values-based feedback and recognition to direct reports
• Ensure the successful completion of direct reports’ annual goals as well as those of their direct reports
• Conduct annual evaluations for direct reports
• Complete internal tasks related to people management in a timely manner
• Hire for open Program department roles
• Engage in cross-functional collaboration
• Collaborate with Program department team members to continuously refine and develop high-quality professional learning content and implement professional learning
• Work with Teaching Lab team members to identify and engage new and existing school system partners on scopes of work that drive towards impact and outcomes for teachers and students
• Collaborate with the Learning & Research department to adapt and improve Teaching Lab’s high-quality data collection and impact evaluation processes
• Engage in internal project flex teams to support non-client-facing, but critical programmatic projects
• Engage in continuous learning
• Stay abreast of key research and guidance in the field, attend learning experiences to build skills and competencies in project management, client management, coaching, and adult facilitation
• Engage in personal and organized learning opportunities as a team member at a values-based and mission-focused organization
• Create and deliver training to other team members on core skills or competencies within the Director, Program role which is also transferable and critical for other roles
• Perform other duties as assigned by Program department leadership and/or Executive Team

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree
• Deep understanding of the specified curriculum, including its design and component parts
• Experience providing professional learning support and services in and for consultative organizations

Benefits

$106,000 - $160,335 annually