[YEP-DC] Vacancy Announcement - Chavez Schools: Senior Program Manager

YEP, and YEP Affiliates - check this out! Please review the following job spec for a very cool contractual position.  Qualified and interested candidates, please apply online at www.chavezschools.org. 

 

Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy (Chavez Schools) is the recipient of a $1.1 million grant through the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education's Race to the Top (RTTT) program to engage educators in professional development and collaborate to positively impact student success.

The Professional Learning Communities of Effectiveness (PLaCEs) Grant Award provides an incentive for public schools to establish consortia with the goal to improve student achievement. Chavez Schools will lead the PLaCEs grant effort, in partnership with Paul Public Charter School and DCPS elementary schools – Kenilworth and Neval Thomas, to ensure success in four critical areas:   

1. Teach school leaders (principals, coaches, lead teachers) to provide timely and meaningful feedback to instructors
2. Train teachers in the best pedagogical practices for fostering critical thinking, impacting student achievement, and improving outcomes for students
3. Coach teachers and school leaders to support students with learning disabilities to access the standards in a meaningful way and receive appropriate, grade-level instruction
4. Develop a resource portal containing curriculum exemplars and quarterly teacher training based upon the Common Core Standards

The Senior Project Manager (SPM) provides senior-level leadership and project management for ToPPP projects and issues. The SPM focuses on specific projects and issues related to project execution, as well as provide technical, organizational, and historical advice and counsel to the project's directors.

Primary Accountabilities:

1.              Provides leadership and management assistance to ongoing ToPPP projects. Provide leadership to directors to set the strategic direction, priorities, and policies for the project

2.             Develop creative and innovative approaches to accomplishing goals and carrying out the mission of ToPPP purposeful professional learning community

3.             Provides senior-level management and participation in ongoing ToPPP programs and responsibilities

4.             Identify, assess, and inform Lead LEA Supervisors of internal and external issues that affect the consortium

5.             Develop and maintain relationships with LEA leaders, governmental departments, media, funders, member organizations, and other relevant parties in a manner that enhances the credibility, reputation, and leadership of the ToPPP learning community in the areas of transforming systems and promoting project success

6.             Provides leadership, planning, and development assistance for potential future projects and responsibilities, including DCPNI footprint expansion

7.             Provides leadership and management assistance for ToPPP leadership team on major administrative projects, including developing and implementing the electronic records system, organization of the department and procedures and guidelines, planning and developing the ToPPP's dissemination site, and archiving historic progress

8.             Coordinates activities across schools and LEAs on selected complex, sensitive projects and issues.

9.             Provides coaching to the leadership teams, and is a coach to teachers in Lead LEA partners schools, including the anchor schools

10.         Provides counsel to ToPPP leaders, insuring the transmission of critical organizational knowledge.

11.         Develops and monitors annual budgets

12.         Ensure that the financial affairs of the ToPPP grant are conducted in accordance with policies and guidelines established by the grant and generally accepted accounting principles

Requisite Skills

·   Politically savvy and knowledgeable about the public policy processes.

·   Understanding of the State education system, preferably the system in D.C.

·   Creative and strategic thinking

·   Able to motivate and influence others

·   Able to analyze complex information to identify key points and central issues

·   Formulate creative solutions or approaches to solving problems

·   Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with a wide range of stakeholders

·   Self-starter with the ability to work independently while being a team player

·   Adaptable and able to adjust readily to changing conditions

·   Demonstrated leadership, coordination, and negotiation abilities

·   Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communications skills

·   Experience in budgeting and financial management

·   Proven project-management skills

·   Ability to multi-task and work efficiently under deadline

·   Exercise initiative and good judgment, problem solving, and decision-making skills

·   Dependable, reliable, honest, and trustworthy

·   Ability to gain and maintain confidence of the all stakeholders

·   High personal and professional ethical standards

Core Requirements

·         Master's degree (Specialist or Doctorate preferred)

·         Major in Education or other relevant discipline and/or at least eight years of experience as school and/or school district leadership

Serious and qualified candidates only. Apply online at www.chavezschools.org.

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