Position: Director of School Transformation
Organization: The National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL)
Location: Boston, MA
NCTL seeks a Director of School Transformation to support schools that have been identified as low performing and in need of “school turnaround.” The Director of School Transformation will work with a certain number of schools as a part of unified technical assistance team with NCTL and Focus on Results, the educational consultancy organization NCTL has partnered with to develop its Expanded Learning for Results technical assistance model.
The Director’s work will involve supporting school planning and redesign processes to address four primary areas: 1) teacher and school leader effectiveness; 2) comprehensive instructional reform; 3) increased learning time; and 4) operational flexibility. The support will be delivered through multi-school training sessions, on site coaching, and follow up support via phone and e-mail.
Strong candidates will have extensive experience working with high need school districts and schools to facilitate successful school improvement initiatives. The qualified candidate will have worked directly with principals, teachers, union representatives, and district personnel on a number of projects and have the ability to manage a complex planning and school improvement process. The Director will need to easily gain credibility with superintendents, principals, teachers, and key community leaders. The Director should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The Director will work under the direction of NCTL’s Vice President, Ben Lummis. This is a full-time, exempt position located in Boston, MA.
Responsibilities:
- Support the development of coherent School Improvement Redesign Proposals for each participating school that will help drive improved academic achievement and produce more effective teacher collaboration and professional development
- Manage the success of a sub-set of schools going through the school turnaround process, including leveraging wide support from NCTL and external sources
- Provide assistance and coaching to principals, school leadership teams, superintendents, and district administrators to ensure rapid transformation of the schools with which NCTL works
- Work with NCTL’s technical assistance team to develop and deliver a series of daylong School Leadership Sessions
Qualifications:
- Significant experience working within K-12 public schools as a principal and/or district administrator, and/or as a consultant to school superintendents, principals, and teachers
- Extensive knowledge of and commitment to education reform, including experience working on a successful school turnaround or in a high performing urban school that has been successful in closing the achievement gap for poor and minority students
- Extensive experience in education administration including program development, budgeting, scheduling, staffing, and contracts
- The ability to quickly gain credibility among superintendents, principals, teachers, parents, and community leaders
- Strong project management skills, including experience implementing multi-phased projects and working with many different parties
- Experience facilitating collaborative teams and building consensus on multi-phased projects
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- A minimum of 5 years working in schools playing a leadership role as a teacher or administrator
- A Master’s degree in education or in a related field
- Willingness to engage in significant travel (up to 40%)
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience, and includes a generous benefits package.
To Apply:
NCTL has engaged Koya Consulting to help in this hire. Please send a thoughtful cover letter and resume to Molly Brennan at executivesearch@koyaconsulting.com.
NCTL is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBT applicants.
About NCTL:
The National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) is a leader on the frontlines of urban K-12 education reform promoting the simple but powerful notion that time matters for learning and that expanded learning time, well used, allows schools serving high concentrations of poor children to reach much higher academic achievement standards and enjoy a well-rounded education. Founded on the premise that the century-old school schedule is out of date in a highly competitive global society, NCTL combines public policy, research, advocacy and programming to fulfill its mission to expand and improve learning opportunities for children, particularly those living in poverty. For more information about NCTL, including links to notable research reports and recent press coverage, please go to www.timeandlearning.org. For more information about the Massachusetts operation, visit www.mass2020.org.