Director Of Teacher Support – Chicago

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Position : Director of Teacher Support, Chicago
Position Type: Internal-External
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Reports to: Ifunanya Odume, Senior Director of Teacher Support, Chicago
Start date: July 2023
Location: Chicago, IL
Application Date: June 11, 2023
Salary Range: $72,000-74,000 is the hiring salary range (i.e. the range a candidate would be offered to start).
About OneGoal
A postsecondary education unlocks opportunities and economic mobility not only for students, but entire communities. Yet for millions of underserved students, it remains out of reach: only 22% of students in low-income communities earn a postsecondary degree compared to 67% of students from high-income communities. This is not for lack of ambition or talent, but for lack of opportunity and support OneGoal’s model, (https://www.onegoalgraduation.org/impact/impact-results/) honed over 15 years, delivers a culturally relevant experience that works: 82% of OneGoal high school graduates enroll in a postsecondary institution and 73% of those persist one year after high school graduation. We are looking for individuals to join us in our pursuit of equity.
The Person
As the Director of Teacher Support (DTS), your mission is to coach our Program Directors (teachers) to successfully deliver the OneGoal Program. With your guidance and leadership, our teachers will build expertise in our model, develop key mindsets, and activate their many talents to ensure each OneGoal Fellow (student) in their class pursues their highest postsecondary aspirations. To this end, you will internalize our OneGoal curriculum, leverage our data systems, and collaboratively plan for a series of engaging teacher-facing events. As an instructional leader, you will also identify opportunities to strengthen our culturally-relevant curriculum with modifications that customize our Fellows’ experience and maximize student outcomes.
You Will Do This By
Provide differentiated support to Program Directors to ensure strong program delivery in service of our students’ pursuit of their highest postsecondary aspirations (30%)

• Collaborate with Program Directors to develop and implement data-based short-term and long-term strategies to meet year-end goals
• Provide ongoing and reactive support to Program Directors to ensure they feel affirmed and supported to customize the OneGoal experience of their Fellows to fit their school’s context
• Collaborate with our internal team to develop professional learning and training for teachers that is based in culturally relevant practices and trains them to best leverage the OneGoal curriculum in their classroom, with a particular focus on Canvas – a learning management system – investing and coaching teachers to leverage Canvas throughout the year
• Build trusting relationships with Program Directors and leverage training, observations, and 1:1 coaching as the key drivers to influence your portfolio of teachers to deliver the OneGoal course impactfully

Analyzing data to inform your coaching and training strategy (30%)

• Communicate progress to goal trends and insights to relevant internal stakeholders
• Collect both quantitative and qualitative data and use Salesforce and PowerBI for analysis and reflection, to inform adjustments to your coaching and training strategy

Collaborate with regional and national staff, committing to aligned strategies to achieve our team’s program outcomes (25%)

• Engage in cross-team collaboration to work on special projects and regional goals.
• Consistently participate in role applicable staff development opportunities provided by the National Program Team. This includes our OneGoal Staff Experience online training modules, Summer & Winter Program recharges, and our monthly All Program days.
• Set vision and direction on strategies and goals that will support Fellows reaching their postsecondary goals

Contributing to Regional Team Responsibilities (15%)

• Build strong relationships with key OneGoal national team stakeholders across the organization and engage in National Program team learning opportunities toward ongoing professional development in the evolving OneGoal program
• Serve as an active member of the Chicago Program Team, Teacher Support Subteam and participate in regular region-wide team meetings, stepbacks and retreats

The Director of Teacher Support is likely to see himself/herself/themselves in the following examples as they are designed to help you determine if this opportunity aligns with your own passion, purpose, skills, and experiences.
You believe deeply in our Fellows and Teachers.

• You know that if provided with appropriate coaching and training, educators in Chicago are ready, willing, and able to support Fellows as they face systemic barriers and set their postsecondary visions and take the steps to realize those visions.

You believe in the power of coaching, and are skilled at building transformative relationships where you work.

• Creating strong and relevant teacher training experiences excites you, and because you understand that adult learners are unique, you strive to create trainings that are rigorous, inspiring, and transformative experiences for Program Directors. You consistently collect and use feedback to build the right experiences for PDs.
• You know every learner is different, and you know how to adjust your coaching to meet their needs.
• You believe that your impact can be greater when you empower others, that all teachers have the ability to be great, and that even great teachers can achieve more with additional resources and support.
• You build relationships quickly, consistently, and authentically.
• You are a problem solver with a desire to strengthen teacher practice so that students will make the best decision about their post-secondary aspirations
• Your ability to build strong relationships allows you to convince others to pursue a particular course of action, and ensure that our community of schools and Program Directors see you as an ally & support in their work.

You use data to see a fuller picture.

• You acknowledge the role bias and privilege play in analysis and seek to mitigate this in your practice.
• You use data in your daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly work to make informed decisions to design an explicit path to green.
• You are a strategic thinker with the ability to create systems and structures to strengthen teacher and student’s classroom experience
• You know that no single data point encompasses the complexity of student learning, and have experience in using a variety of strategies for assessing the impact of a curriculum in classrooms.
• You’re an expert at seeing trends and using data to tell a story.

You excitedly identify and confront challenges and opportunities.

• You analyze data and marshal resources to ensure our students and school partners have what they need to make their greatest postsecondary aspirations possible.
• You see challenges as opportunities to take your critical thinking skills and impact to the next level. You operate with a strong sense of personal responsibility when it comes to solving challenges.

You value working collaboratively and innovatively.

• You constantly strive to learn from and share learnings with your teammates, no matter your current knowledge or experience.
• You do not simply execute pre-existing practices; instead, you thoughtfully evaluate the OneGoal program and identify ways to elevate our program’s effectiveness.
• You see challenges as opportunities to take your critical thinking skills and impact to the next level. You operate with a strong sense of personal responsibility when it comes to solving challenges.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching teachers ( Preferred )
• Experience with blended learning ( optional ); experience with Canvas or other online learning management systems ( a plus )
• Knowledge of Chicago education landscape ( Preferred )
• Bachelor’s Degree (Required)
• Position requires some travel to school partners throughout Chicagoland; a valid driver’s license + access to a vehicle is required
• Lived experience of the Fellows we serve (Preferred)
• At least two years prior teaching experience or working in direct service with young people with demonstrated results ( Preferred )

This position requires that the employee be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on or before the start date. Consistent with applicable laws, OneGoal will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability (as defined by applicable law) or sincerely-held religious beliefs, provided that such accommodation would not result in an undue hardship on OneGoal.
Thinking Of Applying?
Research shows that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you are excited about the role and see connection with what we are looking for, but don’t meet every single requirement, we’d encourage you to apply anyway. Please click “Apply For This Job Now” at the bottom of the page to start your application!
Our Team
Guided by a clear set of core values and beliefs (https://www.onegoalgraduation.org/about/our-beliefs/) , you will join an impressive group of more than 190 OneGoal staff across the country who believe in the untapped potential within students. The OneGoal team challenges themselves and others to regularly ask, “Is there a better way?” You believe in an inclusive and culturally competent society and the essence of our commitment to diversity and inclusion. (https://www.onegoalgraduation.org/commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/) We believe that in order to create the change we seek, each person we hire brings a remarkable and diverse set of experiences, skills and characteristics that individually and collectively, will contribute to the radical change needed to move us towards a more equitable and just nation.
The Tangible Good
OneGoal offers competitive compensation based on the market for nonprofits our size. Our benefits package* includes: over eight weeks of paid time off (or 43 business days), between vacation days, wellness time, and holidays; paid medical or parental leaves should you have need; medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance; as well as a 401(k) with a 3% match.
We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, OneGoal does not negotiate salary offers; instead each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the hiring process.

• OneGoal reserves the right to change benefits at anytime according to business need.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to submit an application or to participate in the application or interview process, please reach out to our Human Assets Team to request an accommodation. Our Human Assets Team can be contacted at 773-321-2630 or [email protected] .
OneGoal is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of actual or perceived sex, race, color, ancestry, citizenship, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, disability (mental or physical), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, parenthood, genetic characteristic or information, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.
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