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TURNAROUND SPECIALIST JOB DESCRIPTION

Purpose:The Turnaround Specialist delivers to school leaders a model that offers proven strategies that enable immediate and incisive action and lead to dramatic increases in academic achievement. In order to meet this purpose, the Turnaround Specialist will provide personalized support to school leaders that equip them with the tactics, focus, and energy to break underperformance and achieve desired academic results, based on the goals and identified needs of the individual school.

Essential Functions:

The Turnaround Specialist supports the results-focused philosophy and vision of The Rensselaerville Institute. The specialist possesses the skills to support school leaders to turnaround a failing school or district.Specialists engage and interact regularly with school leaders over the course of the school year.This is accomplished primarily through in-person site visits, virtual visits, and e-mail communication.Turnaround Specialists maintain a low profile and add value by providing critical feedback on the implementation of the turnaround design, as well as any needed course corrections.Turnaround Specialists are clear that their feedback is important but that ultimately it is the principal and his or her team who will make the turnaround a success. Due to the nature of turnaround work, the Turnaround Specialist must effectively manage change, conflict, and external disruptions.

This role requires up to 75% travel as well as the ability to work in a virtual environment. Travel covered by the Rensselaerville Institute.

General Responsibilities:

1.Work collaboratively with School Turnaround Executive Director to successfully follow and implement the School Turnaround Protocol.

2.Provide capacity-building leadership that promotes independence and sustainable change

3.Build a strong working relationship with the school leader and his/her team.

4.Observe the principal interact with staff, students, and parents in a variety of settings and give them constructive feedback on their effectiveness and how to improve.

5.Demonstrate knowledge using a variety of assessment tools, and provide support in using data to improve student achievement, and to reach school’s targets.

6.Offer intervention solutions and strategies to reverse factors that block high student achievement

7.Challenge the school leader’s thinking to support their ability to work through challenging issues, without taking control of situations.

8.Provide feedback and collaboration with School Turnaround’s Instructional Coaches to provide instructional and curriculum support with challenges.

9.Obtain advance approval of the School Turnaround Executive Director for unique activities and expenditures.

10.Attend workshops/conferences to stay abreast of innovative strategies in the field of education.

11.Perform other duties as assigned by the Executive Director.

Qualifications:

1.Master’s degree or higher in education

2.Teacher and education leadership certification

3.Minimum of five years as school principal

4.Must have turned around a school and provide evidence of such with resume and cover letter

5.Experience in researched-based instructional practices

6.Evidence of dramatically increasing student achievement in a minimum of three years

7.Experience with data analysis and support its use at the school level

8.Commitment to success of school leaders

Physical Requirements/Environmental Conditions:

1.Requires prolonged sitting or standing.