Senior Director Of School Improvement(Sy23-24)

About Rocky Mountain Prep

Rocky Mountain Prep is a growing network of innovative public charter schools, serving students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the Greater Denver Area. Rocky Mountain Prep opened its first school in 2012 with 130 students and has grown to four schools, working with over 1,800 scholars across two districts. Grounded in our culture of rigor and love, our schools consistently outperform local districts academically, while also ensuring our scholars are developing in our PEAK values of perseverance, excellence, adventure, and kindness. In the school year 2023-2024, we will grow to 12 schools serving over 5,000 students

Who We Seek

If you are someone who is mission-driven, humble in your reflections about your practice, smart in the ways you approach data, and results-oriented, we’d love to see you apply.

Role Mission

As Senior Director, School Improvement, you will ensure that students are demonstrating they are learning by partnering with campus leaders to achieve transformational results. In partnership with Vice Presidents of Schools and Directors of Leader Development, and driven by data, the Senior Director of School Improvement will ensure that all of our schools are excellent and on track to meet academic outcomes.

With coaching, support and guidance from the Vice President of Leader development, in this role, you will:

• Build and maintain business partnerships with network and campus stakeholders in order to build trust, align support and maximize the impact of coaching and development platforms
• Use data and questions to uncover leaders’ thinking and build shared accountability for development and impact targets. Coach to a specific improvement in academic results in a defined period of time
• Coach campus leaders (as assigned) in building both technical and adaptive proficiency in the most important areas of instructional, people, and organizational leadership, grounded in a shared understanding of criteria for success and exemplars/models.
• Analyze academic, persistence, retention, and proficiency-based data metrics in collaboration with network support staff members to make appropriate decisions about resource allocation and coaching support
• Serve as a model and exemplar of effective coaching moves across meta-cognitive levels (teacher coaching, assistant principal coaching, principal coaching, etc.)
• Track and monitor progress for leader development and student outcomes, ensuring ongoing follow-up with VPs of Schools and Directors of Leader Development to move leaders forward on their student achievement goals

Qualifications:

• Experience: 4+ years of teaching experience required; 3+ years of school leader experience required; principal experience preferred
• Ability to design and facilitate engaging and impactful professional development sessions for adults
• Ability to analyze and interpret data to identify trends, identify root causes, and develop strategies and tactics that yield results and achieve goals
• Skill in effective communication skills, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to provide clear, actionable feedback verbally and in writing that leads to improvements in leadership practices
• Education: Bachelor’s degree, required, Master’s degree, preferred
• Marked experience and commitment to building and maintaining a culture of high integrity, mutual respect, operational excellence, and prioritization of diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Experience in adult learning or curriculum and instruction
• Skill in critical thinking and problem-solving, along with the ability to coach and develop these in others
• Required
• Ability to drive marked improvements in student outcomes through effective instructional and leadership coaching
• Pass a background check
• Demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States
• Ability to develop effective partnerships with multiple stakeholders working towards the same outcome
• Preferred
• Exceptional ability to coach adults and inspire significant change in their actions
• Skill in organization, prioritization, follow through, and attention to detail, with the ability to coach these in others

Salary

• This is a full-time benefits-eligible position with a salary range of $110,000 to $130,000

Benefits

• Disability Insurance (RMP covers short term disability coverage at no cost to the employee. Staff members can also select optional long-term coverage.)
• Paid-Time-Off (Personal/Sick leave)
• Retirement (PERA 401k - RMP does not match contributions at this time)
• Life Insurance (optional up to $100k - additional options through PERA)
• Health Insurance (medical, dental, vision)

Want more information?

• Please review our Rocky Mountain Prep Frequently Asked Questions to learn more about our program!

Eligibility to work in the United States

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Rocky Mountain Prep does not sponsor visas at this time.

RMP is an equal-opportunity employer. We seek applicants of diverse backgrounds and hire without regard to color, gender, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you have any questions, please email our Talent Recruiter, Sean Spencer, at [email protected]

Thank you so much for considering Rocky Mountain Prep for the next stage in your career!