Classification: Admin/Prof
Exemption Status/Test: Exempt/Administrative
Job Grade: 5
Department: Academic Systems Improvement Services
Reports To: Department Director
Job Goal:
Plan, implement, and evaluate the activities of the RISE & SI department in support of the Center for Strategic District Support and Region 4 ESC's mission and strategies
Qualifications:
Education
Master's degree
Certification
- Texas Educator Certificate for the appropriate content and grade levels
- Mid-management or Supervisory Certificate
Experience
- Five years teaching experience in a traditional district/charter school
- Three years of experience in campus administration, district central office, and/or three years of ESC level experience
- Experience developing and presenting professional development
- Experience in leading and coordinating multi-department collaborative efforts and aligning work across projects to support the systemic needs of school systems
Special Knowledge and Skills
- Extensive knowledge of school leadership and turnaround efforts
- Broad-based knowledge of Texas continuous improvement efforts including state and federal programs, accountability metrics, the Essential Schools Framework (ESF), School Improvement requirements, and Texas Instructional Leadership programming
- Ability to articulate, communicate, and build a clear vision for district systemic transformation, including helping district leaders have a clear understanding of services offered, how to access support, and how all support can be integrated and strategically aligned
- Experience and expertise in coaching and providing technical assistance to ESC, campus and/or district leaders
- Knowledge of best practices related to change management, including, but not limited to, those practices that impede as well as empower leadership
- Exemplary written and oral communication skills
- Ability to build rapport with both internal and external customers
- Exhibits a growth mindset and is open to receiving job-embedded coaching
- Ability to proactively identify customer needs and take initiative to develop and support areas of need to grow new lines of department business
Major Responsibilities:
- Plan, implement, and execute the required activities provided to the RISE team.
- Coordinate day-to-day activities to ensure alignment with established implementation plans and timelines.
- Aligns the RISE initiative with organizational priorities, state frameworks, and school improvement strategies.
- Executes the operationalization of the RISE initiative across participating schools and LEAs.
- Executes implementation plans, service schedules, and program structures aligned with approved initiative design.
- Ensures consistent implementation of program components and service delivery across participating schools.
- Accurately track and complete performance management tools, routines, templates, and/or trackers of established milestones, metrics, and trajectories that help build a common language and understanding on utilizing the elements of performance management for successful program implementation and goal attainment.
- Maintains and organizes tracking systems, dashboards, and tools to monitor implementation progress, service delivery, and school engagement, and ensures accurate, transparent, and on-time reporting and analysis of progress and performance results to internal/external stakeholders through the creation and utilization of dashboards and monthly progress meetings.
- Proactively builds and maintains strong collaborative relationships with school systems within the region.
- Maintains documentation of department activities to meet all internal programmatic and fiscal requirements and all requirements imposed by the Texas Education Agency.
- Provides technical assistance and services as specified by any applicable federal grant that funds this position.
Supervision/Personnel Management
None
Physical Demands/Environmental Factors/ Mental Demands:
Frequent use of standard office equipment; prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting; repetitive hand motions (keyboarding and use of mouse); occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 20 pounds); may work prolonged and irregular hours; occasional statewide travel; work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under pressure.