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SMD, Partnerships & Network Learning - Atlanta

Teach For America10 open roles

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$108,900 – $143,000 a year
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GA - Metro Atlanta
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Title: SMD, Partnerships and Network Learning

Team: Teach For America Metro Atlanta

Location: Metro Atlanta

Reports to: Executive Director

PRIORITY APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 23 11:59P. Applications received after the deadline will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

About Teach For America - Metro Atlanta

Teach For America (TFA) is a diverse network of leaders who confront educational inequity through teaching, and work with unwavering commitment to create a more equitable future. TFA Metro Atlanta serves as a vital force in the educational landscape of the Atlanta metro area, striving to provide every child with access to an excellent education. We recruit and develop a diverse corps of outstanding leaders to commit two years to teach in high-need schools, working to ensure all students have the opportunity to fulfill their potential.

The Role:

Teach For America Metro Atlanta seeks a driven leader to serve as the Senior Managing Director of Partnerships and Network Learning in the Metro Atlanta region. In this role, you will set the vision and strategy for key partnerships to support the growth of our corps members, including our school/district partners, our certification partners, and other partnerships within our education ecosystem to advance our work towards our 2030 goal of doubling 3rd grade reading and 8th grade math outcomes. In addition, you will lead design and execution of our corps member learning experiences in the region, including design of our pre-service/practicum program, crafting an arc of learning that aligns to national programming, and creating a vision for and supporting execution of coaching, in-person group learning experiences and community-building.

As the primary regional point of contact (RPOC) to our Upper/Lower South Program Hub, you will partner closely with the Senior Managing Director, Leadership Development (SMD,LD) to co-manage our corps member coaches—Managing Directors of Leadership Development (MD,LDs)—to execute our school partnership strategy, serving as a key thought-partner with local context to support problem-solving. You will also partner with them on the arc of corps member learning, leveraging their talents and skills in strategy, design, and execution.

The SMD, Partnerships and Network Learning co-manages the Metro Atlanta-based MD,LDs, the MD, Program Continuum as well part-time staff associated with our pre-service and practicum program.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

Strategic Partnerships (45%)

  • Set the vision for how our MD, LDs will partner with district and school partners with an eye towards moving school partners to stronger levels of partnership, rooted in greater conditions for student and teacher success, over time
  • Ensure all corps members are on a path to meeting certification expectations by managing relationships with certification partners (Relay, WGU, GSU, KSU, Metro RESA, District-Based) and ensuring that all MD, LDs are effectively ensuring CMs enroll in and complete their programming.
  • Identify and activate additional education ecosystem partnerships that can drive academic improvement in our schools to advance our 2030 goal.
  • Serve as the regional contact for our school partners involved in the Ignite Tutoring Fellowship. This is relationship management with partners and supports the MD, Ignite Program Impact with local connection.
  • Serve as the internal liaison with the national Corps Member and Alumni Leadership Development Team (CMALD), working with the SMD, LD to build coherence between the standard corps member program model and the Metro Atlanta region.
  • Build structures and an arc of engagement for how TFA Metro Atlanta shows up to support our field team in the field, and how we are supporting the growth of these leaders.
  • Design and manage the placement and hiring process for incoming corps members.
  • Work with the PILES team to analyze and act upon student growth and achievement data for both corps member and Ignite classrooms.

CM Learning Experience Design and Execution (45%)

  • Partner with the SMD, LD and CMALD team to translate the national coaching model into a localized context for the MD, LDs that support corps members in the region.
  • Design and execute vision for CM learning experiences in-region and manage them to quality, creating coherence with national programming in partnership with the MD, Program ContinuumThese include: Pre-Service (first-year corps members, prior to arrival in-region) Practicum (summer training program, 5 sites, ~July) Regional In-Year Learning Summits (~3-4/year) Content Learning (varied approaches, with content specialists) Alumni Induction (capstone for second-year corps members in May)

Organizational & Regional Stewardship (10%)

  • Support, attend, and/or participate in regional & cross-team activities and campaigns, including staff meetings and events
  • Serve on the Metro Atlanta Leadership Team
  • Represent the corps member and Ignite program in external settings, including Regional Advisory Board Meetings, funder meetings and other external engagements.
  • Participate in org-wide initiatives, including corps member matriculation and interviews

A WEEK IN THE LIFE

Over the course of any week, the SMD, Partnerships and Network Learning will be in schools with MDLDs, grounding in context and ensuring that our theory of change—with the school as the unit of change—is activated in Metro Atlanta. You will also spend time collaborating with the SMD, LD to align on programmatic vision, strategy, and execution. You will also work with the MD, Ignite Program impact to ensure the effectiveness of the Ignite Tutoring Program with our school partners. At key points in the year, you will connect with our certification partners to ensure that CMs have a clear pathway to be fully certified at the conclusion of their two-year commitment. Additionally, you will manage the execution of key projects related to the program team including Pre-service, In-year learning and ICM Hiring. Finally, you will engage with school system leaders and community partners working in and around education to ensure that our program work is contextualized to our 2030 goal.

While this may vary week to week, day travel throughout the Metro Atlanta region is required for this role, as is occasional evening or weekend work. It is also expected that this staff member lives in the Metro Atlanta region and is present in-person at our Metro Atlanta office two days per week.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role (minimum qualifications):

  • Minimum of 10+ years of relevant work experience, including at least 3 in management
  • Deep ties to and networks in the Metro Atlanta education ecosystem
  • Experience in school or district leadership in Metro Atlanta, resulting in deep understanding of how schools operate and how school leaders make decisions
  • Track record of successful management experience of others to grow in their craft
  • Ability to manage others to effectively track tasks, assess progress, and follow through on the execution of plans through exemplary systems for managing across a team
  • Independent self-starter with a high degree of personal responsibility and capacity for self-managing to build structure and drive results around ambiguous workstreams
  • Experience in change management and in leading from ambiguity to clarity
  • Superb interpersonal skills and a strong “EQ,” with a proven ability to engage, motivate, and inspire others to action through verbal and written communication
  • A collaborative style and robust experience in lateral collaboration
  • Experience in program design and execution
  • Understanding of the arc of learning for novice teachers
  • Ability to thrive in change, operate with optimism in hard times, and bring joy to hard work

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Teach For America corps member experience preferred
  • Experience in co-management preferred

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

Teach For America Metro Atlanta launched our teaching corps in 2000 and has since grown into a diverse community of over 170 corps members and 2,200 alumni working each day on behalf of children. We work to achieve systems-level change in our schools and partner districts across Metro Atlanta including Atlanta Public Schools, Clayton County, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, DeKalb County, Rockdale County, Newton County alongside state-commissioned charter schools.. Our team operates with nuance and agility as we execute work across the Metro Atlanta and partner closely with our Program & Development Hubs, alongside other regions and central teams.

YOUR COMPENSATION

The applicable salary range for each U.S.-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers according to a cost of labor index in that geographic area. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. The expected salary ranges for this role are set forth below. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Tier A: $108,900 - $143,000

Tier B: $118,700 - $155,800

Tier C: $128,500 - $168,700

You can view which tier applies to where you plan to work here. If your location is not listed, please click here for additional total rewards.

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