Title: Achievement Coordinator
Location: Remote
Type: Full-time
Workplace: remote
Category: Coaching and Curriculum
Job Description:
At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve. Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community. We are a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential.
Position Description
Reporting to the VP of Schools, the Achievement Associate will directly support the California Achievement Team and build instructional staff capacity and elevate student achievement in the region, balancing consistency across Rocketship Public Schools with the unique needs of each school and region. The regional achievement associate will work with a subset of approximately 5-13 schools.
The following are essential functions related to the position.
California Achievement Team Support
- Support the California Achievement Team and VP of Schools by managing the flow of information, liaising with cross-functional teams, scheduling, leading on logistics, including drafting communications, fostering collaboration and teamwork across school, regional, and national teams.
- Support the California Achievement Team on the execution of key initiatives and priorities and ensure that the team follows through on key decisions in accordance with team agreements and the region’s direction.
- Support the successful project planning, development, and completion of team-wide projects, including those that are cross-functional in nature, and work with key colleagues across our various teams to ensure alignment.
- Coordinate recurring meetings and larger stepbacks to ensure all time spent together is highly effective: the right topics are raised, facilitation supports healthy debate on the most important questions, and there is clear ownership and follow through.
- Create and manage California Achievement Team cultural rituals and positive adult culture initiatives across the region.
- Organizes workflow by reading and routing communication
- Supports with managing and maintaining calendar for VP of Schools and arranging meetings, conferences, and travel.
- Support driving forward progress on all assigned projects, facilitating collaborative planning meetings, drafting implementation plans, monitoring progress, and developing reports for leadership and/or other stakeholders as needed.Strategic Project Oversight and Change Management
- Work closely with the VP of Schools to lead strategic planning and cross-functional initiatives across the region such as professional development, annual planning, and progress monitoring of regional objectives.
- Work with senior regional leadership and national teams to catalyze organizational performance through leadership –linking strategy to structure, building transformational change approaches and facilitating organizational redesign and continuing improvement.
- Develop and maintain tools to track progress toward goals and regional priorities including dashboards to monitor key performance indicators.
- Proactively address off-track programs, teams, and metrics to achieve the objectives outlined.
- Prepare the VP of Schools for effective decision-making conversations, anticipating and organizing key questions and data that support productive discussions to direct key priorities.
- Perform additional ad hoc duties as assigned.
- Identify operational roadblocks and bring together critical people and processes to address them
- Build positive relationships with team members across the organization to influence outcomes and maintain project momentum.Design
- Work in partnership with the network STEM and ELA team and regional leadership to personalize Rocketship resources for a regional context including but not limited to, unit and lesson plans, model videos, professional development, skill labs, and data analysis tools all aligned to Common Core Standards
- Maintain a close working relationship with other members of the Network Support Team (NeST-Rocketship’s centralized office that operates in support of its schools and regions), especially Achievement and Analytics teams to ensure alignment of expectations, deep knowledge of resources, and coordination of efforts.
- Create &curate a library of teacher-facing instructional supports, including but not limited to, unit and lesson plans, model videos, and exemplar artifacts
- Develop expertise in regional STEM &ELA assessments to ensure instructional resources are aligned with assessment standards and format when needed.Talent Coaching and Development
- Assess the effectiveness of implementation of academic priorities and identify greatest instructional levers for student engagement growth, and proficiency. This includes supporting school leaders and building teacher capacity to analyze student data (e.g. Unit Assessment, STEP, MAP) to determine instructional response.
- Engage in a coaching cadence for schools in your portfolio in priority areas, such as close reading, phonics, guided reading, STEM core lesson, STEM corrective instruction, etc.
- Facilitate ongoing training, coaching, and professional development for school leaders and teachers to build the capacity and skills of instructional staff and school leaders
- Provide regular in person and virtual coaching and other support to school leaders as they conduct formal classroom observations, and provide feedback to teachers and school leaders.
- Work in partnership with Directors of Schools, Humanities and STEM teams, to provide additional professional development and coaching.Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
- 5-10+ years of professional experience with a track record of success in delivering significant gains (including experience as a successful school leader/Principal, teacher, or other work within a school network, prefered)
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate staff and bring out the best in peers
- Personal drive for high expectations and results orientation
- Exceptional critical-thinking skills and experience in leading data-driven practices at a systems-level, including the ability to analyze data, identify trends/ root causes, set goals, and track resources
- Innovative in ideas, methods, and solutions.
- Collaborative and able to influence and accomplish goals in cross-functional environment
- Committed to seeking out and sharing current research and evidence-based best practices.
- Adaptable and able to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Excellent time management, project management, and organizational skills
- Well-versed in change management and influencing multiple key stakeholders
- Strong verbal and written communication skills Spanish and/or Vietnamese language skills are a plus
- Embodies Rocketship Core Characteristics
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand;walk;sit;and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high.
Compensation:
Commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent health and wellness benefits, 403b retirement plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and generous paid time off.
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