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Team Manager, MA DESE, Statewide System of Support

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Organizational Overview

SchoolWorks is an educational consulting group whose mission is to build the capacity of educators and educational organizations to advance all aspects of student learning and well-being. We represent a diverse client base including departments of education, school districts, charter school authorizers, charter management organizations, charter schools, district schools, K-12 service providers and foundations, and individual practitioners.

Description

In its work supporting educational improvement, SchoolWorks is seeking an individual to manage a team of district-facing consultants deployed across multiple school systems on targeted improvement efforts. This contracted position is focused on the work of the client, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE) Statewide System of Support (SSoS). SSoS provides assistance to districts with one or more schools categorized as requiring focused or targeted assistance, as defined by the Massachusetts Accountability System. Two Regional Assistance Teams serve the West/Central and Coastal areas of the state to support identified schools and districts. There is an expectation that the Regional Assistance Teams may have members that serve districts located in either region.

These teams provide targeted assistance through a distinct SSoS Model that:

• Supports districts to identify clear priorities anchored in culturally responsive grade appropriate instruction and sense of belonging;
• Targets support in service of those priorities with a particular focus on supporting school and district instructional leadership teams, and the adoption and implementation of high-quality instructional materials;
• Coaches for Equity in order to operationalize equity and racial equity in schools and districts in the Commonwealth identified by the accountability system as requiring assistance.

The work of SSoS is grounded in DESE’s Educational Vision for supporting Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Practices.

The Team Manager is responsible for the effective implementation of targeted assistance provided by leadership consultants on the Regional Assistance teams to produce significant improvement of outcomes for students in the lowest performing schools and districts, as identified by the new Massachusetts accountability system. The Team Manager is responsible for the effective supervision of 8 to 15 leadership consultants and carries oversight over roughly 8 to 12 districts. The Team Manager sets the workplan and time management for the leadership consultants and assumes responsibility for each leadership consultant’s performance. The Team Manager models the following competencies: student-centeredness, equity- and racial-equity focused, outcomes and results-oriented, ability to communicate and relate along lines of difference, and willingness to be a continuous learner. The Team Manager will serve as a conduit of information and planning with their team, as well as with the west/central Team Manager, the assigned SchoolWorks Project Manager(s), and DESE. The Team Manager reports to SchoolWorks Consultative Project Manager.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of roughly 8 to 12districts (caseloads can change from year to year based on accountability results) to annually identify district instructional priorities which, if established, will dramatically improve student achievement and outcomes/gap closing
• Foster an environment of professional learning, growth, and development by effectively supervising, coaching, and evaluating leadership consultants to promote a culture of continuous learning
• Coach, supervise and evaluate a caseload of 8 to 15 leadership consultants to meet ambitious district and school improvement goals set by the client, DESE
• Support districts’ commitment to equity and racial equity by providing support that centers the experiences of historically marginalized students and addresses equity and racial equity detours
• Support districts annually by implementing evidence-based strategies to accelerate systemic improvement, such as the adoption and implementation of high-quality instructional materials or the development/sustenance of instructional leadership teams
• Support districts annually by overseeing progress monitoring to ensure SSoS support places districts on track to meet outcomes aligned to instructional priorities
• Co-lead collaboration with other DESE offices and external partnerships to align resources, build shared ownership for sustainable improvement work, and leverage expertise from across the agency and with partners in service of targeted schools and districts

Desired Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrate equity and racial equity leadership by ensuring the implementation of the Statewide System of Support Model to ensure that the state’s lowest performing schools and districts receive high-quality, equity-focused assistance and resources that result in improved instruction, enhanced district and school systems, and capacity to sustainably raise student performance and outcomes centering the experiences of historically marginalized students and addresses equity and racial equity detours
• Demonstrate instructional leadership by possessing a deep mastery of curriculum, instruction, and assessment; curriculum, instructional methods, and assessments to ensure all students engage in learning that demonstrates high academic achievement and growth
• Ability to sustain strong partnerships with district and school leaders by using a range of strategies to coach and strengthen instructional leadership
• Ability to shift adult beliefs and practice by providing clear, direct and actional feedback to ensure effective implementation of office goals
• Ability to effectively delegate responsibility and provide coaching and support to strengthen distributive leadership
• Demonstrate high expectations by establishing goals that challenge internal and external stakeholders to accomplish ambitious outcomes for students

Qualifications:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants must have at least (A) six (6) years of full-time or, equivalent part-time, professional, administrative, supervisory, or managerial experience in educational leadership or administration (B) at least two (2) years must have been in a project management, supervisory or managerial capacity or (C) any equivalent combination of the required experience and substitutions below.

Substitutions:

1. A certificate in a relevant or related field may be substituted for one (1) year of the required (A) experience.
2. A Bachelor’s degree in a related field may be substituted for two (2) years of the required (A) experience.
3. A Graduate degree in a related field may be substituted for three (3) years of the required (A) experience.
4. A Doctorate degree in a related field may be substituted for four (4) years of the required (A) experience.

Compensation:
$120,000-$150,000 - based on experience.
Questions: Please contact ssos@schoolworks.org

Candidates hired for this position will be required to travel extensively to schools and districts in the eastern and coastal parts of Massachusetts, and must reside within driving distance of the districts they will be serving during regular business hours, in alignment with the telework policy for MA state employees. 

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