What are the responsibilities and job description for the Partnership & Implementation Manager position at Children's Literacy Initiative?
Partnership & Implementation Manager
Employment type : Full-time; 12 months
Classification : Exempt
Location :
Average Salary : $95,000 (based on projected FY23 salaries)
About Children's Literacy Initiative :
Founded in Philadelphia in 1988, Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI) is a national 501c3 working to advance equity in public education in the U.S. by ensuring Black and Latinx children achieve reading success by the end of third grade. CLI accomplishes this through job-embedded coaching and professional development, seminars, and workshops, and providing the books and materials teachers and children need along their early literacy journeys.
Learning to read has significance beyond building skills - it is an act of liberation. By helping educators learn and apply high-impact, culturally sustaining instructional strategies and nurturing dynamic professional learning communities, CLI is building lasting capacity in teachers and principals to advance equity in education.
Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI) is recruiting Partnership & Implementation Managers. We are seeking abolitionist culturally sustaining educators with deep educator coaching experience, who see the genius in Black and Latinx children, the abundant capability in educator coaches, and liberatory power of literacy to propel children into fulfilling lives and to dismantle White supremacy, and advance equity for all.
The CLI Partnership & Implementation Manager :
- Serves as an academic leader who drives an instructional vision that aligns early literacy instruction and practice with culturally and linguistically relevant pedagogy, identity affirmation and antiracist literacy instruction
- Demonstrates a deep commitment to anti-racism and educational equity and the building of an organization that reflects the community CLI serves; ability to hold self and others accountable for centering equity
- Demonstrates a deep commitment and willingness to act on dismantling white supremacy and systemic racism in schools / school systems
- Strives to ensure that Black and Latinx children experience the anti-racist early literacy instruction, support, and advocacy needed to create equity in education
- Demonstrates a deep commitment to anti-racism in their work and beyond, an unwavering desire to continually grow their own skills, and a passion for teaching & learning
- Thinks critically to make well-informed and timely decisions to achieve the best possible impact and outcomes
- Demonstrates a keen sense of self and knowledge of other's identities and can use this information strategically to inform decisions, grow and make change in the school, workplace and community
- Enables and models a constructive culture of feedback about both strengths and areas of growth
- Demonstrates a strong understanding of Systemic Oppression as a concept, its various forms, how it persists throughout society, and how to identify and work to mitigate and / or dismantle it in the school, workplace and community
- Are highly reflective and adaptive to meet the needs of coaches, school and district leaders
Partnership & Implementation Manager Responsibilities
Qualifications :
The successful candidate is motivated by CLI's mission. This role offers the opportunity to have a profound and lasting impact on the literacy and experience of the Black and Latinx children we work alongside.
What it's like to work at CLI?!" :
We believe you should know that CLI aims to be an employer of choice! We know that our employees are our most valuable resource. So, in addition to providing great benefits, we are intentional to ensure we sustain a great culture!
Here's a look at what makes CLI a great place to work :
DEIB - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging is more than an initiative at CLI. In fact, DEIB is what drives every decision we make. We provide all our employees (4) comprehensive DEI trainings every year and race and equity are a part of every conversation!
Collaboration is critical!
We have an awesome collaborative approach toward our work. You would be aligning yourself with an organization that understands the power of collaboration and the Power of 3 (taking care of ourselves, each other, and our physical spaces). Our work at CLI is collective work. We are in this together!
Benefits - Competitive compensation
CLI offers competitive compensation and benefits! We believe in providing robust benefits such as generous PTO, Full Medical, Dental, Vision & Prescription coverage, and full access to mental health resources via Teladoc and subscription to Care.com., as well as competitive and equitable salaries that commensurate with experience.
Leadership - Professional Devolopment - It's what we do!
CLI believes that to ensure we deliver high impact coaching, we must continuously improve our approach to align with the most recent effective teaching practices! You will receive ongoing training & development.
Children's Literacy Initiative is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Salary : $95,000
