Part-Time Regional Director, Alaska/Hawaii

This is a part-time position covering the states of Alaska and Hawaii. To be eligible for this position applicants must reside in the pacific region, with a preference for residence in the state of Alaska

Education is ever-evolving. And so are we.

We seek passionate people from diverse backgrounds who are committed to helping improve the work of schools as a trusted partner in advancing learning. By joining the Cognia team, you will be immersed in a community of energetic and resourceful people dedicated to a common vision to impact and inspire education providers to advance and enable pathways of success for all learners. At Cognia we have developed a holistic approach to education that empowers schools to create real outcomes and optimize learning for students of all backgrounds, servicing more than 36,000 institutions, 5 million teachers, and 25 million students in 85 countries. When you join Cognia, you join a team of experts passionate about our mission and embracing our core values in everything we do.

NATURE AND SCOPE :

The Regional Director is a leadership position as a member of the regional team with a primary responsibility of building strong relationships with education agencies, schools, districts, and the education community. The Director utilizes knowledge and expertise in education to manage and facilitate continuous improvement efforts for the organization. The Director has a deep understanding of Cognia's products and services, inclusive of accreditation, improvement, assessment tools, services, and solutions to support high quality delivery to schools and districts. The Director works in collaboration with Cognia colleagues to ensure quality and relevant solutions are delivered to institutions and key stakeholders. The Director cultivates relationships with partner organizations to expand capabilities across institutions of all types. The Director may also lead school evaluation reviews, as needed.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES :

• Develop and maintain meaningful local working relationships with education agency representatives, partner organizations, schools, and districts to strengthen efficient and effective collaborative culture in support of Cognia's mission.
• Serve as the key contact for all Cognia services for education agencies, partner organizations, schools, and districts.
• Retain, engage, and grow membership including leadership for proposal processes, as appropriate.
• Manage current and future Cognia activities with all clients.
• Provide quality assurance supervision and oversight of contracts with school districts, schools, education agencies, and education organizations.
• Utilize educational knowledge combined with expertise for strategic, customized, and technical understanding of Cognia's Continuous Improvement System to successfully provide guidance, and solution recommendations.
• Craft and drive an implementation plan aligned to organizational strategic priorities to meet quarterly and annual benchmarks.
• Maintain and grow knowledge to serve in thought leadership on state and federal program regulations, requirements, funding, best practices, future trends, and current issues aligning to continuous school improvement, accreditation, assessment, STEM, and early learning.
• May conduct Cognia Accreditation reviews as needed to include candidacy, monitoring, or other types of reviews providing technical assistance concerning accreditation to institutions.
• Provide advocacy for continuous improvement in education with all constituencies.
• Contribute to meaningful collaboration with Cognia colleagues to ensure quality service.
• Market Cognia brand with educational entities to promote advocacy for education.
• Collaborate with internal departments to create and implement solutions for clients.
• Plan / Lead / Manage and evaluate Cognia events, professional development, workshops, and conferences.
• Oversee and support the work of the accreditation process and protocols inclusive of approving Accreditation Engagement Review Teams coaching Regional Accreditation Evaluators, orienting schools to the process for Candidacy and Accreditation Reviews, orienting schools to technological platforms that support accreditation, and providing overall support to institutions seeking accreditation .
• Recruit influential Advisory Committee Members.
• Cultivate relationships with Advisory Committee Members.
• Lead, manage and facilitate the Advisory Committee meetings and cultivate thought leadership and advocacy.
• Provide progress reports as requested by the Senior Director or Regional Vice President or other Cognia leadership.
• Successfully meets established goals and priorities.
• Participate in continued personal and professional growth, including updating of job and industry knowledge, through participation in educational opportunities, professional associations, and networking to best lead Cognia Continuous Improvement efforts.
• Provide other services as assigned by the Senior Director and / or Regional Vice President.
• Generate a state budget, and update state profile annually.
• Perform duties and fulfill responsibilities that may, from time to time, include related or unrelated tasks.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristics protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. Cognia is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.