Position Description:

The TIA Lead will play a critical role in expanding strategic compensation across the region. One of the major components of this work involves supporting LEAs in implementing a TIA system to increase the teaching talent pool, as well as increase retention of the district's instructional team. Specifically, the TIA Lead will engage directly with identified districts to support the development of a strategic compensation system, develop and implement a TIA strategy for sustainability, and engage districts around other state objectives to increase educator retention and recruitment. The TIA Lead will oversee the current work within the TIA Regional Support Grant, as well as other on demand/wrap-around services to help districts with any TIA related needs.

Objectives of the TIA Regional Support Grant Include:

• Increase the number of districts with TIA systems
• Increase the percentage of teachers eligible to earn TIA designations within local systems
• Increase success rates with TIA implementation and data validation
• Increase retention for TIA designated teachers

Skills

• Experience in instructional leadership, data analysis, and coaching
• Experience in designing and leading professional development
• Experience planning with curriculum and instruction
• Experience with T-Tess

Job Qualifications

Education/Certification:

• Master's degree

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Strong long-term planning and project management skills, including establishing outcomes, determining evaluative measures, and tracking progress
• Outstanding interpersonal, teamwork, and management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Results orientation coupled with a strong work ethic and excellent organization, coordination, and time management skills
• Flexibility and comfort with ambiguity

Experience:

• Minimum of three years of experience in a campus adminstrator
• Prior experience working with TIA specifically, talent and/or budget systems
• Prior experience engaging school community members
• Previous experience in project management preferred

Essential Duties:

• Provide leadership in the design, development, and implementation of a robust strategic compensation system based on teacher and instructional leader effectiveness.
• Support districts with adopting, expanding, and implementing the TIA.
• Coordinate, track, and present project information to maintain stakeholder engagement and shared understanding across district teams, ESCs, and other stakeholders.
• Develop and sustain deep partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Establish systems and structures to support planning in alignment with all grant deliverables.
• Ensure grant compliance by collaborating within the district, the ESC, and the TEA and communicate those expectations to all stakeholders of the initiative.
• Develop a system for tracking strategies, identifying best practices, and supporting broader dissemination.

Applicant needs to possess these core values through words and actions to build positive, long-term relationships with customers by demonstrating:

• Professionalism, integrity, respect for others, expertise, and credibility at all times
• Quality in delivering what I promise and helping create superior programs and services that add value beyond what is expected
• Teamwork by working cooperatively with others to promote a positive and fun work environment
• Adaptability by being flexible, attentive to change, and ready to move quickly and decisively in response to the needs of customers
• Innovation by contributing to the implementation of new or significantly improved services and delivery methods
• Superior Service by providing personable, direct attention that delivers customer satisfaction beyond what is expected

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

• Travel: Frequent Travel within the region, state, and nation when appropriate
• Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals
• Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
• Motion: Repetitive hand motions including frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching
• Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds)
• Environment: May work prolonged or irregular hours; frequent regional travel; occasional statewide travel and out-of-state travel
• Mental Demands:
• • Manage multiple tasks and work cooperatively with others
  • Maintain a calm attitude in demanding situations
  • Make changes and adapt to varying responsibilities on an ongoing basis
  • Work with frequent interruptions, tight deadlines, and limited office space

Benefit Information:

• ESC Region 12 provides monetary contributions of up to $575 per month to use for employee/family healthcare and supplemental benefits.
• An employee earns state personal, sick, and vacation leave.
• All employees contribute to both the Teachers Retirement System (TRS) and Social Security retirement programs.