2025-26 Leader Fellow (INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY)

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Being a part of a founding academy leadership team is an ideal position for an educator who possesses the necessary knowledge, skills, and mindsets that will allow our scholars to achieve off-the-chart results. The ideal candidate is especially committed to serving low SES and minority scholars, self-reflective, data-driven, results-oriented, mission-focused, open to and actively seeks constructive feedback, and is tenacious about scholar college & career readiness. LSC educators have a deep passion for instruction and are eager to gain rigorous development to help perfect their craft. In addition to participating in weekly professional development and team planning meetings, all LSC educators receive consistent high-impact coaching and feedback from the network & academy leaders. Our scholars will change the world.

Role Mission: The Leader Fellow role is the first year of a two-year commitment to be developed into a transformational school leaders who desire to change the educational landscape for hundreds of children currently being served by LSC and will be served in a future academy. They are believers and fighters committed to giving children - no matter their socioeconomic background, ethnicity, or neighborhood they reside in - the tools needed to reach their full potential. Together with the school Lead Team, Directors in Residence spend the day ensuring that no matter what, our students are in an environment where they will develop good character, be challenged academically, and succeed on their road to and through college.

This program is unique in that each leader fellow will eventually become part of the core “Lead Team” at one of our academy sites -  working to support teachers, leaders, students, and families every single day while sharing responsibility for critical school achievement goals.

Year One (2025-26 ): Leader Fellows are full-time employees in year one who work seven additional days & who take on additional leadership responsibilities while also participating in the "Leader Fellow 101 Cohort" that will meet once a month as part of their Excellence 104 professional development. Leader fellows can expect to take on three "big projects" under the supervision of the Academy Director & Executive Director, one of which will be the Academy Director's choice. Two of your projects will include: Million Word Reading Challenge, Summer PRIDE, after-school tutoring, talent ambassador hiring, Saturday Enrichment, field trips, Staff of the Year, or priority coaching during your planning/prep. They are compensated with an additional stipend of $5,000. At the end of year one, leader fellows formally apply to a resident leader position and are either moved to their second year as a resident leader or remain as a leader fellow to require an additional year of training & development. 

Year Two (2026-27): Only the Leader Fellows who show the most promise & potential will be elevated to a "resident" position their second year and named to a particular role on a campus leadership team. Resident leaders are compensated on the assistant leader salary scale with the same expectation of participating in additional professional development that will primarily consist of administrative licensure, if applicable, and school visits. They will receive personalized feedback and coaching throughout their residency in preparation to launch and/or lead their own LSC school within one to two years. During the residency year, residents will be assigned an individual mentor externally from the school to co-create the vision for the future academy they will be opening. 

Year Three (2027-28): Full Time Leader Role 

Who We Are Looking For

• Educational Leaders who: 
  • A belief that all students can go to and through college
  • At least two years in a role where you spend some of your time focused on instructional leadership/management of adults (likely a mid-level leadership role in a school, such as an instructional coach, grade level leader, etc). 
  • A strong desire to launch and/or lead a school in one of our new or existing regions
  • At least 1 year of experience at Liberty 
  • Demonstrated instructional leadership experience with proven results
  • A receptiveness and hunger for feedback
  • Have top quality academic proficiency data OR quantitative outcomes that are measurable in their field area.

Key Outcomes

• Exemplary student achievement on internal and external assessments for teachers managed
• Students graduate at LSC college and career ready
• Students remain enrolled at LSC until graduation
• Students attend school each day
• Staff members continue to work at LSC year after year and are satisfied with LSC as an employer

Responsibilities

• Focus on LSC's core purpose to get all students into college
• Hold high expectations for self and others to achieve and surpass intended goals
• Lead instructional staff to improve their teaching quickly and measurably through daily observations, on-the-spot coaching, data conversations, and effective evaluations
• Coach and manage a group of teachers and/or school lead team members at placement school to achieve measurable and ambitious results
• Achieve student outcomes aligned with 100% college matriculation
• Attend all trainings, coaching sessions, and school visits
• Review teachers’ weekly internalization plans and provide feedback
• Synthesize, analyze, and prioritize data and opportunities to develop strategies that achieve quantifiable goals
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve and consistently reflect on past actions to guide future decisions
• Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding, and respect for the communities in which they identify
• Effective facilitation and personal use of technology as a communication and educational tool to improve teacher development, student achievement and manage work-related tasks
• Support the creation and implementation of a clear and consistent behavior management system while developing students’ character and sense of community
• Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before and after-school duties, and school-wide meetings and functions
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Attend all leader fellow trainings, coaching sessions, and school visits
• Minimum of 40 hours spent at school per week 
• Minimum commitment of 4-8 hours of outside regular school hours for cohort meetings, projects, etc. 

Competencies: 

• Mission Focus – focuses on LSC’s core purpose of getting all students into college or a meaningful career  
• Record of Results – holds high expectations for self and others to achieve and surpass intended goals 
• Managing Others to Deliver Results -- leads team to achieve measurable and ambitious results 
• Instructional Leadership – leads instructional staff to improve their teaching quickly and measurably through observations, coaching, data conversations, and effective evaluations 
• Problem Solving – able to synthesize, analyze, and prioritize data and opportunities to develop strategies, for achieving quantifiable goals 
• Coaching & Developing – develop team through formal and informal methods; makes professional development a top priority 
• Communication – effectively conveys information using a variety of channels and techniques 
• Continuous Improvement – proactively identifies opportunities to improve and consistently reflects on past actions to guide future decisions   

Minimum Qualifications and Experiences:

• Education: Associate's Degree Minimum, Bachelor's Preferred 
• Experience:
  • Proven track record of personally achieving success and of leading others to improved results

Additional Knowledge and Skills: 

• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills  
• Ability to manage student behavior  
• Belief in and alignment with LSC’s mission and values is non-negotiable 
• Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment  

To Learn More About Liberty STEAM Charter

Please visit the website by clicking here to learn more about the story, mission, and model of Liberty STEAM Charter. Liberty STEAM Charter is an equal opportunity employer and an organization that values diversity. People from all diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Use Your Talents and Passion to Help Deliver Life-Changing Opportunities for Kids…Apply Today

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Interested applicants should apply directly to the job posting via Jazz HR. Candidates who apply can expect the following recruitment flow: candidate application, video screening, phone interview, and a final interview with network leaders. 

Closing date: February 20, 2024

*Year One Leader Fellows Have a Start Date of July 16, 2024.

Salary : $70,000 - $115,000