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WASHINGTON MANAGEMENT SERVICEJOB ANNOUNCEMENT High School and Beyond Planning Program Supervisor $82,441 - $96,990 annually Closes February 02,2025The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) seeks to fill the High School and Beyond Planning Program Supervisor role. This full-time position is based in Olympia, Washington. This position may be eligible for partial to near full-time telework. Telework is a combination of in-building and off-site days. We encourage interested candidates to visit the OSPI website to gain insight into our agency. About OSPI and our initiativesOSPI is the primary agency charged with overseeing public K–12 education in Washington state. Working with the state's 295 public school districts and 7 state-tribal education compact schools, OSPI allocates funding and provides tools, resources, and technical assistance so every student in Washington is provided a high-quality public education. At OSPI, we recognize that our employees are the key to the success of the agency. We are committed to our work but value the balance with our personal lives. We demonstrate our commitment to employees by providing an environment that stimulates professional growth and values them for their expertise. OSPI is a great place to work and has several initiatives to help create a great working environment, including: We support a healthy work/life balance by offering flexible/alternative work schedules and mobile and telework options. (Depending on job duties and work location.)We have a tuition assistance policy and support employees seeking tuition waiver through participating higher education organizations. We have an Infant at Work Program that is based on long-term values of newborns and infant-parent bonding. Eligible employees who are new parents or legal guardians can bring their infant (six weeks to six months) when returning to work. (Depending on job duties and work location.)We value and are actively involved in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within OSPI by way of cross-divisional, collaborative committee. The focus of the committee includes employee engagement and education; reinforcing OSPI values; and maximizing the value of diversity and identifying strategies for inclusion.Vision, Mission, and Values Vision: All students prepared for post-secondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement. Mission: Transform K-12 education to a system that is centered on closing opportunity gaps and is characterized by high expectations for all students and educators. We achieve this by developing equity-based policies and supports that empower educators, families, and communities.Values: Ensuring Equity, Collaboration and Service, Achieving Excellence through Continuous Improvement, Focus on the Whole Child Equity Each student, family, and community possess strengths and cultural knowledge that benefits their peers, educators, and schools. Ensuring educational equity: Goes beyond equality; it requires education leaders to examine the ways current policies and practices result in disparate outcomes for our students of color, students living in poverty, students receiving special education and English Learner services, students who identify as LGBTQ , and highly mobile student populations.Requires education leaders to develop an understanding of historical contexts; engage students, families, and community representatives as partners in decision-making; and actively dismantle systemic barriers, replacing them with policies and practices that ensure all students have access to the instruction and support they need to succeed in our schools. Position OverviewThis position will provide strategic leadership for priorities that increase student engagement and postsecondary preparation, including supporting best practices for high school and beyond planning. Outcomes of this work include statewide implementation of a universal High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP) platform, alignment of career goals and course planning with postsecondary preparation, informed master scheduling and program development, and increased course options and career connected learning opportunities aligned with students’ interests and goals. This position will build and implement a workplan that makes progress on two primary strategic goals for the agency: Learner-Centered Options in Every Community, providing all students with access to challenging coursework, culturally responsive and anti-racist curriculum, and pathways to graduation and beyond that meet their unique interests, which includes but is not limited to: A Committed, Unified, and Customer-Focused OSPI, supporting school districts through consistent, timely, and meaningful funding and supports that center the needs of students. Agency operations are unified in facilitating services and resources in alignment with the commitments in our strategic goals.The position will work collaboratively across OSPI, with partners and entities throughout the K-12 and higher education systems, and with other statewide agency and organization partners to support the statewide transition to a universal, online HSBP platform which includes, but is not limited to, facilitating extensive stakeholder engagement; reports to the governor and legislature; creation and delivery of aligned curriculum, resources, professional development, and technical assistance; support for future policy changes; budget requests and management; contract management and statewide implementation of best practices for career and college readiness advising. This position will work in close partnership with the IT division for technical support with the development and evaluation of a universal online HSBP platform as required by the state legislature.Key Responsibilities This position will provide oversight, leadership, and project management at the state level to support best practices for high school and beyond planning in alignment with the academic and career development domains of a comprehensive school counseling program. This position will specifically aid educators and student support staff together to utilize the online HSBP platform as a tool to guide the delivery of high-quality career and college readiness supports that promote positive mental health, academic achievement, and postsecondary outcomes for all students, supporting policy implementation efforts relative to enhancing high school and beyond planning across Washington. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Program Leadership Proactively identify areas of improvement within systems and processes to support closing opportunity gaps, aligning with the agency’s antiracist objectives and meeting or exceeding compliance requirements to mitigate the agency’s exposure to risks.Overall project planning and oversight for major bodies of work that identify key activities and projects, anticipated timelines, major administrative components and key communications necessary (regular meetings of stakeholders and or executive briefings).Maintains the highest standard of personal, professional, and ethical conduct; and supports the goals for diversity and inclusion. Program ManagementLead, plan, facilitate and evaluate the process to implement a statewide adoption of a universal online HSBP platform in collaboration with OSPI staff and inclusive of significant stakeholder engagement. Tasks include, but are not limited to: Collaborate with SEPP Operations staff and ITs Business Analyst to serve as the program manager, facilitate contract development and implementation, and ensure a robust, collaborative and transparent process to support districts with implementing the new platform.Support Graduation Pathways and Preparation Director in the implementation and strategy management related to outlined outcomes of the HSBP universal platform in ESSB 5243.Lead well-articulated and informed meetings through professional communication, engaging in meaningful discussions to manage stakeholder feedback solicitation and identify opportunities for improvement.Directly facilitate multiple advisory councils for stakeholder feedback, including the development of recommendations to inform OSPIs implementation planning.Synthesize stakeholder feedback for the purpose of writing legislative reports and updates on the project’s progress and conclusions.Lead and direct multiple simultaneous projects; define scope and work plans, procure/create/manage budget, contracts and workload; track and manage risks and issues, report status & health of projects to supervisor and core HSBP implementation team; serve as liaison to internal/external customers, partners, and staff.Foster a collaborative partnership among all stakeholders to enable successful implementation of projects, new processes, and project planning decisions. Lead the statewide transformation of K-12 high school and beyond planning into a comprehensive guidance and support system focused on closing opportunity gaps, maintaining high expectations for all students and educators, engaging with families and other partners to support students’ postsecondary goals and promoting racial, social and economic equity.Develop and deliver technical assistance relative to high school and beyond planning to districts, schools, families, other statewide organizations, community-based organizations and concerned citizens through various methods, including webinars, OSPI and partner webpages and listservs, office hours, presentations, etc.Lead collaborative efforts to create curriculum, communication, professional training and technical assistance resources to support district implementation efforts.Support agency development of HSBP data dashboard and related data analysis protocols, and evaluate the effectiveness of strategies and funding efforts designed to improve student outcomes via available HSBP dataProgram Support Work in collaboration with OSPIs School Counseling Program Supervisors to integrate high school and beyond planning within the implementation of comprehensive school counseling program supports, including but not limited to: Develop curriculum, professional development, FAQs, technical guides and other resources that support building and district staff in delivering an equitable student experience with the HSBP.Disseminate relevant resources and information, especially specific to engaging in career connected learning and to graduation and post-graduation education and training, through various methods, including OSPI and partner webpages, listservs, newsletters, webinars, and social media,Contribute to development of strategies for implementing interconnected legislation with department staff and both K-12 and higher education staff.Challenge systematic thinking on policies that do not promote or remove the equity gaps evident in credential attainment.Identify and clearly communicate information in a timely way that helps build connections and fosters collaboration among agency staff, K-12 administrators, higher education partners and other stakeholders.Demonstrate and promote individual and group interpersonal skills including but not limited to listening for understanding, influencing, mediation, consensus building and collaboration.Contribute to a workplace that is fair, safe, professional, and free from discrimination or harassment. Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree with major work emphasis in education.A minimum of three years of experience working in secondary education, higher education and/or project management - this experience must include curriculum development or instructional resource design, and professional learning delivery (additional years of experience may be substituted for education)Demonstrated project management experience including successful oversight and accountability for accurate and high-quality project completion and the ability to effectively manage and complete multiple projects at the same time within expected deadlines. In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following: Desired Qualifications: Experience building, participating in, and leading collaborative teams and partnerships with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders toward a common outcome.Knowledge of and experience applying equity and anti-racist approaches to education and system improvement.Demonstrated understanding of current graduation requirements in Washington and how to support districts with expanding equitable access to multiple pathways for graduation, including dual credit programming.Specific knowledge of the current legislative requirements for the High School and Beyond Plan. Strong commitment to Washington state public education and the principles of trust, teamwork, collaboration, and customer service.Experience operating within a budget, which may include budget planning, managing contracts, or grant management. Technical writing skills to support drafting of legislative reports, statewide guidance, and policy changes.Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms to a broad and diverse audience, including public speaking to large groups.Ability to effectively facilitate meetings and professional learning with diverse stakeholders representing different perspectives and interests.Experience developing, implementing, and managing large scale grants or contracts.Experience working and collaborating with state, regional, and local education agencies.Experience with education and training opportunities available to satisfy graduation requirements, and foundational to post-graduation choices.Experience using data to analyze and inform practice and policy.Sound management practices, as well as individual and group decision-making strategies.Knowledge of principles of evaluation relative to school-based programs and services for youth, and successful experience in implementing such evaluations.Compensation The annual compensation range for the position is $82,441 - $96,990 per year and depends upon experience, educational background and qualifications. Geographic differentials may be applied based on work location of successful candidate. Washington State offers a generous benefit package including health, dental and life insurance, retirement and an optional deferred compensation program. Please visit Health Care Authority for information regarding health benefits and the Department of Retirement Systems for retirement plan information. This is a Washington Management Position. This position is not represented by a bargaining unit. Application ProcessThose interested in this position must apply through Careers.wa.gov. Applications must include the following documents in MS Word and PDF format only: A letter of interest specifically addressing the qualifications listed in this announcement; A current résumé, and;A list of three or more professional references. Please address any questions to: Sal Salazar, Human ResourcesOffice of Superintendent of Public Instruction 600 Washington Street Southeast, Olympia, Washington 98504-7200360-725-6278: sal.salazar@k12.wa.us Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the Human Resources Office at (360) 725-6270 or (360) 725-6066, or e-mail hroffice@k12.wa.us. New Jobs Alert ServiceOSPI offers a subscription service, which regularly notifies subscribers of new OSPI employment opportunities on careers.wa.gov. Subscribers are notified via text or email alert. If you are interested in this service, then please subscribe at this location. OSPI is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from job seekers who will contribute to our diversity. OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. If you would like, please include your name and gender pronouns in your application, to ensure we address you appropriately throughout the application process. Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the human resource consultant listed in “Application Process.”
WASHINGTON MANAGEMENT SERVICEJOB ANNOUNCEMENT High School and Beyond Planning Program Supervisor $82,441 - $96,990 annually Closes February 02,2025The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) seeks to fill the High School and Beyond Planning Program Supervisor role. This full-time position is based in Olympia, Washington. This position may be eligible for partial to near full-time telework. Telework is a combination of in-building and off-site days. We encourage interested candidates to visit the OSPI website to gain insight into our agency. About OSPI and our initiativesOSPI is the primary agency charged with overseeing public K–12 education in Washington state. Working with the state's 295 public school districts and 7 state-tribal education compact schools, OSPI allocates funding and provides tools, resources, and technical assistance so every student in Washington is provided a high-quality public education. At OSPI, we recognize that our employees are the key to the success of the agency. We are committed to our work but value the balance with our personal lives. We demonstrate our commitment to employees by providing an environment that stimulates professional growth and values them for their expertise. OSPI is a great place to work and has several initiatives to help create a great working environment, including: We support a healthy work/life balance by offering flexible/alternative work schedules and mobile and telework options. (Depending on job duties and work location.)We have a tuition assistance policy and support employees seeking tuition waiver through participating higher education organizations. We have an Infant at Work Program that is based on long-term values of newborns and infant-parent bonding. Eligible employees who are new parents or legal guardians can bring their infant (six weeks to six months) when returning to work. (Depending on job duties and work location.)We value and are actively involved in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within OSPI by way of cross-divisional, collaborative committee. The focus of the committee includes employee engagement and education; reinforcing OSPI values; and maximizing the value of diversity and identifying strategies for inclusion.Vision, Mission, and Values Vision: All students prepared for post-secondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement. Mission: Transform K-12 education to a system that is centered on closing opportunity gaps and is characterized by high expectations for all students and educators. We achieve this by developing equity-based policies and supports that empower educators, families, and communities.Values: Ensuring Equity, Collaboration and Service, Achieving Excellence through Continuous Improvement, Focus on the Whole Child Equity Each student, family, and community possess strengths and cultural knowledge that benefits their peers, educators, and schools. Ensuring educational equity: Goes beyond equality; it requires education leaders to examine the ways current policies and practices result in disparate outcomes for our students of color, students living in poverty, students receiving special education and English Learner services, students who identify as LGBTQ , and highly mobile student populations.Requires education leaders to develop an understanding of historical contexts; engage students, families, and community representatives as partners in decision-making; and actively dismantle systemic barriers, replacing them with policies and practices that ensure all students have access to the instruction and support they need to succeed in our schools. Position OverviewThis position will provide strategic leadership for priorities that increase student engagement and postsecondary preparation, including supporting best practices for high school and beyond planning. Outcomes of this work include statewide implementation of a universal High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP) platform, alignment of career goals and course planning with postsecondary preparation, informed master scheduling and program development, and increased course options and career connected learning opportunities aligned with students’ interests and goals. This position will build and implement a workplan that makes progress on two primary strategic goals for the agency: Learner-Centered Options in Every Community, providing all students with access to challenging coursework, culturally responsive and anti-racist curriculum, and pathways to graduation and beyond that meet their unique interests, which includes but is not limited to: A Committed, Unified, and Customer-Focused OSPI, supporting school districts through consistent, timely, and meaningful funding and supports that center the needs of students. Agency operations are unified in facilitating services and resources in alignment with the commitments in our strategic goals.The position will work collaboratively across OSPI, with partners and entities throughout the K-12 and higher education systems, and with other statewide agency and organization partners to support the statewide transition to a universal, online HSBP platform which includes, but is not limited to, facilitating extensive stakeholder engagement; reports to the governor and legislature; creation and delivery of aligned curriculum, resources, professional development, and technical assistance; support for future policy changes; budget requests and management; contract management and statewide implementation of best practices for career and college readiness advising. This position will work in close partnership with the IT division for technical support with the development and evaluation of a universal online HSBP platform as required by the state legislature.Key Responsibilities This position will provide oversight, leadership, and project management at the state level to support best practices for high school and beyond planning in alignment with the academic and career development domains of a comprehensive school counseling program. This position will specifically aid educators and student support staff together to utilize the online HSBP platform as a tool to guide the delivery of high-quality career and college readiness supports that promote positive mental health, academic achievement, and postsecondary outcomes for all students, supporting policy implementation efforts relative to enhancing high school and beyond planning across Washington. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Program Leadership Proactively identify areas of improvement within systems and processes to support closing opportunity gaps, aligning with the agency’s antiracist objectives and meeting or exceeding compliance requirements to mitigate the agency’s exposure to risks.Overall project planning and oversight for major bodies of work that identify key activities and projects, anticipated timelines, major administrative components and key communications necessary (regular meetings of stakeholders and or executive briefings).Maintains the highest standard of personal, professional, and ethical conduct; and supports the goals for diversity and inclusion. Program ManagementLead, plan, facilitate and evaluate the process to implement a statewide adoption of a universal online HSBP platform in collaboration with OSPI staff and inclusive of significant stakeholder engagement. Tasks include, but are not limited to: Collaborate with SEPP Operations staff and ITs Business Analyst to serve as the program manager, facilitate contract development and implementation, and ensure a robust, collaborative and transparent process to support districts with implementing the new platform.Support Graduation Pathways and Preparation Director in the implementation and strategy management related to outlined outcomes of the HSBP universal platform in ESSB 5243.Lead well-articulated and informed meetings through professional communication, engaging in meaningful discussions to manage stakeholder feedback solicitation and identify opportunities for improvement.Directly facilitate multiple advisory councils for stakeholder feedback, including the development of recommendations to inform OSPIs implementation planning.Synthesize stakeholder feedback for the purpose of writing legislative reports and updates on the project’s progress and conclusions.Lead and direct multiple simultaneous projects; define scope and work plans, procure/create/manage budget, contracts and workload; track and manage risks and issues, report status & health of projects to supervisor and core HSBP implementation team; serve as liaison to internal/external customers, partners, and staff.Foster a collaborative partnership among all stakeholders to enable successful implementation of projects, new processes, and project planning decisions. Lead the statewide transformation of K-12 high school and beyond planning into a comprehensive guidance and support system focused on closing opportunity gaps, maintaining high expectations for all students and educators, engaging with families and other partners to support students’ postsecondary goals and promoting racial, social and economic equity.Develop and deliver technical assistance relative to high school and beyond planning to districts, schools, families, other statewide organizations, community-based organizations and concerned citizens through various methods, including webinars, OSPI and partner webpages and listservs, office hours, presentations, etc.Lead collaborative efforts to create curriculum, communication, professional training and technical assistance resources to support district implementation efforts.Support agency development of HSBP data dashboard and related data analysis protocols, and evaluate the effectiveness of strategies and funding efforts designed to improve student outcomes via available HSBP dataProgram Support Work in collaboration with OSPIs School Counseling Program Supervisors to integrate high school and beyond planning within the implementation of comprehensive school counseling program supports, including but not limited to: Develop curriculum, professional development, FAQs, technical guides and other resources that support building and district staff in delivering an equitable student experience with the HSBP.Disseminate relevant resources and information, especially specific to engaging in career connected learning and to graduation and post-graduation education and training, through various methods, including OSPI and partner webpages, listservs, newsletters, webinars, and social media,Contribute to development of strategies for implementing interconnected legislation with department staff and both K-12 and higher education staff.Challenge systematic thinking on policies that do not promote or remove the equity gaps evident in credential attainment.Identify and clearly communicate information in a timely way that helps build connections and fosters collaboration among agency staff, K-12 administrators, higher education partners and other stakeholders.Demonstrate and promote individual and group interpersonal skills including but not limited to listening for understanding, influencing, mediation, consensus building and collaboration.Contribute to a workplace that is fair, safe, professional, and free from discrimination or harassment. Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree with major work emphasis in education.A minimum of three years of experience working in secondary education, higher education and/or project management - this experience must include curriculum development or instructional resource design, and professional learning delivery (additional years of experience may be substituted for education)Demonstrated project management experience including successful oversight and accountability for accurate and high-quality project completion and the ability to effectively manage and complete multiple projects at the same time within expected deadlines. In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following: Desired Qualifications: Experience building, participating in, and leading collaborative teams and partnerships with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders toward a common outcome.Knowledge of and experience applying equity and anti-racist approaches to education and system improvement.Demonstrated understanding of current graduation requirements in Washington and how to support districts with expanding equitable access to multiple pathways for graduation, including dual credit programming.Specific knowledge of the current legislative requirements for the High School and Beyond Plan. Strong commitment to Washington state public education and the principles of trust, teamwork, collaboration, and customer service.Experience operating within a budget, which may include budget planning, managing contracts, or grant management. Technical writing skills to support drafting of legislative reports, statewide guidance, and policy changes.Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms to a broad and diverse audience, including public speaking to large groups.Ability to effectively facilitate meetings and professional learning with diverse stakeholders representing different perspectives and interests.Experience developing, implementing, and managing large scale grants or contracts.Experience working and collaborating with state, regional, and local education agencies.Experience with education and training opportunities available to satisfy graduation requirements, and foundational to post-graduation choices.Experience using data to analyze and inform practice and policy.Sound management practices, as well as individual and group decision-making strategies.Knowledge of principles of evaluation relative to school-based programs and services for youth, and successful experience in implementing such evaluations.Compensation The annual compensation range for the position is $82,441 - $96,990 per year and depends upon experience, educational background and qualifications. Geographic differentials may be applied based on work location of successful candidate. Washington State offers a generous benefit package including health, dental and life insurance, retirement and an optional deferred compensation program. Please visit Health Care Authority for information regarding health benefits and the Department of Retirement Systems for retirement plan information. This is a Washington Management Position. This position is not represented by a bargaining unit. Application ProcessThose interested in this position must apply through Careers.wa.gov. Applications must include the following documents in MS Word and PDF format only: A letter of interest specifically addressing the qualifications listed in this announcement; A current résumé, and;A list of three or more professional references. Please address any questions to: Sal Salazar, Human ResourcesOffice of Superintendent of Public Instruction 600 Washington Street Southeast, Olympia, Washington 98504-7200360-725-6278: sal.salazar@k12.wa.us Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the Human Resources Office at (360) 725-6270 or (360) 725-6066, or e-mail hroffice@k12.wa.us. New Jobs Alert ServiceOSPI offers a subscription service, which regularly notifies subscribers of new OSPI employment opportunities on careers.wa.gov. Subscribers are notified via text or email alert. If you are interested in this service, then please subscribe at this location. OSPI is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from job seekers who will contribute to our diversity. OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. If you would like, please include your name and gender pronouns in your application, to ensure we address you appropriately throughout the application process. Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the human resource consultant listed in “Application Process.”
Salary : $82,441 - $96,990
