Executive Director (Teacher Development)

Title: Executive Director, Teacher Development

Department: Office of Professional Learning

Reports To: Deputy Chief, Teaching and Learning

Union Affiliation: Non-Represented

Salary Range: $104,519 - $136,143

The School District of Philadelphia is committed to becoming the fastest improving District in the country and transforming the educational opportunities it offers to our city’s more than 200,000 students. The District seeks leaders who have a passion for working with schools and communities who are committed to ensuring all students achieve. Serving a population as diverse as ours requires creativity, commitment and vision. Will you join us?

Job Summary

• Plans, directs and oversees activities designed to ensure that new, novice, and developing teachers have access to information, learning opportunities, and job-embedded development to build their capacity as educators, with the goal of retaining all educators who embody our organizational values.
• Develops and implements strategies that support instruction and facilitates the District’s capability to sustain improved student achievement.
• Oversees the development and implementation of programming specific to new and novice teachers in the District, including teachers with an emergency certificate.
• Collaborates with other offices to ensure professional learning activities are aligned and have the intended impact for new, novice, and developing teachers.
• Oversees the teaching coaching programs so that there is a comprehensive and aligned approach to instructional coaching throughout the District.

Essential Functions

• Coordinates and aligns educational initiatives to ensure continued progress in student achievement; ensures that effective professional learning structures are in place to address the instructional, planning, and classroom environment needs of new, novice, and developing teachers in the District; determines new and innovative professional learning structures which support instruction and sustain the gains made in academic achievement.
• Provides leadership in the planning and implementation of professional learning activities in various content areas that support the teaching and learning practices of new, novice, and developing teachers in alignment with the District’s strategic plan.
• Serves as the Deputy Chief of Teaching and Learning’s liaison to all of the education offices for professional learning programming for new, novice, and developing teachers.
• Coordinates efforts with universities and educational organizations to ensure that the professional development needs of new, novice, and emergency certified teachers are met; identifies and establishes contact with service providers.
• Oversees all teacher coaching programs, including the implementation of the coaching framework across the District.
• Works with administrators to manage relationships with coaches embedded in a school building; plans and facilitates professional learning for school-based and central office leaders regarding the coaching framework.
• Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of professional learning for new, novice, and developing teachers.
• Partners with the Office of Talent and Philadelphia Federation of Teachers to implement the Peer Assistance and Review program.
• Develops and administers program budget; prepares and submits proposals for grants.
• Supports with coordination of content and logistics for large-scale professional learning events specific to new and novice teachers.
• Supervises the team in implementing the vision of the office.

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Ten years of full-time, paid, professional experience in education, five of which have been in an administrative or supervisory capacity and have included responsibility for planning, developing and implementing staff development programs in alignment with educational initiatives for instructional staff.

Certificates/Licenses

• Valid Commonwealth of Pennsylvania administrative certificate or supervisory certificate in Elementary or Secondary Education

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Demonstrated knowledge of:

• the modern principles, practices and methods of elementary and/or secondary education.
• the principles, practices and methods that include instruction in the Common Core State Standards and the Instructional Shifts.
• the current principles and theories associated with school improvement initiatives.
• the principles and theories associated with effective instruction techniques.
• the principles and theories of child growth and development.
• effective adult learning strategies.
• current best practices in curriculum, instruction and assessment.
• the effective use of technology in the delivery of staff development programs.
• supervisory methods and techniques.
• coaching process and strategies within implementing goals/action steps for teachers.

Demonstrated ability to:

• assess professional learning needs and plan, develop, and implement responsive professional learning activities to improve instructional practices.
• provide leadership in designing and developing professional learning to meet identified needs and initiatives.
• use a personal computer.
• communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• work in partnership with other offices and organizations to successfully implement shared work streams

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Nondiscrimination

The School District of Philadelphia provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, age, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, disability, pregnancy, marital status, gender identity, or genetic information. Please refer to Board Policy 348 for further information regarding the District's commitment to Nondiscrimination in Employment Practices.