Director of School Leader Development

3 weeks ago

Chicago, United States VOCEL Full time

**Title**: Director, School Leader Development
**Supervised by**: Managing Director of Program Strategy
**Status**: Exempt, Salaried, Full-time
**Posting date**: May 2024

**ORGANIZATION**
VOCEL is a non-profit early childhood education organization that equips and supports parents, teachers, and school leaders to strengthen early learning in their homes and schools. With a core focus on brain-building playful learning, VOCEL designs and implements group learning programs across Chicago, prioritizing under-resourced neighborhoods that have experienced decades of disinvestment. On a mission to help ensure every child has the foundation to learn, grow, and lead, VOCEL is committed to raising the bar for early childhood excellence in Chicago and propelling children citywide to social, emotional, language, and academic success.

**WHAT YOU’LL DO**
VOCEL is seeking a Director of School Leader Development to support growth and execution of VOCEL’s programming for school leaders, including the Building Early Learning Leaders (BELL) fellowship, school leader workshops, and other future offerings, all focused on early childhood excellence and rigorous playful learning. At the core of this role, the Director of School Leader Development will facilitate group learning, provide individualized coaching and support, develop new initiatives to best meet school leaders’ needs, cultivate partnerships with school leaders, and manage relevant program administration. This role will report to the Managing Director of Program Strategy and require ample collaboration with the Director of Partnerships, Director of Teacher Development, and Manager of Member Experience
& Events.

**Specific responsibilities will include**:
**1. Serve as the lead facilitator and coach for Building Early Learning Leaders, VOCEL’s **two-year school leader fellowship (45% of position)**
- Adapt curriculum and session content (objectives, goals and corresponding materials) to center developmentally-appropriate, exemplary early learning practices and tailor to cohort learning goals
- Facilitate quarterly group workshops (in-person and virtual)
- Provide 1-on-1 coaching and support every 4-8 weeks (in-person or virtual) for approximately 25 school administrators
- With support from the Manager of Member Experience & Events, coordinate logístical set-up for fellowship meetings, including but not limited to: preparing meeting spaces and printed materials, preparing virtual meeting details and communicating with members, ordering food and beverages, and cleaning up meeting spaces when in-person
- Oversee and foster communication and collaboration among fellows
- In partnership with the Managing Director of Program Strategy, manage administrative aspects of BELL including, but not limited to:

- Application review and enrollment processing
- Program planning, operations, and logistics
- Outcome data collection and analysis
- Data entry in Salesforce including attendance and communication
- Member communication
- Reporting for funders and other stakeholders
- ISBE Approved Professional Development provider certification

**2. Design and facilitate additional professional learning opportunities for school leaders **(30% of position)**
- Gather input from school leaders to inform new types of professional learning
- Research and develop professional development offerings in conjunction with Chicago Public Schools, universities, and other school and/or district partners
- Create scope and sequence of professional development offerings
- Lead
- and/or co-facilitate professional learning sessions and other offerings
- Update and tailor professional learning experiences for school leaders, informed by participant feedback and data
- Collaborate with Director of Teacher Development on joint programming for school leaders and educators

**3. Build relationships with school leaders, individual schools, and relevant district leaders **to promote engagement in VOCEL’s programming and expanded reach (10% of **position)**
- Identify and cultivate prospective partner pipeline in collaboration with Director of Partnerships and Managing Director of Program Strategy
- Collaborate with Director of Partnerships and Managing Director of Program Strategy to recruit prospective members, including:

- Communicate VOCEL’s vision, pedagogy, school leader development model, and professional learning offerings via clear and compelling group presentations and 1-on-1 introductory conversations
- Provide feedback on print and digital messaging
- Co-host informational sessions
- Brainstorm pipeline cultivation activities
- Serve on Common Program Application team led by Chicago Public Schools Department of Principal Quality
- Collaborate with fellow Directors for cross-functional programming and recruitment (leader-to-leader and leader-to-teacher referrals)

**4. Envision and implement alumni experience for Building Early Learning Leaders alumni **members (5% of position)**
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