About the STRIVE Prep Tech Department:
The STRIVE Prep Tech Department leverages technology to amplify all staff and students’ ability to succeed, lead and transform, both in college and in their own communities. The Tech Dept is comprised of a Senior Director of Technology, an IT Director, a Network Engineer, IT Coordinators, and Portfolio Managers who support the following key functions:

• Technology solutions based on data driven decisions in order to realize desired educational outcomes
• Ongoing tech support based on industry standards

• Regular evaluation and optimization of technology systems and processes, and
• Deployment of technology solutions and support based on education outcomes.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:  

• (Primary)  Manage Technology Systems
  STRIVE Prep 
  • Act as Subject Matter Expert at STRIVE Prep for Infinite Campus working with Denver Public School liaisons on planning, training and support.
  • Manage team of Student Information Services professionals.
  • Design processes, configure systems, and provide effective training to allow for accurate reporting of grades to teachers, students and families based on academic requirements.
  • Manage initial setup and ongoing support (through tickets and onsite support) for Infinite Campus and other designated Ed Tech systems including acting as a point of escalation.
  • Support campus Master and Student Scheduling including High School and TNLI (Transitional Native Language Instruction) model.
  • Monitor those systems to make sure they work optimally for our campuses.
  • Ensure ongoing data quality, integrity, and accessibility for those systems.
  • Identify and correct system errors to minimize or eliminate impact on teachers, students and daily instruction.
  • Collaborate with Central teams to identify needs, improve gaps, and support data integrity and reporting success.
• Support Staff
  • Train and coach designated campus staff and Central staff in Infinite Campus to ensure efficiency and District compliance.
  • Develop detailed, well-structured, and differentiated training to cover essentials of managing  the systems throughout the school year.
  • Ensure procedures are documented and reflect best practices across the network.
  • Coordinate staff on-boarding as it relates to account provisioning and initial training.
  • Provide designated staff with ongoing strategic and direct coaching to improve the accuracy, quality, and efficiency of their work.
  • Directly coordinate SIS/Ed Tech-related work with the APs of Instruction, Ed Tech Specialist and Office Manager at 2-4 STRIVE schools

Our Aspiring Director of Student Information Services: 

• Holds a bachelor’s degree (required), and preferably an advanced degree.
• Has experience configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining Infinite Campus (strongly preferred) or a similar student data system, preferably across multiple schools.
• Has experience supporting education applications (preferred).

• Performs well in a fast-paced environment to provide technical system support and training.
• Dedicates themselves to the educational success of all students.
• Brings enthusiasm, professionalism and positivity to their classrooms and our adult community.
• Assumes the best in others and is willing to have courageous conversations in order to do what is best for students.
• Works hard and approaches challenges as opportunities for improvement.
• Sets high expectations for themselves and others and is willing to hold themselves and others to those expectations.
• Builds relationships with school leaders, teachers, students, and families through effective communication and consistent partnership.
• Uses reliable transportation and has the ability to travel to support 11 schools across the Denver Metro Area.

What we offer our Network Staff: 

• Coaching focused on your continued development in this role

• Competitive compensation package and annual cost of living performance based raises.
• Participation in the Colorado PERA retirement program including a PERA 401k contribution option.
• Funding of 100% of individual medical benefits and a wide range of insurance plans.

This positions begins immediately.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
STRIVE Prep is an equal opportunity employer.
Visit our Careers Page at http://www.striveprep.org/join-our-team/teach-at-strive/ to learn more about what to expect in the hiring process and who we need.

Chalkbeat, the nonprofit news organization covering educational change efforts in the communities where improvement matters most, is seeking a story editor with digital experience to make our news stories sing.

The story editor will be responsible for editing a mix of articles out of our five local bureaus: Colorado, Detroit, Indiana, New York, and Tennessee. Stories will vary among news pieces, step-back analyses, and longer enterprise work, and each day will be different. You will work with the managing editor, digital producer, and local reporters to ready stories for publication on our website, and coordinate with the growth editor for social promotion. You will also work with the managing editor to help connect the dots across bureaus and ensure that Chalkbeat is telling a cohesive overarching story.

The story editor will provide crucial perspective, adding regional or national context where needed and ensuring that stories read logically, adhere to Chalkbeat style, and are properly sourced. While each piece that comes across the transom is different, all of our stories taken together should add up to a coherent whole, and the story editor is essential to achieving that goal through a mix of line editing, copy editing, and pulled-back critical thinking.

Who are you?

You respect the power of the (virtual) red pen, craft grabby headlines, and geek out on style guides. Although this position does not manage writers directly, you possess a mentoring spirit that’s able to coax the best story possible from reporters both green and seasoned. You believe that it’s better to teach than to tell. You live by your gut instinct for a good story and whack your way through unnecessary words to sniff out the best angle. Nut graphs? You slay them.

What background and skills do you have?

• 5+ years’ experience in journalism and/or digital content creation
• Expertise in story shaping, line editing, and copy editing
• Experience working in a CMS, preferably WordPress
• Stellar news judgment
• Strong interpersonal skills with a knack for working with opinionated reporters and editors
• Passion for education is a must; knowledge of education is a strong plus, but not required
• Journalism experience in New York, Denver, Indianapolis, Detroit, Memphis, Chicago, Newark, and/or the Bay Area is a plus

The ideal candidate is based in New York, Denver, Indianapolis, Detroit, Memphis, or Washington, DC. Remote candidates will also be considered.

This is a full-time position with benefits. Chalkbeat offers a competitive salary, commensurate with experience, and a generous benefits package, including a paid winter recess. We will also consider a part-time schedule for the right candidate.

About Chalkbeat:

Chalkbeat is the nonprofit news organization committed to covering one of America’s most important stories: the effort to improve schools for all children, especially those who have historically lacked access to a quality education. We are mission-driven journalists who believe that an independent local press is vital to ensuring that education improves. Currently in five locations and growing, we seek to provide deep local coverage of education policy and practice that informs decisions and actions, leading to better schools. Read more about our mission and values.

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW

The Colorado Charter School Institute (CSI) is a statewide charter school authorizer whose mission is to foster high-quality public school choices offered through charter schools, particularly schools that are focused on closing the achievement gap for at-risk students. Governed by a board of nine members appointed by the Governor and Commissioner of Education, CSI currently serves a diverse portfolio of over 39 schools across the state of Colorado serving over 16,000 students. CSI is uniquely positioned to serve and promote charter school innovation in communities throughout Colorado and to be a leader in improvements in authorizer practices. CSI aspires to continue growing the quality and quantity of its portfolio of schools in Colorado in response to the need for high quality, innovative charter school options. Our organization is at an extraordinary point of opportunity and is poised to make additional systemic changes that will yield improvements within the portfolio’s overall student achievement.

REPORTS TO: Executive Director and Data Manager

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND ROLE-SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential duties of this position include the following. Employees in this position perform some or all of the following tasks. Other duties may be assigned.

Administrative Responsibilities (50%)

• Execute all clerical and office management functions for all CSI staff.
• Serve as front line for all school calls, general requests, and interfaces with CSI departmental staff to respond to CSI school questions, requests for information, and problem resolution.
• Provide all scheduling, logistics, clerical and meeting support for the Executive Director, and leadership team as requested, including scheduling for the conference room and conference lines.
• Maintains school, board, and staff contact information via shared drive system for all CSI staff.
• Maintain CSI internal shared drive system including continual monitoring and direction to staff to ensure office wide standardization in use, as well as the tracking of critical CSI and school resources and information.
• Manage the inventory of all office supplies, and technology equipment including purchase of materials upon approval by Director of Finance.
• Process received checks and invoices in coordination with the Grants Fiscal Coordinator as a part of the CSI internal controls procedures.
• Assist with travel coordination and conference registration at the direction of the CSI Leadership Team.
• Schedule meetings with partners and schools for CSI staff as requested.
• Maintain common areas and shared spaces.

Data Submissions Responsibilities (50%)

• Support the Data Submissions Team in the processing of files and generation of error reports and summary reports for state and federal data collections, including all interchanges, snapshots, year‐round, and periodic collections.
• Support school requests to obtain or update information related to student and staff unique identifier numbers (SASIDs and EDIDs)
• Support the Data Manager in the implementation of October Count and general collection audit processes, including review of data systems and provided documentation.
• Track school compliance with submission requirements, including file submission, error clearance, and certification deadlines.
• Support the management and update of school user accounts in CSI’s secure file transfer software and also in the Colorado Department of Education data submissions portal.
• Support the creation and update of data submissions resources, including calendar deadlines and website updates.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast paced environment meeting deadlines during peak periods.
• Must be able to follow and execute detailed instructions.
• Detail-oriented with demonstrated ability to follow-through on projects
• Excellent time management, organizational and prioritization skills.
• A proven ability to design and facilitate effective training’s to a variety of stakeholders.
• A proven ability to proactively improve systems and identify potential internal and external customer issues
• Well-honed interpersonal skills
• Time management skills
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
• Familiarity with and willingness to learn about and utilize workplace technology
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years as an administrative assistant preferably within a non-profit or school environment.
• Demonstrated experience with intermediate Excel features, advanced Excel features preferred
• Demonstrated experience with project management
• Experience managing multiple ongoing programs or projects with internal and external stakeholders

SALARY RANGE: $3,750.00 to $4,583.33 /month

BENEFITS

As an employee of the Colorado Charter School Institute ( State of Colorado ), you will have access to a variety of benefits to include medical, dental, paid holidays, paid vacation and sick time, no-cost life and disability insurance (with additional paid options), Flex Spending and Health Savings Account options, and participation in the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk; sit; use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms using a keyboard and video display terminal. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is a standard office setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

About STRIVE Preparatory Schools:
Founded in 2006, STRIVE Preparatory Schools (STRIVE Prep) is a Denver-based community of free, open enrollment, public charter schools committed to providing every student with an excellent, college-preparatory education. We believe that students from all backgrounds deserve a college preparatory education regardless of race, economic circumstance or previous academic achievement. We are committed to preparing all students for educational success from kindergarten through college and career by challenging them to realize their full potential through high expectations in a safe, rigorous, and compassionate learning environment with shared accountability among students, families and staff.

Our teachers, leaders, faculty and staff clear a path for all families to have access to a high-quality school that’s just down the street, not across town. By building great schools in Far Northeast, Northwest and Southwest Denver, we will create depth of impact and long-lasting community change.

At STRIVE Prep, transformation is a choice that has led to:
The opening of 11 free, public charter schools within Denver Public Schools (DPS) throughout Far Northeast, Northwest and Southwest Denver.
A shared vision of making a college prep education for all students in our community the norm, rather than the exception, by growing from 11 schools serving 3,500 students to 17 schools serving 7,500 students by the year 2022.
A commitment to serve all students from the neighborhoods in which we operate, whereby approximately 97% of STRIVE Prep students identify as students of color, 87% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, 49% are English Language Learners and 13% receive Special Education services.
92% of seniors from the network’s first graduating class in 2016 were accepted to a 4-year college or university.
The welcoming of any scholar from kindergarten through twelfth grade who desires to STRIVE for college. Because STRIVE Prep participates in the DPS SchoolChoice process, enrollment is open to any student in the communities we serve regardless of race, economic circumstance or previous academic achievement.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Lead revolutionary instruction in mathematics, engineering.
Lead a student advisory at the beginning and end of each school day, and serve as the main point of contact and advocate for students in the advisory.
Support scholars by supervising lunch or recess once per day.
Establish systems and routines in order to create a safe, purposeful, and welcoming classroom environment.
Analyze student assessment data and use it to determine next steps.
Take responsibility for the safety and learning of all students in the school.
Collaborate with other teachers, school leaders, curriculum specialists, and the special education team to ensure that instruction is always meeting the needs of all learners.
Provide fair, accurate, and constructive feedback to students on their progress.
Communicate regularly and often with families to both solicit their input and share student social and academic progress.
Provide supervision of students during before and after school activities (arrival, dismissal, breakfast and lunch).
Attend and participate in weekly staff and/or grade level meetings.
Be available to students by phone every evening, Monday-Thursday, for homework assistance until 8:00 p.m.
Participate in STRIVE Prep’s Summer Training Institute as well as professional development throughout the school year.

Our Aspiring Teachers:
Consciously choose to teach and transform the lives of middle and high school scholars every day.
Proudly hold a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree and are able to submit proof of Qualified Teacher status (teacher’s license not required) within six weeks of starting through one of the following channels outlined by the Colorado Department of Education:
A valid Colorado Teacher License in the applicable endorsement area;
Sufficient college coursework (or degree in content area);
Passing score for the applicable Praxis ii or Colorado PLACE exam.
Read more about the available pathways to becoming a Qualified Math Teacher.
Understand, appreciate and can pull from experience teaching in an urban setting (strongly preferred).
Speak Spanish or have experience working with bilingual students (strongly preferred).
Commit to constant growth and reflection as educators and professionals through regular coaching and professional development.
Dedicate themselves to the educational success of all students, not some students.
Bring enthusiasm, professionalism and positivity to their classrooms and our adult community.
Assume the best in others and are willing to have courageous conversations in order to do what is best for students.
Work hard and approach challenges as opportunities for improvement.
Set high expectations for themselves and others and a willingness to hold themselves and others to those expectations.

What we Offer our Teachers:
Ongoing coaching and professional development.
90-150 minutes of structured planning time built into the school day to plan the highest quality lessons.
A laptop and access to classrooms equipped with Smartboards and document cameras.
Competitive compensation package and annual performance based raises.
Participation in the Colorado PERA retirement program including a PERA 401k contribution option.
Funding of 100% of individual medical benefits and a wide range of insurance plans.

About the Prospects and Grants Manager Role:
STRIVE Prep is committed to having schools that are sustainable on the public dollar at full build out.  That said, each year, we provide key priorities and innovative programs with additional funding and support in order to ensure each of our students receives what he or she needs (equity), rather than simply making sure each student has the same thing (equality) and that they are served with dignity.

STRIVE Prep is looking for a highly motivated Prospects and Grants Manager, who will be responsible for identifying, engaging, and sustaining organizational philanthropic investment opportunities that align with, and support, the STRIVE Prep mission and network funding priorities.   This position will focus heavily on corporate and foundation prospect research, developing and managing appealing grant and sponsorship proposals, and monitoring stewardship and data tracking that will help move first time donors/prospects into becoming strong STRIVE Prep supporters at the major gift level.  The right candidate will thrive in uncovering new leads with organizational partners, and enjoy detailing how their community investment supports students in classrooms – making them believers in our organization and the potential of our scholars.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Our Prospects and Grants Manager will be a key player in building a pipeline of private foundation and corporate support that will help to advance and sustain the mission of STRIVE Prep.  Essential duties include:

• Identify and pursue new foundation and corporate funding opportunities that align with the mission and funding priorities of STRIVE Prep.
• Manage and develop proposals for all private foundation grant proposal opportunities, with strong collaboration from the Chief External Affairs Officer and Senior Director of Development.
• Maintain ongoing communications and reporting for current grant projects
• Create and manage appealing sponsorship opportunities for new corporate prospects
• Implement and track strategic moves management processes for corporate and foundation partners, through our Bloomerang CRM.

Our Aspiring Prospects and Grants Manager :

What we Offer our Network Staff:

OVERVIEW: Telluride Foundation seeks applications for a new position: Student Advocate. The principal responsibility of the Student Advocate will be to implement the goals of  a scholarship program to support potential first generation college students initially in five rural school districts: Telluride, Norwood, West End, Ridgway and Ouray; with possible expanded outreach in the future. The program will provide resources and financial support to low-income, first generation high school students to pursue and complete a college education. First Generation students are children whose parents do not have an Associate or Bachelor’s Degree.

The Student Advocate will provide direct service to students, parents and the five regional school districts in three ways: 1) work with high school guidance counselors to provide targeted support to first generation students and their families; 2) college scholarships and 3) “wrap-around” services while in college to help ensure graduation.

The goal of the program is to elevate the success of first generation students by helping them successfully get admitted to a quality four-year college, maximize their financial aid potential, and obtain a Bachelor’s Degree.

The Student Advocate position represents an outstanding opportunity for a high-performing individual to connect with students and families, work closely with school district guidance counselors and administration, develop partnerships with colleges and universities, and make a significant difference in the future of low-income, first generation students.

This unique opportunity is a full-time position with the Telluride Foundation, however with reporting responsibilities to the program donors and scholarship selection committee. The position would travel frequently within the five school districts, conduct home visits with students and parents, as well as nationally to college campuses.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STUDENT ADVOCATE

• Provide college counseling assistance to high school guidance counselors helping to foster a college-going culture.
• Provide assistance to students and their families to help them navigate through the complex process of college admissions, financial aid and matriculation.
• Conduct college readiness workshops (beginning in 9th grade) to promote a college education for first generation students and their families.
• Connect students with the resources they need to succeed in high school, including tutors, test preparation courses etc.
• Help identify prospective colleges and assist student with the completion of their college applications.
• Assist with uncovering ALL financial aid opportunities, including completing the FASFA (and CSS Profile if applicable) and applying for other appropriate scholarships.
• Ensure every first generation student knows about the program and the support it provides including financial support.
• Advocate on the student’s behalf with colleges directly.
• Serve on the scholarship selection committee.
• Research and connect students with first generation programs and services available to them at their college.
• Stay in communication with the student, their parents and their college advisors to ensure they are getting the services they need to succeed.
• Provide annual reporting, collect outcome metrics, and facilitate the evaluation of the program.

REQUIRED QUALITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Professional work experience in the fields of secondary or post-secondary education, college counseling, or college admissions.
• Proficient in office, database and social media technology and programs.
• Experience working with diverse backgrounds and serving underrepresented youth and adults, and ability to explain detailed concepts in a culturally appropriate manner.
• Knowledge and experience with the college application and selection process, including SAT preparation, FAFSA, scholarships and college financial packages.
• Fluency in Spanish a plus.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills. Willingness to travel and work flexible hours (nights/weekends).
• Valid Colorado Driver’s License with reliable transportation and car insurance, and the ability to travel in inclement weather to perform duties related to the position.

HUMAN RESOURCES

235 work days

FTE: 1.0

Salary Range: $69,977-$89,219

Essential Functions and Objectives:

This position serves two primary functions. The primary function is to support and drive (where appropriate) Talent Management strategy efforts within DPS. This includes, though is not limited to the following:

– Working with key stakeholders (e.g., directors on the Talent Management team, Instructional Superintendents) to help identify Talent Management opportunities at the school level

– Serving as a connector between the various Talent Management efforts and identifying opportunities for greater collaboration and impact

– Creating compelling, data- and research-driven narratives/presentations that help drive Talent Management strategy within the organization, in service of improving teacher retention and engagement

– Serving as the hub of the district’s teacher retention research, strategies, and related efforts

– Creating recommended paths forward for various HR (and other) teams, based on findings from research and analysis conducted

– Monitoring the progress and impact of Talent Management efforts

This role also oversees the analysis efforts of the Talent Management team, managing a team of three analysts who (among other responsibilities) evaluate DPS’s efforts related to teacher retention, teacher and school leader growth & performance management, teacher leadership and career pathways, and new teacher support and development.

1.    Support and help drive the strategy efforts of the Talent Management team, serving as a key connector between various work streams

2.    Develop strategy and related work plans—and, where appropriate, manage implementation efforts—to address issues related to teacher and school leader retention and other Talent Management related topics;

3.    Develop, gain alignment, and lead implementation strategy and progress monitoring on key recommended changes to adopt in both the short-term and the longer-term to address teacher sustainability and retention;

4.    Develop and implement talent management analysis and research strategy, ensuring all analysis results in recommended action steps and is shared in a clear and actionable manner with key stakeholders across the organization

5.    Manage and develop a team of talent management analysts

Knowledge, Experience & Other Qualifications:

– At least five years of program and/or project management experience with complex projects, including strategy development, scope and issue management, work and resource planning, risk assessment and mitigation. 

– Experience working with teachers, school leaders, teacher leaders, and/or schools strongly preferred.

– Demonstrated success in executing strong organizational change management strategies, especially with cross-functional teams.

– Experience in analyzing data, and using this data to for process and program improvements and to inform strategy.

– Ability to translate data analysis into actionable takeaways and compelling, simple narratives

– Experience in managing and developing analysts

– Ability to adapt and adjust in a constantly changing project environment

– Ability to multi-task and manage several projects in parallel.

– Understand and execute organizational change management strategies.

– Self-starter with problem solving ability.

– Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

– Ability to collaborate with and influence large, cross-functional teams without direct reporting responsibility.

– Excellent verbal and written communication skills

– Exceptional attention to detail.

– Strong command of MS Office toolset (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); familiarity with statistical tools (e.g., SPSS) and online survey tools (e.g., Qualtrics) a plus

– Passion for being part of a team effort to improve student achievement, decrease achievement gaps, and improve teacher retention and engagement.

Education Requirements:

– Bachelor’s degree required

– Advanced degree preferred, ideally in business, public policy, education, or similar field

Other information:

Our Human Resources Team is an integral part of DPS. Although we aren’t always in the schools, we’re in it for the kids. We work closely with our school leaders to ensure we’re putting great teachers in every classroom, and take great care to ensure DPS hires and retains the highest quality candidates for all roles throughout the district. We do this by incorporating our Shared Core Values—Students First, Integrity, Equity, Collaboration, Accountability and Fun – into everything we do. Additionally, we support retention of our valued team members in a variety of ways including facilitating professional development and performance management activities and designing and managing Total Rewards Programs to help Team DPS achieve health and wellness for themselves and their families. When you join us, you join a dedicated, diverse team of over one hundred professionals who come from many walks of life. One thing we all share is a deep sense of commitment to support Denver Public Schools’ vision: Every Child Succeeds.

About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation.  DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.  

Under the leadership of Superintendent Tom Boasberg and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth.  Learn more at dpsk12.org.  

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Educators and Special Service Providers: Do you love beautiful mountain landscapes? Do you seek a district that puts teachers and students first, and that has the resources to really get the job done right? Can you picture yourself unwinding after classes with a soak in the world’s largest hot springs pool, or perhaps carving down the slopes on fat tires or skis? If so, please consider applying with the Roaring Fork School District (Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Basalt). We just passed a $122M bond and have new schools and teacher housing under-construction now. The Roaring Fork Valley sits only 2.5 hours from Denver, but our lifestyle is a world away! In fact, Glenwood Springs was voted the 5th Best Place to Live in America by Outdoor Magazine in 2015. From elevating your career to elevating your lifestyle, to lifting up young minds, the time has never been better to come up to one of Colorado’s premier mountain districts!

NOW SEEKING:

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PT Kindergarten Teacher – GSES
FT 2nd Grade Teacher – CRES
FT Instructional Coach – CRES
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FT Early Childhood Education Lead Preschool Teacher – BES
FT Bilingual 4th Grade Teacher – BES
FT Early Childhood Education Assistant Toddler Teacher – BES
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FT Science Teacher – GSMS
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FT English Language Arts Teacher – GSHS
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FT Dual Language Coordinator (Bilingual-Preferred) (K-8) – Riverview School
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POSITION: Community Organizer

REPORTS TO: Field Director, Monica Acosta

BACKGROUND: Padres & Jóvenes Unidos is a multi-issue organization led by people of color who work for racial and health justice, educational equity, and immigrant rights. Our parents and youth members work together to organize in their communities to challenge the root cause of discrimination, racism and inequity by exposing the economic, social and institutional basis for injustice as well as developing effective strategies to realize meaningful change.

Padres Unidos was formed in 1992 by a group of parents who joined forces to remove the principal at Denver’s Valverde Elementary School who was punishing Spanish-speaking students by forcing them to eat lunch on the cafeteria floor. Their win propelled their organizing forward taking on other racist practices throughout the district. Jóvenes Unidos, the student branch of Padres Unidos, was formed in 2000 when youth came together to turnaround their school, Cole Middle School, which at the time was the state’s lowest performing middle school. Since then, Padres & Jóvenes Unidos has evolved into a racial justice multi-issue organization whose historic wins, rooted in members’ demands to achieve institutional change, have gained local and national recognition.

OVERVIEW OF POSITION: Working in tandem with the Directors Team, the Community Organizer is part of a Field Team responsible for developing, planning and executing effective organizing strategies in the field (target schools, neighborhoods and communities) in order to secure local and state-wide campaign wins. Padres & Jóvenes Unidos is an inter-generational, multi-lingual organization with a strong membership base in Southwest Denver. We are seeking an experienced, tenacious and revolutionary bilingual (Spanish and English) organizer able to immediate leap into our current campaign work.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Develop and execute comprehensive campaign plans and individual work plans that include the following components: base-building, leadership development, participatory research, direct action and strategic communications.
• Conduct on-going cold outreach and recruitment in order to maintain a strong base through one-on-ones, house meetings, door-knocking, presentations, tableling and flyering.
• Build and sustain a strong base of parents, youth and community members that is strategically activated and mobilized to push campaign goals forward.
• Develop and lead a cadre of parent and/or youth leaders by developing the leadership, organizing skills and political consciousness of members through formal and informal group training and one-on-one coaching and mentoring.
• Develop and run programming that successfully combines political education, organizing theory and field work.
• Initiate and oversee current and/or new school sites, including the development and management of key relationships with school and district administrators.
• Plan, coordinate and lead organizational activities including: membership meetings, community meetings, direct actions to pressure targets and accountability sessions to hold public officials accountable to the community.
• Represent Padres & Jóvenes Unidos in the broader community.
• As needed, collaborate with allies, partner organizations, elected officials and institutions.
• Maintain strong records that document the organizer’s individual work, including: database of contacts with all relevant information such as member profiles; follow-up trackers; turnout trackers; reflections; debrief notes; meeting notes; etc.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong political alignment and passionate belief in the mission of Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, which allows organizers to speak to systemic racism and oppression as the root cause of racial, economic and gender disparities in the U.S. This foundation is necessary in order for organizers to raise the political consciousness and awareness of our base and the community at-large.
• Strong philosophical alignment and commitment to the Padres & Jóvenes Unidos theory of change and organizing model in which organizers bring those most impacted – working class and people of color – to the forefront of the organizing: developing and executing strategies that build people power; confronting and negotiating with decision-makers to shift power in order to win institutional change; and in the process, build the organization.
• Ability to apply a successful track record of a minimum of 2 years of community organizing experience. School and education-based community organizing a plus. Deep understanding of local educational and political landscapes also a plus.
• Bilingual (Spanish and English).
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to identify gaps, set priorities and develop work plans that move forward complex campaigns in line with organizational strategic priorities, direction and goals.
• Self-motivated and flexible with the ability to respond appropriately and with a sense of urgency to unknown and rapidly changing political conditions and overcome challenges in a fast-paced environment.
• Growth-mindset: Humility and willingness to learn and grow; tendency to remain self-aware; ability to self-reflect and evaluate his/her/their own practice as well as our collective work; seek and implement feedback given, as well as provide feedback to fellow team members; set and hold high expectations for self and others.
• Ability to collaborate and be part of a team, as well as work independently, take initiative, self-direct and maintain ownership of individual area of work.
• Contribute to a strong internal staff culture through camaraderie, collaboration and leadership.
• Basic level of proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Apps.
• Strong planning and time-management skills.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends.
• Reliable car, valid driver’s license and car insurance.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: Salary is based on experience. We offer a comprehensive benefits package.

Rocky Mountain Prep is growing. We are expanding high-quality elementary education throughout the Denver Metro area and we need thoughtful, growth-minded, team-driven teachers to do it. RMP Teachers are a rare bunch: driven to go the extra mile in driving student success, collaborative to the bone, always striving to become a better educator, and fun-loving to the core. We are always on the lookout for how to make Rocky Mountain Prep a better place for our scholars and our families. #onlyatRMP

We are looking for talented and passionate Kindergarten teachers!

There are many public charter schools and many models. Rocky Mountain Prep prides itself on being different. We balance rigor and love – the challenges that make a person academically successful and the relationships that make them emotionally independent. We teach our scholars values: Perseverance, Excellence, Adventure, and Kindness. We value the whole person, not just the numbers. Our model has made us incredibly successful, high test scores and, more importantly, happy students that love coming to school.

We are looking for Lead Teachers. You are inspired to mentor, to lead, and to help your scholars and your team grow. You’re experienced in connecting with kids and getting results. You don’t miss deadlines. You never settle for good enough and you can get scholars to follow your lead.

As a Lead Teacher you will create an inspiring classroom culture that is infectious. You’ll provide the leadership that our scholars need to be successful. You have a track record of providing high-quality, data-driven instruction and seek feedback constantly. You wake up every morning excited to work on a team that is passionate and hard-working and that doesn’t give up until every scholar is succeeding.

Most importantly, you’ll jump into our vibrant culture: you’ll work hard and play hard, find time to check-in and see how people are doing, go out of your way to help a team member, and work with together to find solutions to problems. Rocky Mountain Prep was named one of Denver Post’s 2016 Top 100 Workplaces and your friendly, eager spirit will fit right in.

We are changing education in the Denver Metro area, and we’re having a great time doing it. This is a chance for you to be a part of a growing education network dedicated to our scholars, our families, our communities, and each other. This is the start of something great…

WITHIN ONE MONTH, YOU’LL…

• Attend our July Base Camp, learning the basics of what it means to be a Lead Teacher at RMP, how to succeed and thrive.
• Go on our yearly staff retreat and get to know your colleagues in the beautiful Colorado mountains.
• Set up your Rocky Mountain Prep classroom and meet your scholars for the first time, starting the road to deep bonds.
• Reach out to the families in your class and build relationships that will help each one of them succeed.

WITHIN 3 MONTHS YOU’LL…

• Experience your first Rocky Mountain Prep Data Day and push yourself and your team to build on your success
• Attend Happy Hours with the staff, letting off the steam of the school day to enjoy time with your team
• Receive weekly coaching from an instructional leader, strengthening your practice step by step.
• Work with your team to bolster and challenge instructional practices at Rocky Mountain Prep.

AFTER THE FIRST YEAR YOU’LL…

• You’ll see your scholars over a year year as you execute high quality math, reading, writing, and social studies instruction.
• Develop deep bonds with scholars, families, staff, and communities.
• Score a 3 out of 4 on our PEAK Values Rubric by showing Perseverance, Excellence, Adventure, and Kindness constantly.
• Find joy in seeing your scholars moving on up in their educational careers.

• STRIVE Prep operates nine schools within Denver Public Schools (DPS) throughout Far Northeast, Northwest and Southeast Denver.
• In order to realize our vision of making a college prep education for all students in our community the norm, rather than the exception, STRIVE Prep is growing from nine schools serving 3,200 students to 17 schools serving 7,500 students by the year 2022.
• Approximately 97% of STRIVE Prep students identify as students of color, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, 42% are English Language Learners and 12% receive Special Education services.
• One or more STRIVE Prep schools have consistently ranked in the top 10 high performing secondary schools within DPS since the DPS School Performance Framework was introduced.
• We welcome any scholar from kindergarten through twelfth grade who desires to STRIVE for college. Because STRIVE Prep participates in the DPS SchoolChoice process, enrollment is open to any student in the communities we serve regardless of race, economic circumstance or previous academic achievement.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Communicate effectively with students, families, and colleagues.
• Live the STRIVE values in all interactions with students, staff, families and guests who enter our building.
• Respond to family concerns promptly, professionally and effectively.
• Manage phones (answer calls, re-direct calls, take messages, place calls, and create school announcements).
• Correspond regularly with families regarding school policies, trips, events and milestones.
• Manage and oversee the school’s overall culture and physical condition.
• Manage mail (distribute received mail, prepare school mailings, and make mail drops).
• Manage the collection and maintenance of student, personnel, and school information (receive forms and paperwork, track missing forms, manage databases, update contact information, and keep records current).
• Manage school wide daily systems (manage student attendance and track the student discipline system).
• Account for and properly deposit all cash and checks received at the campus on a weekly basis.
• Help to plan and manage logistics and preparations for school events and activities as needed (space reservations, guided tours, photocopies, set up for special events, and phone calls to confirm attendance).
• Greet and document all visitors (sign in visitors, ensure that students only leave with authorized parents/guardians, and monitor and control access to the school).
• Process student applications.
• Create a filing system for the school’s electronic and paper documents and file everything accordingly.
• Assist with student recruitment.
• Manage all responsibilities and tasks as required by the district through Charter Secretaries, including October Count.
• Write and edit letters, promotional materials (e.g. brochures, newsletters), and website content.

Our Aspiring Office Manager:

• Is fluent in oral and written English and Spanish (required).
• Holds at least a bachelor’s degree (strongly preferred).
• Has experience working in an urban setting (strongly preferred).
• Is committed to constant growth, reflection, and practice through regular coaching and professional development.
• Is dedicated to educational success for all urban students of color.
• Is fired up about social justice, eager to empower our scholars, and committed to being change-makers.
• Brings enthusiasm, professionalism, and positivity to the school and our adult community.
• Assumes the best in others and is willing to have courageous conversations in order to do what is best for students.
• Is hard-working and views challenges as opportunities for improvement
• Approaches every day with unapologetic high expectations, persistence and a sense of humor.
• Has high expectations of themselves and others and a willingness to hold themselves and others to those expectations.
• Is effective at building relationships with students and families through consistent partnership and communication

What we Offer our Office Managers:

• Competitive compensation package and annual cost of living performance based raises.
• Participation on the Colorado PERA retirement program including a PERA 401k contribution option.
• Funding of 100% of individual medical benefits and a wide range of insurance plans.

About STRIVE Prep-Montbello:

• STRIVE Prep-Montbello is one of three STRIVE Prep campuses serving the Far Northeast communities of Denver.
• STRIVE Prep-Montbello had the highest academic growth of all DPS middle schools during its opening year, 2012-2013, and received an award the past two years for, “exceptional success in supporting student TCAP growth.”
• The Montbello campus runs extensive after-school programming, which includes competitive sports and teacher-led clubs, such as tutoring, drum-line, step team, etc. Teacher stipends are available.
• The Montbello campus serves 340 students in grades 6-8; the student population is approximately 70% Latino or Hispanic, 20% African American, and 10% Mixed-race or other races. Approximately 60% of students are ELL, and 10% receive Special Education services.

Our Aspiring Multi-Intensive Center Director

• Is passionate about education and holds a bachelor’s degree (required).
• Is licensed and certified to teach Special Education in the State of Colorado (required)
• Has at least two years of special education teaching experience (required), preferably in an urban setting and in a multi-intensive center.
• Speaks Spanish or have experience working with bilingual students (highly preferred).
• Are committed to constant growth and reflection through regular coaching and professional development.
• Are dedicated to educational success for first generation college-bound urban students of color.
• Are fired up about social justice, eager to empower our scholars, and committed to being change-makers.
• Bring enthusiasm, professionalism, and positivity to their classrooms and our adult community.
• Assume the best in others and are willing to have courageous conversations in order to do what is best for students.
• Are hard-working and view challenges as opportunities for improvement.
• Have high expectations of themselves and others, and a willingness to hold themselves and others to those expectations.
• Are effective at building relationships with students and families through consistent partnership and communication.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide instruction and services for students who frequently present with multiple disabilities.
• Refine programming to ensure delivery of rigorous and specialized instruction in all core content areas.
• Collaborate with school leadership, teachers, paraprofessionals, and the special education team to ensure that instruction is always meeting the needs of all learners, including supporting student inclusion in general education classrooms and supporting the team in tracking students on their Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals on a daily basis.
• Manage and lead a team of educational assistants in providing one-on-one instructional and behavioral support to center students, including teaching social and adaptive skills, providing small group or one-on-one academic instruction, and pushing-in and supporting students in a general education setting, as needed.
• Work closely with district support staff and managing DPS transportation services.
• Collect and use data to track student growth, and create or modify student IEPs.
• Provide fair, accurate, and constructive feedback to students on their progress.
• Build relationships with students and families through consistent partnership and communication.
• Work in collaboration with educational assistants  to support students in daily living activities including feeding, toileting, communication, movement, etc.
• Collaborate with multiple staffing team members to ensure all services are being provided to each student.
• Participate in Summer Training Institute as well as professional development throughout the school year.

What we Offer our Administrators:

• Ongoing coaching and professional development.
• Competitive compensation package and annual performance based raises.
• Participation on the Colorado PERA retirement program including a PERA 401k contribution option.
• Funding of 100% of individual medical benefits and a wide range of insurance plans.

This position begins in July 2017.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
STRIVE Prep is an equal opportunity employer.
Visit our Careers Page at http://www.striveprep.org/join-our-team/teach-at-strive/ to learn more about what to expect in the hiring process and who we need.

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW

The Colorado Charter School Institute (CSI) is a statewide charter school authorizer whose mission is to foster high-quality public school choices offered through charter schools, particularly schools that are focused on closing the achievement gap for at-risk students.  Governed by a board of nine members appointed by the Governor and Commissioner of Education, CSI currently serves a diverse portfolio of over 39 schools across the state of Colorado serving over 14,000 students.  CSI is uniquely positioned to serve and promote charter school innovation in communities throughout Colorado and to be a leader in improvements in authorizer practices.  CSI aspires to continue growing the quality and quantity of its portfolio of schools in Colorado in response to the need for high quality, innovative charter school options. Our organization is at an extraordinary point of opportunity and is poised to make additional systemic changes that will yield improvements within the portfolio’s overall student achievement.

POSITION SUMMARY

CSI is seeking energetic, client-oriented Director of Finance candidates to assist CSI in the next phase of its organizational growth and quality improvements. The Director of Finance will provide critical financial guidance, leadership, and strategic vision to CSI as the state’s model authorizer. In addition, this position will lead the provision of the financial oversight, guidance, and support that CSI provides its portfolio schools. Strong candidates will possess robust credentials in public school finance, a strong commitment to the principles of charter authorizing, excellent communication skills, and a desire to be part of a collaborate leadership team. Please see below for a complete position description.

DEPARTMENT: Department of Finance

REPORTS TO: Executive Director

OVERSEES: Controller, Human Resources and Accounts Payable Manager, Grants Fiscal Coordinator

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND ROLE-SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential duties of this position include the following. Employees in this position perform some or all of the following tasks. Other duties may be assigned.

• Maintains internal CSI financial controls and ensures that all internal financial operations, accounting activity, and human resource functions are completely timely and in accordance with GAAP, state rule, and federal regulations.
• Completes or supervises the submission of required financial reports to the Colorado Department of Education, the Office of the State Controller, the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting, and the Joint Budget Committee.
• Oversees the collection, review, and actions in response to school level budgets and annual financial audits including accountability recommendations.
• Coordinates responses to CDE annual financial corrective action notices for CSI and CSI schools.
• Coordinates reviews and responses to Assistance Fund applications.
• Completes annual reconciliation of amounts collected from and due to schools pursuant to statutory requirements.
• Provides technical support on CSI’s legislative priorities.
• Annually review and update financial reporting metrics and facilitate regular conversations with key stakeholders about financial frameworks and monitoring.
• In collaboration with the Director of Policy and Legal Initiatives, monitor and oversee compliance with transportation, food services, and facilities laws, rules and policies, including revising CSI policies as necessary.
• Defines and provides differentiated financial support and monitoring to portfolio schools depending on financial risk.
• Oversees and supports the development of resources for CSI portfolio schools including online training modules, a database of funding opportunities, recommended vendor pools, and more.

DIRECTOR-LEVEL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advises the Executive Director in decision making related to finances.
• Prepares and provides monthly budget to actual financial reports to the Executive Director and the CSI Board of Directors.
• Under guidance from the Executive Director and direction from the Board of Directors, completes and presents the annual operating budget to the Finance Committee and CSI Board of Directors.
• Oversees individual CSI charter school financial performance, evaluation, and reporting of same to the Executive Director, the CSI Board of Directors, and the Department of Education.
• Provides guidance and support on financial metrics and measurement reporting processes for the CSI Annual Review of Schools (CARS).
• Participates in annual authorization cycle processes, including new school, renewal, expansion, transfer, and replication cycles, and provides analysis and overall recommendations to senior staff and the CSI Board of Directors.
• Represents CSI at industry meetings as directed by the Executive Director.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrated experience with, and commitment to, the application of the principles of charter school autonomy and accountability in an authorization environment.
• Knowledge of budget and accounting principles and practices as applied to public school finance and budgeting as well as knowledge of state laws, rules and regulations governing budgetary and accounting aspects of Colorado school administration.
• Proven ability to work in a team environment that values collaboration, deliberation, healthy conflict, flexibility, high expectations, accountability and a high level of trust among the entire leadership team.
• Driven, energetic, and creative.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and customer service skills.
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to the mission of CSI.
• Flexible and able to multi-task; can work within an ambiguous environment while also driving toward clarity about possible solutions.
• Resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding decisions involving both human capital and system structures.
• Orientation toward achieving measurable result High level of initiative.
• Ability to work on complicated projects within a fast moving environment with multiple depenencies.
• Willingness to work collaboratively with school leaders to achieve measurable results.

EXPERIENCE

• Strong operational and finance experience in a senior leadership role for 5+ years in a Charter or District school with at least three years’ experience in operational management.
• Experience in supervising multiple staff members.
• Experience in government auditing, accounting, or budgeting desirable.
• Experience in Colorado state financial processes and procedures desirable.
• Ability to monitor and maintain compliance in accordance with state and federal regulations.

EDUCATION

• Minimum of a BS or BA in accounting or related field, MBA and/or CPA preferred

BENEFITS

• As an employee of the Colorado Charter School Institute (State of Colorado), you will have access to a variety of benefits to include medical, dental, paid holidays, paid vacation and sick time, no-cost life and disability insurance (with additional paid options), Flex Spending and Health Savings Account options, and membership in Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Position Objective: The Director of Research and Strategy is a key position on the Imaginarium’s leadership team. This position maximizes the positive impact that innovation can have on student learning and equity in Denver Public Schools (DPS) and beyond. The Director pursues this objective by:

• Implementing a research agenda and systems to study innovative learning in meaningful ways;
• Sharing findings in the form powerful stories and actionable knowledge;
• Transferring knowledge into concrete strategies that affect improvement in Denver Public Schools.

The Director leads the vision and mission of the Imaginarium by actively challenging the status quo, supporting meaningful shifts in learning and teaching, and cultivating conditions to sustain innovation over time with the long term goal of redefining the purpose of education and the role of public education systems.

About the Imaginarium

The Imaginarium is Denver Public Schools’ innovation lab. We envision public education that is radically reinvented by the communities it serves, is equitable in all its practices, and empowers every learner in the path of their choosing. Our mission is to stimulate and support innovation across Denver to transform learning and education systems.

We advance our vision and mission through five strategic priorities. Create the conditions for innovation to thrive. BUild a movement for innovation across Denver. Engage and empower students in innovations that impact them. Empower students, DPS staff, parents and community partners to design and/or redesign innovative schools, products, and services that close opportunity and achievement gaps and prepare every student for success in life. Develop and leverage knowledge to fuel innovation across the system.

We are a team committed to human centered design, research, youth and community engagement, and educational equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Position Overview: Roles and Responsibilities

Strategic and Tactical Planning: Work with the Executive Director and Director of Client Supports to develop and implement long-term and annual plans to achieve the Imaginarium vision and mission. Specifically,

• Research agenda: Lead the identification of long term and annual research priorities and strategies that align the Imaginarium’s program and investment areas with district priorities (Denver 2020 goals).
• Continuous improvement: Lead the design, development, and implementation of systems for continuous improvement at multiple levels (client, project, program, process) to support iterative and long-term improvements.
• Imaginarium way: Work with the Director of Client Supports to align client support strategies (practice) and knowledge strategies (research and impact) to ensure the Imaginarium has a balanced, holistic, and consistent approach to supporting field-driven innovation.
• Client portfolio: Work with Imaginarium ED and Director of Client Supports to manage client admissions and retention policies to ensure that the Imaginarium supports high-potential innovations.
• Finances and investment: Work with Imaginarium ED and Director of Client Supports to develop annual budget for the Imaginarium, including investments in client innovations. Lead strategy for financial investment in research, knowledge management, open innovation, and other strategic projects.
• Human capital development: Work with Imaginarium ED and Director of Client Supports to develop human capital strategies, including team development and training; performance management; collaboration and teaming; and human resource allocation.

Partner and Stakeholder Engagement: Work with the Executive Director and Director of Client Supports to develop a long term and annual plan for engaging stakeholders at multiple levels, to ensure the Imaginarium achieves its goals, secures external investment, and is known nationally as an innovation leader.

• Senior leader learning systems: Engage Senior Leaders and Department Heads in DPS so that innovation knowledge proactively and strategically informs district processes, initiatives, and priorities.
• Funder cultivation and management: Cultivate new funder relationships and manage current funder relationships.
• University engagement: Engage university partners to recruit graduate students to assist research projects, leverage academic resources and systems, and secure funding opportunities.
• Partner organization engagement: Engage educational organizations doing complementary innovation work to support shared learning, identify collaboration opportunities, and ensure that the Imaginarium is known as an innovation leader nationally.
• Innovation Advisory Council: Manage the Innovation Advisory Council to inform Imaginarium long term strategy and success, and to gain access to funding opportunities.

Business Development: Work with the Executive Director and Director of Client Support to continually scan the district, local, and national environments to identify new innovation opportunities that support Denver 2020 goals and hold potential for radically reinventing education.

• Open Innovation Program: Manage the Open Innovation Program to source, select, support, and scale innovative programs and services driven by teachers, leaders, students, families, and the broader Denver community. Manage Imaginarium Design Challenges and all client support systems to ensure the launch and scale of successful products and services.
• District innovation partnerships: With Senior Leaders and Department Heads, identify opportunities to leverage the Imaginarium’s innovation strategies and methods to support DPS priorities and initiatives. Manage these partnerships to ensure success.
• Strategic projects: Scan the Denver and national landscapes to identify new opportunities to innovate, prioritizing innovations that hold opportunities for radical reinvention. Manage these partnerships (directly or indirectly) to ensure success.

Research, Impact and Continuous Improvement: Design, implement, and continuously improve an approach to measurement and learning in an innovation context, leveraging design-based and action research, human centered design, and improvement science. Current priority areas include personalized learning outcomes, innovation outcomes, learner agency, and conditions for innovation success. Priority student outcomes include academic outcomes, social emotional outcomes, and 21st century skills.

• Innovation research: Set the vision and priorities for research in an innovation context. Manage the design, development, and implementation of all research activities, including: outcomes model development, measure development, instrument development, field collection, data analysis, and reporting.
• Client and program impact evaluation: Set the vision and priorities for impact evaluation in an innovation context. Manage the design, development, and implementation of all impact evaluation activities, including: goal setting, measure design and development, progress monitoring, short cycle and long term impact evaluation, and impact reporting.

Knowledge Management and Sharing: Design, implement, and continuously improve the human, technological, and process systems necessary to capture, translate, codify, share, and use innovation knowledge. Ensure that there are strategies in place to proactively and strategically engage critical stakeholders as active audiences for innovation knowledge, in order to shift practices, inform district decision making, and inform the field.

• Research and resources: Manage the production of multimedia case studies, research reports and briefs, practice banks (video, artifact, and tool), and design playbooks.
• Knowledge systems: Manage the platforms that support research practice, knowledge sharing, and team collaboration. Specifically, develop and manage the systems map that includes: database and data storage; document management and cataloguing; web-based hub for sharing research and resources; internal team portal for client relationship management; and platform for virtual and hybrid communities of practice.
• Internal knowledge sharing: Manage the design and implementation of opportunities for Imaginarium team members to engage with data and knowledge. Specifically, manage platforms and processes for team to reflect on and use continuous improvement data.
• Client knowledge sharing: Manage the design and implementation of platforms and learning opportunities that allow our clients share and leverage knowledge from the field.
• Stakeholder knowledge sharing: Manage the design and implementation of platforms and learning opportunities that help members of the education field (community members, education organizations, funders, academics) access, translate, and apply innovation knowledge.

Team Development: Create strong teaming, cultivate culture, and manage workflows to execute on outcomes. Ensure the right people are in the right roles, are supported, and are inspired on a daily basis.

• Team management: Directly manage a five-person team to meet shared outcomes. Supports team members so that they have role clarity, can access resources needed to do their jobs, are inspired, creatively and intellectually engaged, and have opportunities to learn and grow.
• Consultant and contractor management: Manages contractors and consultants to execute on critical projects, ensuring that they are strategically deployed to maximize Imaginarium talent.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in education
• Masters or PhD in Education

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes

Knowledge/Skills

• Strategic and tactical planning: can develop compelling vision; build logic models including outcomes, strategic priorities, activities, and resources; map internal and external influences; develop tactical plans; match and delegate talent; and engage stakeholders.
• Applied research: understands design-based, action-based, and other forms of applied research; is willing and able to innovate in the area of research methodology, in order to discover new ways of capturing innovation impact.
• Human centered design: can apply human centered design to a variety of processes; can integrate human centered design into other processes, including research, project management, strategic planning, and team management.
• Strategic school design: understands and can support school design with a focus on personalized and competency-based learning.
• District policy and context: understands and can navigate bureaucracy; knows how to align Imaginarium resources and processes with district priorities and strategies.
• Stakeholder engagement: can engage with a wide variety of stakeholders to build shared vision, ownership, and collective action.
• People management: knows how to recognize and leverage strengths, delegate, support growth, and ensure that people feel inspired, focused, and creatively engaged in their work.
• Workflow and project management: can manage highly complex and interdependent work streams (with and beyond the Imaginarium) to ensure timely, excellent execution.
• Cultural proficiency: has the skills and knowledge to model cultural proficiency in all relationships, projects, and processes.
• Communication: models excellence in visionary, values based, and culturally proficient communication across multiple media.

Attributes

• Visionary: sets, communicates, holds, and shares vision for all aspects of work; links vision to values that inspire and unite.
• Collaborative: can facilitate strong teams and participatory processes; knows how to hold and leverage creative frictions for more innovative outcomes.
• Creative: seeks novel approaches and challenges the status quo.
• Focused: can identify and maintain priorities amidst ambiguity or confusion; makes decisions effectively and efficiently.
• Relentless: is not deterred by challenges and apparent barriers; sees a way forward when others do not.
• Equity-focused: is passionate about educational equity, and proactively weaves weaves equity across all aspects of work.
• Relational: prioritizes and cultivates authentic relationships with diverse partners and stakeholders; communicates proactively and effectively.

The Roaring Fork School District, based in Glenwood Springs, CO, is seeking several dynamic, knowledgeable, innovative and versatile teachers (see list below) for our new P-8 Riverview school, scheduled to open in the fall of 2017. The district’s target for making formal offers to selected candidates is spring, 2017. Candidates of all endorsements are encouraged to apply.

These inaugural positions require a unique commitment: hired staff will not only serve as educators in the new school next year, but will also be instrumental in this year’s design and development process for the school’s instructional programming and school culture. Starting immediately upon hire, all new Riverview staff will be encouraged to take part in a series of school design meetings. Because of the additional work required to successfully open a new school, all certified staff will have an initial required paid start date that is 10 days prior to that of a typical RFSD teacher contract. Bilingual ability a huge plus but not required for all positions.

PT ELD/SLD Teacher (Bilingual-Required) (K-8)
PT PEAK Teacher (Bilingual-Preferred) (K-8)
FT Special Education Teacher (Bilingual-Preferred) (K-8)
FT Assistant Principal (Bilingual-Preferred) (K-8)
FT ELD and Early Literacy Instructional Coach (Bilingual-Preferred) (K-8)
FT Middle School Math Teacher (Bilingual-Preferred) (6-8)
FT Bilingual Elementary Teacher (Primary K-2)
FT Middle School Math Teacher (6-8 Grade)

See: http://riverview.rfsd.k12.co.us/

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Public Education & Business Coalition
www.pebc.org

JOB DESCRIPTION

All students deserve an exemplary teacher in the classroom.
Our PEBC staff is seeking a CFO to join our thriving non-profit education organization.
For over 30 years, PEBC has worked nationally to prepare outstanding new teachers and help practicing teachers and leaders become exceptional. We also pride ourselves in being Colorado’s largest residency-based teacher preparation program.
Join us in the continuum of learning and growing for educators and students alike.

The CFO provides strategic direction and forecasting as related to the fiscal health, growth and financial operations of the organization, in support of its overall work and impact. In addition to providing strategic direction, the CFO plays a pivotal role in the implementation of all such strategic plans. The CFO reports directly to the President and is a member of the organization’s Leadership Team. The CFO works closely with the Board Treasurer and the Board Executive Committee to ensure accurate presentation of the organization’s ongoing fiscal state, its internal financial policies, including banking relationships, and is available to any Board member as requested as related to their position. The CFO is directly responsible for the annual audit and tax filings, oversees the monthly financial statements, operating budget, payroll, HR support, cost benefit analysis, and forecasting needs of the organization, as well as its adherence to all non-profit and other pertinent accounting policies and guidelines / laws.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the President on the strategic vision; develop and maintain internal controls to safeguard the financial assets of the organization; oversee agreements related
to federal funding and awards; monitor and maintain assets/inventory purchased in order to fulfill federal rules/regulations; compile and prepare documents for any/all required audits.
• Oversee management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities for the organization including: monitor banking activities to ensure adequate cash flow to meet the needs of the organization; prepare monthly financial statements; monitor the operating budget; develop and monitor contract and grant budgets to ensure compliance with federal, state and local guidelines; and understand relevant legislative and programmatic rules/regulations to disseminate pertinent information to appropriate personnel.
• Work with COO to develop annual operating budget.
• Manage purchasing and payroll activity for staff; work with HR to oversee business insurance plans, health care coverage, savings/retirement plans and investigate cost-effective benefit plans and other fringe benefits to attract and retain qualified staff.
• Oversee risk management strategies.
• Develop financial performance measures that provide the organizational leadership and the Board Executive Committee real time financial information, including financial projections, that also inform ongoing and improvement strategies.
• Develop investment policies, and including cash position and reserves usage.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
• Knowledge of Sage/Peachtree and other accounting software.
• Not-for-profit accounting in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Foster and cultivate relationships amongst staff.
• Ability to create and assess financial statements and budget documents.
• Communicate effectively in both written and verbal form.
• Ability to work with Board members and organizational leadership.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education: Completion of a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in accounting at an accredited college or university, and is a Certified Public Accountant or has preferred or equivalent experience.
Experience: The Chief Financial Officer should have experience working in a non-profit organization and in companies of 100 plus employees.
COMPENSATION
 Salary commensurate with experience. Health and retirement benefits provided.

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
The PEBC believes that one of the great strengths of this country is the rich diversity of its residents. The PEBC does not have, and will not adopt or implement, any personnel policy or practice that discriminates on the basis of race, religion (creed), national origin (ancestry), color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender variance, marital status, citizenship, disability, political affiliation, military status, veteran status, belief, or any other protected status.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a meaningful environment and lead a charter management organization serving the needs of a unique and deserving student population.

The New America School empowers new immigrants, English language learners, and academically underserved students with the educational tools and support to maximize their potential and live the American dream. The Superintendent oversees all organizational activities for a charter management nonprofit and its three schools in Colorado. The Superintendent is responsible for developing a clear strategy for New America School-Colorado and executing those strategies.

The Superintendent of New America School provides direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organization’s philosophy, mission, strategy, and its annual goals and objectives; implements the strategic goals and objectives of the organization; and with the Chair of the Board, enables the Board to fulfill its governance function effectively and professionally.

Essential Job Functions
The Superintendent’s primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Operational
o Serves as the primary spokesperson and advocate for New America Schools-Colorado, strengthening the organization and schools’ reputation and relationships with its authorizers, potential funders, educational policymakers at the local and state level, community members and other key stakeholders
o Understands and supports the unique student body of the New America Schools-Colorado, including understanding the differences between the three schools
o Identifies strategies to positively impact the policy environment for New America Schools-Colorado, including but not limited to advocacy around accountability for Alternative Education Campuses and policies that protect the student population that includes a significant number of immigrant and refugee families
o Strengthens a robust organizational culture that attracts and retains high quality staff and anticipates future organizational needs
o Oversees the management of the nonprofit office
o Provides leadership in the pursuit of grants and other fundraising opportunities and oversees the financial and programmatic compliance of all grants
o Ensures that the organization is compliant on all chartering district requirements
o Consults and supports the work of the Controller in all areas of budget preparation and budget execution
o Manages human resource issues beyond the principal’s control
o Assists and consults with the director of marketing and recruitment in all areas of student recruitment and retention

Educational Leadership and Curriculum
o Ensures the successful academic achievement and renewed authorization of the three schools in Aurora, Lakewood and Thornton;
o Stays informed of current and emerging curricular and educational thinking, trends and best practices
o Plans, develops and implements coherent and consistent policies and procedures in the areas of assessment and evaluation, student supports, safe schools, professional development and training, recruitment and retention, and curriculum design
o Assures continuous study and revision of curriculum guides and courses of study
o Monitors and supports instructional practices to improve student achievement
o Supervises and supports principals, assistant principals and staff
o Regularly visits schools to interact with staff, students and parents and understand the needs of each campus
o Designs, monitors and supports successful implementation of School Improvement Plans at all sites
o Acts as primary spokesperson on all school matters with media, authorizing school districts, the Colorado Charter School Institute, policymakers, and the New America School Board and consistently seeks opportunities to build relationships and reputations
o Examines and adjusts existing practices to align with federal, state and local district standards in the areas of curriculum, safe schools, graduation requirements and external assessments

NAS Board
o Prepares Board agenda and inform all members of key meeting dates
o Prepares recommendations or options to the Board on all matters related to the organization in order to make informed decisions, including the nonprofit organization
o Prepares annual school and system goals and monitor their progress
o Keeps the Board informed on key academic, personnel, authorization, accreditation and financial matters
o Plans for an annual Board retreat to plan and implement key objectives for the next year
o Presents an monthly list of accomplishments and achievements for the organization
o Recommends training opportunities for Board Members

Personnel
o Manages three school principals in serving the educational needs of their students and managing their teaching and administrative staff
o Plans and provides professional development opportunities for teachers and support staff
o Ensures that school performance evaluation of teachers and support staff are conducted and that necessary action is taken for those deemed to be unsatisfactory
o Holds regular meetings with the leadership team
o Holds meetings with school staff to discuss matters related to student achievement, and school issues or concerns
o Conducts a search process for all new principals and assistant principals
o Ensures the hiring of qualified and competent teachers and support staff
o Oversees all employee relations in the organization

Key Success Factors
o Appreciation, skills and sensitivity for diverse populations, cultures, perspectives and socioeconomic backgrounds
o Understanding of the impacts of trauma on students and the supports needed to drive academic achievement among high-needs student populations
o Outstanding relationship builder with demonstrated experience navigating political environments
o Strong written and oral communications skills and experience serving as spokespersons
o Spanish proficiency a plus

Direct experience with the following is required:
o Multi-cultural and multi-lingual educational environments
o High-need student populations with multiple risk factors
o Colorado’s educational environment, charter environment, and political landscape

The Roaring Fork School District is seeking applications for an experienced,self motivated, innovative leader to serve as the Principal for Sopris Elementary School (SES). SES serves a diverse student population of PreK- 5th grade students. The next leader of SES will need to steer the school through a significant change process due to the construction of a new school in Glenwood Springs which may significantly reduce enrollment at SES, and to the school’s recent dip into Improvement status on the state performance framework. This new Principal will work with the community, staff and the District to improve academic achievement and growth and build a culture of trust and collaboration with all stakeholders.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate significant skill and experience in:
Creating trust and working collaboratively in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment
Identifying and promoting effective instructional practices
Understanding and successfully closing student achievement gaps
Applying top-notch interpersonal skills, including public speaking
Managing and organizing complex, multi-phase processes and projects
Recruiting, hiring and evaluating a wide range of school personnel
Leading a diverse school in the successful attainment of ambitious student achievement goals
Developing and applying strategic plans, and employing data-driven analyses and decision-making
Creating an atmosphere that reflects student ownership of academic and character development
Participating as a team member while also leading
Understanding and supporting the student success process (RtI, MTSS)
Please apply by January 27, 2017

RFSD is located in the Roaring Fork Valley on the western slope of Colorado amidst the majestic Elk Mountain Range, the waters of the Roaring Fork, Crystal and Colorado rivers, and the commanding presence of Mount Sopris. We are 13 schools with over 5,500 students in the communities of Glenwood Springs, Basalt and Carbondale.

DO YOU LIVE OUR GROW VALUES?​

Grit: Our work is fun, but it is also hard. We look every challenge square in the face and say, “bring it on!” We are not afraid to fail. When we do, we pick ourselves up. When others do, we extend a hand.

Relationships: Roots is a school family. We respect our teachers, our classmates, our community and ourselves. We see strengths in all people first. We use our words to solve problems and always assume the best. Our kindness is contagious.

Ownership: We take ownership over our words and actions. We are open and honest. We make plans for our plans. We freely
admit mistakes and embrace difficult conversations. We deeply feel our shared responsibility for all our scholars.

Wonder: Education done right begins and ends in wonder. We marvel at – and are humbled by – one another and the world
around us. We are obsessed with questions – the questions we ask our scholars, ourselves, our teammates, and most importantly the questions we inspire our scholars to ask of us.

DO YOU WANT TO…
● Teach like it’s soccer not tennis by joining a team of eight phenomenal educators working with a group of 1st-2nd grade
scholars (note: if you like to close the door to your classroom and be left alone to work your magic, Roots is not for you)
● Infuse every lesson with extraordinary intellectual rigor and limitless joy
● Become an expert in literacy and social studies while leading your scholars to become powerful experts themselves
● Constantly refine your skills through coaching, weekly professional development, data analysis and collaborative planning
● Use formal and informal assessments constantly to drive your instruction and teach in small groups
● Be an innovator in your field, push the limits of what’s possible, try new things, fall on your face and try again

DO YOU HAVE…
● An unwavering personal commitment to closing the opportunity gap for all children in our time
● 2 – 4+ years of experience driving superior results in an elementary school classroom
● Experience teaching Guided Reading is required; experience teaching Writer’s Workshop, Close Reading, and/or Fundations is highly preferred
● Data in your veins: you analyze, interpret, and use data to collaborate, identify gaps, and drive results
● Strong project management skills including goal setting, backwards planning, and executing consistently
● Comfort with ambiguity, ability to operate in a fluid work environment, and confidence “building the plane while flying it”

IS THIS YOU​?
Please submit a resume and a brief response to the following questions (250 total word limit) to join@rootselementary.org
1. Is it more important to be caring or strict?
2. Is it more important to be rigorous or developmentally appropriate?

This is a full time position beginning July 2017. Compensation is competitive and includes health and retirement benefits.