Type of Vacancy: Salaried, full-time

Start date: April 2022

Location: Remote/home office anywhere in the United States, with monthly travel in NYC

Report to: Director, Design & Partnerships (Math)

Supervise: None

Compensation: Starting salary is $80,000, with comprehensive benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Teaching Lab is an equal-opportunity employer committed to reflecting the diversity of the students we serve. We pursue equity as both a means and an end and enthusiastically welcome candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this role.

The Partnership Manager manages the implementation of Teaching Lab’s partner portfolio projects in mathematics and leads high-quality, professional learning and instructional coaching experiences for teachers in schools which have adopted high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) such as EngageNY/Eureka, Illustrative Mathematics, or Zearn.

As a rapidly growing nonprofit, we seek driven and proactive individuals who have a high level of personal accountability, team players who see the interconnectedness between their role and the organization’s mission, and have the ability to “manage up” when needed to get complex work done. Eligible candidates for the role of Partnership Manager: Math (NYC) must have school-based education experience in math in the New York City public school system, strong project management skills, experience working with customers or clients, as well as knowledge of the math Common Core or similar College- and Career-Ready state standards. Ideal candidates will also have strong expertise in relationship and partnership development, can create and follow through on project plans, have the ability to effectively pivot their own work or reprioritize in times of ambiguity, demonstrate effective critical thinking and problem solving, and the ability to manage workflows with and without formal authority. Above all, this candidate must have a demonstrated commitment to racial and educational equity. This position has high potential for both large-scale impact and career growth.

Teaching Lab is a nonprofit organization with a mission to fundamentally shift the paradigm of teacher professional learning to achieve educational equity. We envision a world where teachers and students thrive together in communities that enable life-long learning and meaningful lives. Using our Head, Heart, and Habits model of professional learning, we transform professional learning from the ground up to dramatically improve student outcomes. We also work with school, district, and state leaders to create the instructional systems necessary to support these changes. To learn more about Teaching Lab, explore our website at www.teachinglab.org.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engage with the leadership in partner school systems to build their knowledge of research-based professional learning practices, and high-quality curriculum in early childhood literacy
• Manage partnerships with clients, including effectively lead external and internal communications such as 1:1, small and large group settings, virtual meetings, and presentations
• Gain a deep understanding of the state’s, district’s, school’s, or philanthropic partner’s context in order to inform the scope and implementation of the work
• Support business development with current partners by crafting scopes of work that extend partner relationships over time
• Communicate effectively with partners, and execute logistics to support onsite professional learning and instructional coaching
• Effectively lead professional learning sessions for educators that deepen pedagogical content knowledge of the high-quality curriculum through Teaching Lab’s model for professional learning
• Lead through a lens of racial equity to coach, support, and develop a cohort of part-time facilitators or instructional coaches to ensure that all facilitators and instructional coaches are prepared and staffed to onsite projects in a timely manner, and professional learning materials are contextualized for the partner and up to date
• Collect, reflect on, and apply data from participant feedback surveys to improve facilitation, coaching, relationships, and knowledge-building at each site
• Lead high-level project management across Teaching Lab’s portfolio of high-quality curriculum projects, including working with the Director of Design & Partnership to staff sites, and Director of Facilitator Development to develop facilitators and instructional coaches’ knowledge and skills

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum five years experience working in PK-12 education
• Minimum of 2 years teaching experience with PK-12 students from traditionally underserved backgrounds with demonstrated evidence of impact
• Deep knowledge and experience with Math Common Core or College- and Career-Ready content and practice standards
• Deep knowledge and experience with math HQIM such as EngageNY/Eureka, Illustrative Mathematics, or Zearn
• Experience leading relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Experience managing projects with clients and stakeholders
• Experience facilitating impactful professional learning for educators

Values, Skills, and Competencies

• Deep commitment to Teaching Lab’s organizational mission and values, racial equity, and educational equity for traditionally underserved students 
• Demonstrate proficiencies in Teaching Lab competencies
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to build rapport quickly and drive collaboration
• Outstanding communication (verbal and written)
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Effective critical thinking and creative problem-solving capabilities, including a self-starting entrepreneurial approach to difficult problems
• Ability to form credible and lasting relationships with the facilitators, teachers, school leaders, and district leaders

You can apply for the Partnership Manager - Math (NYC) role here. Additional questions may be directed to jobs@teachinglab.org.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; it is in your interest to apply as soon as possible.