Full time Leadership Coach – New Orleans
Position Specification
THE ORGANIZATION:
Leading Educators develops teacher-leaders in order to increase faculty
effectiveness, retain talented educators, and ultimately raise student
achievement in high-need schools. We aim to ensure that public education
successfully trains its middle leaders, to extend the reach of our best teachers
and bolster the pipeline of future principals.
Our flagship program is a two-year Fellowship where teacher-leaders engage in
frequent leadership development sessions and strengthen their ability to coach
and provide feedback to other teachers. Results from the last academic year
show that teams led by New Orleans Fellows demonstrated 12 times more
growth on state tests than their counterparts. Similarly, teams led by Kansas
City Fellows demonstrated 5 times more growth on state tests than their
counterparts.
Leading Educators also offers customized consulting to districts, charter
management organizations (CMOs), and non-profit organizations through our
Strategic Support Initiatives (SSI). This contract-based work may include delivery
of training modules; consulting on teacher-leader recruitment, selection, and
retention; or developing the capacity of external trainers.
Leading Educators has trained over 160 teacher-leaders in programs in New
Orleans, Kansas City, and Houston, and is currently launching partnerships in
Washington, D.C. and Denver. Building on success in these regions, Leading
Educators is assembling an ambitious team to continue our national expansion.
The work is fast-paced and entrepreneurial; the expansion model aims to serve
12 regions by 2016.
The Position:
The Leadership Coach undertakes direct coaching of participants in the Leading
Educators Fellowship, relationship development, and continued program
development. The role reports to the Regional Executive Director and will have
the following main responsibilities:
 Coach Fellows to develop leadership competencies, be effective in
school roles, and successfully plan, implement and evaluate their
Leader Impact Projects
 Provide regular written progress and assessment reports on
participants, relative to participant development and student
achievement
 Engage principals/supervisors to best leverage influence and support
for Fellows to be effective in their schools
 Analyze Fellows roles, specific responsibilities, common issues and
challenges of Fellows in their schools in order to contribute to more
effective work with school leaders and to increase Leading Educators’
organizational knowledge
 Assist in the development and refinement of Leading Educators’
coaching model and coaching reporting system
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Nurture relationships with school leaders and teacher-leaders at school
sites to share information about the Leading Educators program and
recruit for the next cohort of participants
Model and foster the Leading Educators values of Achievement, Service
to Others, Belief in Potential, Ingenuity and Efficiency
Participate in internal staff development sessions to bolster
professional skill set and enhance overall organizational effectiveness
Assist in the tracking of Leader Impact deliverables throughout the year
Model office and team expectations
Additional responsibilities as needed:
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Attend and occasionally facilitate Fellowship sessions and trainings
Facilitate principal trainings on the Leading Educators Leadership
Competency Framework and Leader Impact Project
Contribute to program evaluation by observing Problem Solving
Communities and providing feedback
Participate in the Fellowship Selection and Enrollment processes
The Coach may be required to participate in additional events that occur
outside of the normal Monday through Friday work schedule.
CANDIDATE
REQUIREMENTS:
The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to improving high
needs schools through coaching and training. The candidate should also possess
the following:
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Significant teaching and leadership experience in a high-performing,
high-need public school
Instructional coaching experience
Candidates with mentoring/advisory experience should have one year
formal responsibility and be able to demonstrate the use of a bestpractice protocol they follow in their work
Coaches from outside of school systems, who have experience coaching
those in schools: should have 2 years minimum experience leadership
or instructional coaching within schools plus either adult or student
assessment experience; and, have formal training in a recognized
coaching protocol.
Coaches with no experience within a school should have 5 years
minimum leadership coaching-as-primary-work and have formal
training in a recognized coaching protocol.
Successful experience coaching and assessing adults within a given
framework that enables skill development
Demonstrated ability to motivate others to meet ambitious goals
Knowledge of the school improvement context, both nationally and in
New Orleans, and of current, effective innovations in education
Discretion in protecting the confidentiality of participants and schools
Enthusiasm for being assessed and receiving feedback on performance
as a coach
LOCATION:
New Orleans, LA
COMPENSATION:
Salary and benefits will be competitive, commensurate with experience.
TO APPLY:
Please follow the link to submit your application form and choose Leadership
Coach (full-time) from the pick-list:
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Leading Educators is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate
against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color,
religion, sex, or natural origin.