Associate Partner, Customized Coaching & Training (NYC Reads MTSS)

Location: NYC Area

Type: Full-Time

Team: Professional Education, Customized Coaching & Training

Start Date: Immediate

Summary:

Relay Graduate School of Education (Relay) is an accredited not-for-profit institution of higher education serving thousands of educators from across the country, from pre-service teachers to system-level leaders. Our mission is to ensure that all students are taught by excellent educators in order to build a more just world where every student has a clear path to a fulfilling life.

At Relay, we know that great schools require great leaders. As part of the Professional Education vertical at Relay, the Customized Coaching & Training team is deeply committed to developing school leaders with the skills and mindsets to lead their students to academic and character success. The Associate Partner is a unique and challenging opportunity to influence and lead in this work by providing critical coaching and on-the-ground support to sitting principals, principal supervisors, and chief academic officers in Relay Leadership Programs and Relay partner networks and districts. This role will support campus and district leaders within a large NYCPS school district in implementing high quality MTSS structures and frameworks across all tiers of instruction including, but not limited to: Special Education settings, Tier 2 and 3 groups, data-driven differentiation within Tier 1 classrooms, aligned to the Wit & Wisdom Curriculum.

Reporting to and in partnership with one of the Partners on the Customized Coaching & Training team, this role involves collaborating with colleagues on instructional preparation, serving as the main contact for school and district leaders through professional learning communities, coaching, and site visits, and delivering feedback to enhance leaders' outcomes-driven practices within the larger a codified MTSS model. NYC Reads aims to bring rich, challenging, grade-level texts into every classroom, through the implementation of approved HQIM curricula to reach the goal of all students being proficient readers. Additionally, the Associate Partner may help shape content and lead sessions for professional learning events like the National Principal Academy Fellowship. This position offers the chance to join a dynamic Professional Education and Leadership Programs team, working alongside experts in school leader development.

In short, this is an outstanding opportunity to work in a growing educational leadership training program that is shifting the landscape in public education.

Role’s Contributions (Duties and Responsibilities):

The essential responsibilities of this position, while not limited to the following, will include:

Virtual & On-Site Coaching (approximately 50%)

Provide exemplary coaching and successful partner support implementation by directly supporting a portfolio of partners in New York City.

Use the baseline assessments annually to collaborate with local partners to set goals for coaching engagements

Establish systems for quarterly progress monitoring and communication in alignment with the coaching engagement’s set goals; cooperate with local stakeholders to remove roadblocks to coaching implementation

Provide individualized weekly or monthly coaching to principals, principal supervisors, and/or senior level instructional staff

Facilitate regular data and video review/practice lab protocols as needed to achieve each engagement’s coaching goals

Facilitate problem solving and action planning consultancies as needed to support content implementation

Conduct network or district site visits as outlined in partner contracts to observe and gather data and lead site-based action planning to accomplish engagement goals

Synthesize performance data, track cohort progress and identify gaps in network, district, and participant understanding, implementation, and outcomes

Design & Facilitation of Professional Learning (approximately 30%)

Facilitate Relay leadership professional learning sessions during summer intensives, intersessions, and regional trainings

Design, incorporate feedback, and facilitate professional learning sessions to support individual partners with implementing Relay’s core instructional leadership frameworks and practices.

Individual & Team Development (approximately 20%)

Collaborate with Professional Education colleagues on a weekly basis to collect best practices, artifacts, and videos from current and past program participants to support strong, equity-centered content design across the Leadership Programs team.

Collaborate with manager and Customized Coaching & Training colleagues on a weekly basis to develop skills, systems, and strategies to support instructional leaders effectively.

Complete other duties as assigned in support of team goals

QUALIFICATIONS

First and foremost, the Associate Partner must share the Relay community’s commitment to working together to improve student growth and achievement through phenomenal teacher preparation and professional development grounded in diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism. This includes providing teacher preparation programs that set novice teachers up to succeed in the classroom from day one; leadership programs that train new and veteran school and district leaders to best serve their school communities; and teacher-facing professional education that provides ongoing learning to educators. Additionally, for this position we’re looking for candidates that possess a combination of the following skills:

Master’s or other graduate degree required

Minimum of three years as a Principal, Director of Special Education, or Director of MTSS (or equivalent) in a high-needs community, with proven K-12 student achievement and experience in leader and teacher coaching, observation and feedback, data analysis, school culture leadership, and professional development.

Strong organizational skills and proficient in managing processes and systems that support the team’s work

Committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment

Ability to work collaboratively and adaptively in a dynamic environment

Effective written and verbal interpersonal communication skills

A demonstrated passion for education and closing the opportunity gaps for historically under-resourced communities

Ability to travel at least 20%

Authorized to work in the United States

Live within 1 hour of NYC by subway or car

PETS clearance or ability to pass the NYCPS PETS Background check clearance process

Preferred Qualifications

Experience managing school leaders and/or network academic and instructional programs as a principal supervisor or chief academic officer

Experience with the Wit & Wisdom curriculum

Experience with NYCPS-Approved Tier 2 and 3 reading curriculum

Experience creating or working within HQIM-aligned MTSS systems

Ability to travel at least 40% time

Experience with Relay leadership programs content, either as a NPAF/NPSA alumnus/alumna or as a leader in a school using Relay leadership program practices

Relay prepares teachers and school leaders to teach students of all identities and backgrounds in order to push toward a time when this country no longer faces stark educational inequities. We recruit, develop, support, and retain a diverse staff, faculty, and graduate student body because we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and actively anti-racist institution. We know, and the data supports, that diversity, equity, and inclusion cultivate an environment in which people of all backgrounds can thrive and this is critical to achieving our mission of educational excellence and equity. To fulfill that commitment, Relay encourages applicants of all backgrounds and identities to apply for roles that align with their own interests and career trajectory. If you meet a majority of the qualifications and see your