Regional Managing Director of Leader Development - Rio Grande Valley (25-26)

Managing Director of Leader Development

Mission:

At IDEA, we believe excellent school leaders are the key to ensuring scholars receive a world-class education. Driven by this belief, in this role, you will develop leaders in your IDEA region to ensure every school is led by a transformational leadership team.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

The Managing Director of Leader Development may manage principals and a team of regional coaches.

Location:

This is a full-time position located in (Region). Preference will be given to candidates who live in the region, or who are willing to relocate.

Travel Expectations:    

Managing Directors of Leader Development are expected to work on campuses in their region at least 80% of the time. When not working on a campus, they are able to work remotely if given approval by regional leaders.

What You’ll Do – Accountabilities

Essential Duties:

• Use data-driven practices to prioritize support for a portfolio of Principals.
  • Analyze academic, persistence, retention, and proficiency-based data metrics in collaboration with regional team members to make appropriate decisions about resource allocation and coaching support.
  • Track and monitor progress for leader development and student outcomes, ensuring ongoing follow-up with regional team members. 
• Partner with regional team to build a strong leadership pipeline and develop new school leaders.
  • Hold regular partnership meetings and maintain ongoing communication with necessary regional and national team members.
  • Support the creation and implementation of coaching plans for portfolio leaders as needed.
  • Coach a portfolio of aspiring principals to ensure regions have a consistent pipeline of internal leaders ready to fill principal vacancies, or coach a portfolio of regional DLDs to lead this work.
  • Collaborate and share resources with regional team members and other National team members, especially Directors of Leader Development in other regions.
  • Effectively manage and coach team of regional content and leadership coaches to outcomes serving adult learning, coaching, and feedback mechanisms resulting in increased student achievement metrics.
• Lead effective professional development and in-field follow up for school leaders:
  • At the request of regional leaders, partner with HQ teams to oversee the preparation, execution and in-field follow up of nationally-led professional development programs, such as New Leader Institute, Coaching Academy, Cadre of Aspiring Principals, Successor Principals Academy, and Rhodes Fellowship.
  • Lead the design, preparation, execution and follow up for regionally created professional development sessions, based on regional data. 

Knowledge and Skills - Competencies

Build Trust and Psychological Safety: This leader is responsible for guiding the decision-making process within the team. They foster a collaborative environment where team members contribute to decision-making, ensuring that diverse perspectives are considered and team consensus is built when appropriate.

Communicate Deliberately: This leader is responsible for guiding the decision-making process within the team. They foster a collaborative environment where team members contribute to decision-making, ensuring that diverse perspectives are considered and team consensus is built when appropriate. 

Grow Self and Others: This leader is responsible for guiding the decision-making process within the team. They foster a collaborative environment where team members contribute to decision-making, ensuring that diverse perspectives are considered and team consensus is built when appropriate. 

Make Sound Decisions: This leader is responsible for guiding the decision-making process within the team. They foster a collaborative environment where team members contribute to decision-making, ensuring that diverse perspectives are considered and team consensus is built when appropriate. 

Manage Work and Teams: This leader is responsible for guiding the decision-making process within the team. They foster a collaborative environment where team members contribute to decision-making, ensuring that diverse perspectives are considered and team consensus is built when appropriate. 

Required experience:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required
• Experience: 3+ years teacher experience required; 3+ years of school leader experience required
   

Preferred experience:

• Education: Master’s degree preferred
• Certifications: Principal certificate is preferred.
• Experience: 3+ years of principal experience is strongly preferred. Previous DLD experience is preferred. 

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to travel regularly to campuses in your region
• Ability to move throughout a school, including outdoor spaces, shared indoor spaces, and classrooms.
• Ability to engage in virtual and in-person meetings and work on a computer for hours at a time
• Ability to facilitate training both in-person and virtually

What We Offer:

Compensation & Benefits:

Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $112,200 and $134,700, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity. This role is also eligible for performance pay based on organizational performance and goal attainment.

Additionally, we offer medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan. You can find more information about our benefits at https://ideapublicschools.org/careers/benefits/.

* IDEA may offer a relocation stipend to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

Application process:

Submit your application online through Jobvite. Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible.

Learn more about IDEA 

At IDEA the Staff Culture and Belonging Team uses our Core Values to promote human connection and a culture of integrity, respect, and belonging for all Team and Family members.  Learn more about our Commitment to Core Values here: https://ideapublicschools.org/our-story/#core-values