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Posting for New Leaders for New Schools

Position Details Position Title: Executive Director Function: Administration/Operations Position Type: Full-Time (Paid) Posted On: 7/19/2010 Job Description: The Executive Director will have overall management responsibility for the Greater New Orleans program (Orleans and Jefferson parishes) and is charged with leading a community of New Leaders principals to drive dramatic student achievement gains, serving as the primary Development Officer for the Greater New Orleans program and creating and executing strong operational processes to ensure New Leaders reaches its organizational goals. The Executive Director will work closely in partnership with the Superintendents/CEOs and leadership of Jefferson Parish Public School System (JPPSS), the Recovery School District (RSD), and relevant charter schools and Charter Management Organizations to drive dramatic student achievement gains and impact local and state policy and practice to promote the success of schools in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. 

This is an ideal opportunity for someone to play a key leadership role, helping to grow and shape a premier education organization committed to helping all students across the U.S. achieve high levels of academic achievement.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:   
• Creating and executing the overall short and long term strategy to ensure success at reaching local goals, focused on high levels of academic achievement for all students;
• Ensuring long-term sustainability of the Greater New Orleans program by developing and executing short- and long-term strategies to secure funding for the program. This will include but is not limited to identifying, soliciting, and cultivating corporate, foundation and individual prospects as well as public funding opportunities;
• Effectively and efficiently building and leading a team that includes some of the best school leadership experts in the area as well as talented team members in other areas to fulfill the program’s mission;
• Building a broad coalition that brings together key constituents (JPPSS, RSD, and charter school partners), and other education advocates, government, business, and community leaders throughout the area to work together to impact policies, structures, and practices in the service of increasing student achievement; and
• Serving as a strategist and consultant directly to education leaders within the school districts, and supporting these leaders in developing policies and practices which directly impact the success of schools and school leaders.
To reach this vision over time, the Executive Director will focus on increasing student achievement in every New Leaders school and on growing the size, depth, and support of the local New Leaders program through the following operational responsibilities:

• Developing and consistently improving the quality of the partnership with the local school system and charter partners in order to:
-        Ensure that New Leaders have efficient access to residency and principal positions;
-        Identify, recruit, and select mentor principals that exhibit strong mentoring capabilities and that have demonstrated success in improving educational outcomes for children; and
-        Provide for any other district partnership goals related to the success of New Leaders Residents and Principals.
• Raising all funds necessary to execute the New Leaders for New Schools, Greater New Orleans program including serving as the lead with staff support to develop and implement fundraising strategies to secure support from a diversified portfolio of funders;
• Ensuring that the local program budget reflects local priorities, with a relentless focus on best utilization of financial resources for maximum impact in schools;
• Identifying district policies that if successfully implemented will transform the principalship and dramatically impact student achievement.  Work with JPPSS, RSD and charter school partners on policies and practices regarding principal management, support and evaluation;
• Building a staff culture that reflects a relentless focus on student achievement, operational efficiency and excellence, and ensures that the staff models a culture of belief, honor, respect, honesty, human dignity, and care that we want to see displayed toward students and parents in schools;
• Leading the development of the local recruitment strategy with the Manager of Recruitment and Admissions to recruit and select aspiring principals from a diverse set of backgrounds that have the potential to be outstanding school leaders according to New Leaders for New Schools Selection Criteria. Leverage local contacts to secure support from high-level leadership regarding recruitment and matriculation;
• Oversee the planning and implementation of a quality Residency program for Resident principals and managing local staff to deliver;
• Managing placement of all successful New Leaders Residents as school leaders – tap local networks, maximize district relationships, facilitate certification processes, and know each New Leader’s strengths and development needs to match to openings – and then ensuring the retention of these New Leaders as principals in the same schools over time;
• Leading New Leaders to achieve dramatic academic gains in all New Leaders schools, including:
-        Devising strategies that ensure superior principal and whole school performance support;
-        Building, leading and managing a team of experts to reach optimal performance across all aspects of school excellence; and
-        Working with the Leadership Coaches and other staff to identify key developmental and resource/partnership needs for New Leaders Principals and Residents and ensure that these needs are met through effective action across all team members in the service of increasing student achievement.
• Developing and implementing strategies to build a sense of community and cohesiveness among the local community of New Leaders Residents, New Leaders principals, mentor principals, and others in education reform;
• Serving as the primary local public spokesperson for New Leaders for New Schools;
• Building a high-functioning Advisory Board and network of local business, education, and policy leaders to ensure the local program reaches all recruitment, selection, placement, certification, retention, fundraising, and public relations goals;
• Assisting in the annual evaluation of the New Leaders for New Schools program; review data to track progress toward goals and make local program improvements; and
• Serving as a critical thought partner with National program teams and adhering to national guidelines and processes
 Qualifications: • Belief that every student, in every circumstance can achieve the highest levels of academic excellence. 
• A minimum of ten years of executive-level management experience
• Passionate commitment to improving public education and the value of leadership in our nation’s public schools.
• A strong track record of leading teams to achieve ambitious results.
• Strong people management skills and the ability to motivate, excite, inspire, and educate both internal and external resources
• Experience in K12 education or at least strong familiarity with the challenges faced by principals in urban public school districts.
• Strong fundraising skills or track record of revenue generation, with a deep understanding of the development process and proven success meeting and exceeding revenue targets.
• Ability to think strategically, drive analysis, and solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Strong entrepreneurial skills and the ability to establish and build a wide range of key relationships across the education, business, and government sectors.
• Exceptional communication skills (oral and written).
• Exceptional organizational skills, with an ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously and thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment
 Benefits: Not Specified Salary: Commensurate with Experience Posting Expiration Date: 9/17/2010 How to Apply Application Instructions: Qualified individuals, please apply online at:

http://www.on-ramps.com/jobs/536 Organization Information Posted By: On-Ramps Hiring Organization: New Leaders for New Schools Domain: Education Budget $10M - $20M Mission Statement: New Leaders for New Schools is a national non-profit that ensures high academic achievement for every student by attracting and preparing outstanding leaders and supporting the performance of the urban public schools they lead at scale.  New Leaders rigorously selects high-quality emerging leaders with strong instructional skills to join its urban principal training program.  The training includes demanding coursework and a yearlong, hands-on Residency where the New Leaders hone their skills and put theory into practice daily.  After the training year, the New Leaders for New Schools team works with these new principals to support them in driving their schools to 90% or higher school-wide student proficiency.  Unlike some principal development programs, New Leaders for New Schools prepares its emerging leaders in instructional, operational/managerial, and cultural change/transformational leadership, all with the goal of ensuring that at least 90% of the students in New Leaders-led schools achieve academic proficiency and graduate college-ready.  New Leaders currently runs programs in Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Memphis, Milwaukee, Greater New Orleans, New York City, Oakland/California’s Bay Area, Prince George’s County and Washington, DC.  Please visit our web site www.nlns.org to learn more about our organization and visit the "Press and Awards" section for media coverage about New Leaders for New Schools. Web Site: www.nlns.org City: New Orleans State: Louisiana Postal Code: 70118 Country: United States

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