• Job Description

  Req#: 5153792

  Primary Purpose:

  The Center for Educator Success (CES) is designed to transform educator talent pipelines by partnering with districts to reimagine a comprehensive approach to educator recruitment and retention. Reporting to the Senior Director the Officer of Secondary Education will serve as a critical member of CES’s Leadership Team, responsible for designing and delivering inspired programming.

  Qualifications:

  Education/Certification:

  • Master’s degree from an accredited university
  • Texas Teacher certification
  • Texas Principal certification

  Special Knowledge/Skills:

  • Excellent people leadership skills: able to provide timely and actionable feedback to inspire and move direct reports to action
  • Ability to learn quickly and take initiative in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
  • Demonstration of flexible thinking and problem solving
  • Proven ability to coach and mentor individuals and team with a high level of emotional intelligence
  • Proven ability to design new programs with impact
  • Values hard work and team play
  • Has a history of valuing and respecting other people
  • Regularly demonstrates exceptional work and work habits
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent organization, time management and follow-through

  Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years of secondary experience
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience as a school or district administrator

  Major Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Set a vision for and manage the Secondary Education team as they forge new pathways for teacher certification and on-going support.
  • Execute a strategy to consistently achieve the desired results of increased teacher certification and retention.
  • Generate Department revenue annually ranging from $200,000 - $500,000.
  • Inspire trust to lead a team to deliver high-quality programming to teachers.
  • Lead the design of new Secondary Education Certification Program offerings and support programming.
  • Support individual growth of team members around a vision of excellence through calibration, feedback, and data reviews.
  • Lead the growth and design of annual content conferences.
  • Build trusting relationships with districts and charter networks to both deepen contracted work and expand partnerships.
  • Clearly define shared goals and expectations as well as aligned supports.
  • Review and revise current curriculum to both produce inspired, resilient, relevant, and skilled teacher candidates as well as maintain compliance with TEA regulations.
  • Develop systems to track vital data which speaks to both to individual and program success.
  • Regularly review data to identify bright spots, determine needs and adjust.
  • Collaborate with external partners, clients, funders, HCDE departments and partner organizations to support learning, development, and innovation.
  • Prepare to step in and teacher ECP courses, take on field supervision and support on-going retention efforts including coaching, professional development, and district consultation.
  • Develop the leadership potential in others.
  • Devote time to continue learning and growing as a leader.
  • Willingly offer support to others and step in as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

• About the company

  Harris County Department of Education makes learning more affordable and accessible through training and funding. We are your source for Head Start, afterschool, therapy services, special populations schools, adult education and more. www.hcde-texas.org

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