Director Of High School Redesign - 2024/2025 School Year

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Senior Director of High School Redesign, this role will work in collaboration with school-based staff, network level leaders, and external partners to implement a healthcare career connected learning model at targeted campuses across the network. The primary focus of this role will be on leading the planning and implementation of academic programming for Mastery's partnership with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to transform our Hardy High campus in to a health care career connected learning academy.

Essential Job Functions:

• Work with external partners to develop career connected learning electives in close collaboration with the Senior Director of High School Redesign

• Partner with school-based staff and leaders to develop a robust student recruitment strategy for health care career connected learning programs

• Work in partnership with the network's communications team to develop a robust family engagement strategy for the campuses implementing a health care career connected learning model

• Project manage the various scopes of work associated with career connected learning curriculum development and work-based learning modules

• Partner with school-based leaders and external partners to develop work-based learning experiences, including job shadowing and internships

• Monitor off campus work-based learning experiences to ensure the facilitation of high impact learning experiences for all students

• Actively participate in and present draft deliverables via internal Mastery steering committee meetings and external stakeholder engagement meetings to ensure a strong focus on feedback gathering, alignment and coordination

• Develop and launch high-quality summer programming with external partners focused on deepening student skills, interests and excitement in STEM-related careers

• Plan and coordinate health career awareness programming via in-class guest speakers, visiting health care professional teachers and other efforts

Other Job Functions:

• Develop quarterly reporting for all career connected learning metrics to share with school leaders and network leaders

• Support the recruitment, coaching, professional learning and development of CTE and career pathway teachers

• Provide professional development on career connected learning models for Network Support Team (NST) and school leaders

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Career and Technical Education regulations and policies preferred

• High degree of emotional intelligence and adaptive leadership skills

• Ability to lead within a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly-changing environment

• Zest, a sense of humor, a strong work ethic, and a one team spirit

• Ability to travel between school sites

• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required.

• Minimum of five years of experience developing and leading high school programming, career connected learning and/or work-based learning

Physical/Environmental:

• Ability to physically perform the essential duties of the role as required, and to work in the environmental conditions required, such as: traveling to network campuses; maneuvering in office spaces (including standing, walking, sitting for long periods of time, speaking loudly and clearly, seeing and hearing things both near and far away); stooping, kneeling, reaching file cabinets/shelves; fine finger and hand manipulation in use of computer, chalkboard, dry erase, &/or projectors; filing, faxing, scanning, coping, typing, mailing, and making phone calls; sitting for up to two (2) hours looking at a computer monitor, using a keyboard/mouse, and typing.

Other Requirements:

• Position requires local &/or regional travel to Mastery and other sites. Must have valid driver's license and vehicle, or access to reliable transportation.