Effectiveness Coach — Arizona Teaching Fellows

Northeast Arizona

TNTP strives to end the injustice of educational inequality by providing excellent teachers to the students who need them most and by advancing policies and practices that ensure effective teaching in every classroom. A national nonprofit organization founded by teachers, TNTP is driven by the knowledge that effective teachers have a greater impact on student achievement than any other school factor. In response, TNTP develops customized programs and policy interventions that enable education leaders to find, develop and keep great teachers. Since its inception in 1997, TNTP has recruited or trained approximately 43,000 teachers and worked with more than 200 districts in 31 states – benefiting an estimated 7 million students. Meanwhile, TNTP’s acclaimed studies of the policies and practices that affect the quality of the teacher workforce — most recently including The Widget Effect (2009) and Teacher Evaluation 2.0 (2010) — have influenced federal education policy and inspired reform efforts across the country.

TNTP is active in more than 25 cities, including 10 of the nation’s 15 largest. We are currently seeking a part-time Effectiveness Coach for the Arizona Teaching Fellows program in Northeast Arizona to lead local instructional programming and observe Fellows in the classroom. This position is available, pending funding, at the end of the school year. TNTP will offer a relocation stipend to candidates moving to Northeast Arizona for this role.

New Teacher Effectiveness

TNTP’s New Teacher Effectiveness group is responsible for recruiting great teachers to teach in high-need schools and subject areas, and for preparing those teachers to be immediately effective in the classroom. TNTP’s Teaching Fellows programs streamline the path to teaching for accomplished career changers and recent graduates. In 2011, TNTP will recruit, select and provide pre-service training to outstanding teachers in more than 20 cities and 18 states.

In 9 of those states, TNTP is also approved to recommend teachers for certification through our rigorous, relevant preparation model, which has been shown to produce highly effective teachers. Building on this strong track record, TNTP is pioneering an evaluation program to recommend certification only for teachers who can demonstrate that they are able to advance student learning.

The Program

Since 2007, TNTP has been working with high need districts in Arizona to implement the Arizona Teaching Fellows, a high quality alternate route into the classroom for outstanding career changers from a variety of backgrounds who commit to teach critical shortage subject areas in high-need schools in Phoenix, Yuma, or Northeast Arizona. More than 150 Fellows have already started teaching in Arizona classrooms through this program.

Additionally, in order to facilitate the entry of the highest qualified teaching candidates for hard-to-staff positions and to create an expedited plan for their certification, TNTP is in the process of establishing an alternative certification program called the TNTP Academy. TNTP Academy participants will earn certification by completing TNTP’s Teaching for Results seminar series during their first year(s) in the classroom and by completing our Assessment of Classroom Effectiveness (ACE) screen. Our program is distinguished from other alternative route programs by the quality of its pre-service training and professional development program, as well as our focus on making certification decisions based on performance in the classroom and ability to impact student achievement.

For more information on the Arizona Teaching Fellows, please visit www.arizonateachingfellows.org

Role and Responsibilities

The Effectiveness Coach is responsible for the successful design, delivery, and execution of all Teaching for Results certification instructional programming for the AZTF program in Northeast Arizona as well as the management of Fellows’ classroom performance. The Effectiveness Coach will report to the Training and Effectiveness Manager of the Arizona Teaching Fellows program. Specifically, the Effectiveness Coach will be responsible for:

Preparation and execution of a high-quality certification experience including:

• Ensuring the logistics for running seminars in Northeast Arizona (e.g., meeting space, scheduling, etc.) are well planned

• Planning and skillfully facilitating seminar sessions

• Providing feedback on participant work products that will help move the participants along a developmental continuum towards proficiency in the TfR competencies

• Maintaining open lines of communication with program staff and from the program to participants

• Execute programmatic responsibilities, including Fellow progress reports and final evaluations, prescriptive plans, and TfR projects

• Collecting, tracking, and analyzing Fellow performance data and trends

• Coordinating classroom observations of Northeast Arizona Fellows, ensuring that all Fellows receive timely feedback on student achievement data and classroom teaching

• Identifying sources of additional professional development for Northeast Arizona Fellows

• Potentially managing one or more Seminar Leaders, who are part time instructors leading the Teaching for Results courses

• Providing Fellows’ classroom performance data to Seminar Leaders in order to customize curriculum based on individual and group needs

Implementation of the Assessment of Classroom Effectiveness

• Securing high-quality teacher performance and student achievement data collection during the Training Institute and during the school year in order to understand Fellows’ effectiveness in raising student achievement

• Working with other Arizona Teaching Fellows staff and TNTP’s Site Advisors to assess participants’ demonstrated effectiveness through student achievement data, principal surveys, and program completion data

• Managing and maintaining feedback loop among Fellows and staff

• Implementing real time decisions/strategies in order to positively affect Fellow performance

Coach and develop all first year Fellows in Northeast Arizona to ensure teacher performance goals are met

• Conducting classroom observations of Fellows in Northeast Arizona in order to assess performance, provide concrete feedback, and identify next steps to improve student achievement

• Implementing a teacher coaching model that ensures rapid teacher growth

• Collecting and tracking teacher performance data and student achievement data

• Using student achievement data and teacher performance data to make data driven decisions about professional development and individualized resources

• Planning and executing professional development seminars and workshops, as needed

• Building and maintaining effective communication structures with Fellows, Principals and other district level staff

• Ensuring that each group of Fellows in Northeast Arizona becomes a well connected cohort of teachers with a positive culture

Proactive sharing of organizational knowledge/best practices

• Contributing to the codification of key knowledge around the effective preparation of new teachers and sharing best practices across all TNTP contracts

• Contributing to organizational initiatives to improve instruction, including instructor quality, backward design implementation, and curricular knowledge

• Making data-driven decisions that advance both the program and TNTP’s organizational knowledge

• Collaborating with other Effectiveness Coaches

Other Program duties, as needed, including:

• Supporting the preparation and execution of the pre-service summer training Institute, as needed

• Building program relationships with key stakeholders, including school administrators, curriculum specialists, and school-based mentors in order to build investment and support of AZTF

• Representing the AZTF program and Northeast Arizona districts at site events including information sessions, selection events, test-prep sessions, enrollment events, and more

Qualifications

We are seeking a candidate who believes deeply in our organization’s mission and who displays a record of achievement. The successful candidate will also demonstrate:

• Support of alternative-route certification and an interest in working with new teachers

• Strong education background and instructional skill set with at least two years’ K-12 teaching experience (required), preferably in high-need schools or with high-need populations

• Track record of raising student achievement

• Familiarity with Arizona curriculum standards (strongly preferred)

• Excellent project management and organizational skills

• Evidence of strong leadership and facilitation skills

• Excellent oral communication and writing skills

• Capacity to work independently and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously

• Ability to thrive in a start-up /changing environment

• Experience developing and leading teacher professional development (preferred)

• The ability to work effectively with others at all levels of an organization

• Comfort working with computers and strong knowledge of MS Office suite

• A willingness to work nonstandard hours and/or occasional weekends

• A willingness to travel locally and to Phoenix

Compensation

The annual salary for this 60% of full-time position (approximately 30 hours a week) is $33,000 with the potential for a performance based bonus. TNTP offers a motivated team of dynamic colleagues, a collegial atmosphere that values professional development and valuable feedback, a comprehensive benefits plan effective on the first day of employment — including low cost medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, a 403(b) plan with matching, potential opportunities for performance based bonuses — as well as the chance to impact the direction of a growing, mission-driven company that is committed to the success of our nation’s children. For more information on TNTP’s competitive benefits package, please visit http://tntp.org/join/our-benefits/

To Apply

Please submit your tailored cover letter and resume online at:

http://tbe.taleo.net/NA5/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=THENEWTEACHERPROJECT&cws=1&rid=1047

We review applications on a rolling basis — so it is to your advantage to apply as soon as possible. We will not consider applications without a cover letter tailored to this position, which can be addressed to the Human Capital department. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of a background check. TNTP is committed to fostering and capitalizing on the diversity of our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer and seek individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply to this position. If you would like to learn more about our mission, please visit our web site at www.tntp.org.

• Location: North East Arizona
• Compensation: $33K
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