Senior Coach, Partnerships (Mountain/West)

EL Education is a national nonprofit that partners with educators to transform K-12 schools and districts into hubs of equitable opportunity. Guided by a multi-dimensional vision of student achievement, we support all students to cultivate their unique genius and contribute to a better world. EL Education offers research-proven resources and practices, including the acclaimed EL Education K-8 Language Arts curriculum, Core Practices, and aligned professional learning. EL Education was founded in 1991 and currently serves 450,000 students in diverse communities across the country. Learn more at ELEducation.org.

Location: Must live in one of the states listed on the job post (Mountain/West range). Preference to candidates in Denver, CO or the Bay Area, CA. Must also reside within 1 hour travel to an airport.

• This position requires regular in-person coaching at partner sites, typically involving 3–5 consecutive days of on-site work per trip regionally or nationally, for an average of around 60% travel during work days throughout the year. In-person site visits are a core responsibility of this role and are not optional. When not traveling for site-based work, employees may complete responsibilities from a home office, as directed by their manager.
  
  

Status: Full Time

Starting Salary: $85,000 - $100,000

OPPORTUNITY

The Senior Coach, Partnerships works closely with the leadership team to ensure high-quality delivery of contracted services to partners to maximize impact. The Senior Coach, Partnerships works cross-functionally, collaborating with other members of the team, and other internal teams within EL Education (Research, Program, Product, Curriculum Design, etc.) to ensure a comprehensive and coherent approach to achieving impact goals. This person will design and facilitate high-quality professional development within partnerships and will support the Partnership Leadership Team in preparing partnership staff to do the same. The Senior Coach is responsible for maintaining a high level of expertise related to EL Education’s intellectual property, facilitation techniques and instructional model. This is a full-time position that reports to the Partnership Director.

Responsibilities

Develop Materials and Facilitate Professional Development (35%)

• Support strategic planning and the development and execution of district partnership contracts and work plans
• Develop and lead creative, interactive experiences that model the engagement and practices expected in EL Education classrooms, both face-to-face and virtual.
• Organize and facilitate professional development with stakeholder groups (i.e. school leaders, district leaders, teachers).
• Manage projects and/or grants specific to partnerships, including creating in-person and virtual content, developing resources, delegating work, tracking communications, overseeing delivery, and documenting outcomes
  
  

Coach School Leaders, Coaches and Teachers (25%)

• Coordinate and manage professional learning and coaching schedules with school partners to maximize on-site time and fully support school leaders and teachers.
• Provide thought-partnership and capacity building support to school leaders to ensure impactful professional learning and implementation of curriculum.
• Building capacity in school-based coaches by coaching alongside them through calibration sessions, walkthroughs and feedback cycles, modeling lessons, and solving implementation dilemmas.
• Plan and execute structures for successful adult learning: face-to-face professional development institutes in large group settings, virtual professional development (synchronous and asynchronous), and individual coaching sessions as needed.
  
  

Progress Monitoring and Support (20%)

• Monitor progress through continuous improvement cycles grounded in EL Education’s 3 Dimensions of Student Achievement in schools by providing professional development and curriculum implementation tools
• Ensure continuity in between on-site visits with follow up emails indicating next steps and proactive, frequent communication with school partners
• Flexibly problem-solve issues related to professional learning and curriculum implementation at any given school/district site.
• Partnering with building leaders and leadership teams to monitor and adjust strategy to achieve goals.
• Manage and maintain data and results: service delivery, instructional impact, and partner program satisfaction.
• Support, celebrate, and report on achievements of district / school goals and milestones.
• Maintain accurate records: documenting direct service and planning within Salesforce, utilizing expense management system, etc.
  
  

Capacity Building and Mentorship (15%)

• Liaise with EL’s internal team to understand the research, design and theory of EL Education’s instructional model.
• Support, mentor, and empower partnership team staff to deliver services to partners and with partner schools and districts.
• Support the creation and development of proposals and presentations (i.e responses to RFP’s, presenting at conferences, etc.) and similar resources as needed
• Provide professional development and presentations to diverse audiences at the national level.
  
  

Be Crew (5%)

• Collaborate with colleagues to solve problems of practice, create efficiencies, and commit to an organizational norm of continual improvement.
• Partner with internal teammates and other stakeholders across the organization to support each others’ work and contribute to the broader success of EL Education
• Model and represent the attitudes, practices and pedagogy of EL Education with partners and all internal and external stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

Traits & Competencies

• Mission-Driven: You have a deep connection to EL Education’s mission and vision, and a focus on educational equity drives your work and your personal “why”.
• Strategic Thinking: You set ambitious but achievable goals, then make a comprehensive plan to get there. You can zoom out and zoom in frequently, seeing the forest AND the trees, to achieve your team’s goals.
• Relationship Skills: You work effectively and build trusting, collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds, both internally (staff and leadership at EL) and externally (school leaders, teachers, etc).
• Outcomes Focus and Problem-Solving Ability: You are results-oriented—an active problem solver as challenges arise. You are able to navigate large complex systems, demonstrate political savviness, and deal with ambiguity to achieve desired outcomes.
• Equity Awareness: You possess an awareness, and self-awareness, of the impact of power and role of equity in your work; you actively center equity considerations in actions and decisions.
• Clear Communication: You are skilled at all types of communication, such as writing effective emails with appropriate tone and ask, leading high impact professional development, and communicating feedback.
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Minimum 5 years of K-12 public school classroom experience required; school leadership experience preferred
• Minimum of 2 years experience at EL Education.
• Minimum of 2 years experience with Professional Development/Professional learning development
• Minimum 2 years instructional coaching experience
• K-8 literacy curriculum implementation experience strongly preferred
• Familiarity with teaching or implementing EL Education ELA curriculum, EL Education Core Practices, Design Principles and 3 Dimensions of Student Achievement preferred
• Master’s degree in education, educational leadership or related field preferred
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

The starting salary range for this position is $85,000 - $100,000 annually. We offer a wide variety of benefits, including paid time off, 403b match, paid parental leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, and more.