Director of Operations Fellow
Company: Uncommon Schools
Location: Camden
Posted on: April 20, 2024
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Job Description:
Company DescriptionUncommon Schools is a nonprofit network of
high-performing, public charter schools providing an outstanding
K-12 education in historically under-resourced communities. We have
proudly built schools that reflect our student population, with
more than 60% of our teachers and staff across our network
identifying as a person of color. Uncommon currently manages 53
schools serving 19,000 students in five cities: Boston, Camden, New
York City, Newark, and Rochester. We are proud that Uncommon
graduates persist in and graduate from college at five times the
rate of their peers nationally. We achieve this by offering strong
academic, co-curricular, and social-emotional learning that
prepares students for success in college and beyond.Job
DescriptionWe are always looking for excellent school leadership
talent. While this is not an immediate opening, we welcome your
application to begin the conversation about future opportunities
that may arise.At Uncommon Schools, we know running exceptional
schools takes more than great instruction-it also takes exemplary
operations! Uncommon Schools' operations leaders work passionately
to ensure that our faculty maximizes time and energy on student
achievement. We design, implement, and refine systems that
anticipate the needs of our school community. As service-oriented
leaders, we tackle problems, share standard methodologies across
campuses, and respond to urgent needs. We partner to build an
academic and cultural environment which supports our ultimate goal:
ensuring that every student will earn a college degree.The Director
of Operations Fellowship is a year-long, full-time program that
prepares you to become a Director of Operations (DOO) of an
Uncommon school. As DOO, you co-lead alongside a Principal,
partnering to ensure your students receive an exemplary
education.The Fellowship is based on a foundation of four core
elements that are aligned to the competencies of Uncommon leaders.
Each element is designed to build Fellows' capacity towards
becoming effective Directors of Operations. These include
Fellowship Deliverables and School Immersion; Evaluation and
Feedback; Operations Leadership Meetings, and Professional
Development.The DOO Fellowship typically lasts one year; however,
flexibility is key as the fellowship can range from a couple of
weeks (due to a mid-year transition) to more than a year (if an
opening is unavailable [more common in smaller regions] or if the
Fellow would benefit from additional time to develop). Fellows
should expect to work in multiple locations and gradespans within
the region. Fellow placement is based on the region's needs as well
as Fellows' growth areas and matching them with host DOOs to best
support their development.Fellowship Deliverables and School
ImmersionFellows are placed at an existing Uncommon school and
serve as full-time members of the school's operations team. They
engage in operations work at their host school, tackle
Uncommon-wide operations projects, and conduct observations and
analysis of operational systems. Fellows are responsible for
completing a variety of pre-determined deliverables designed to
provide active learning that supports the development of their
leadership. -Evaluation and FeedbackFellows receive coaching and
feedback from their Regional Superintendent of Operations and host
DOO. This support is rooted in their Individualized Development
Plans, which are customized around their strengths and areas of
growth.Operations Leadership MeetingsFellows meet periodically with
current DOOs, other Fellows in their region, and Fellows across all
of Uncommon to share and problem solve around current
cross-organization operational challenges and to build their
network of current leaders. -Professional DevelopmentStarting in
the summer, Fellows engage in professional development focusing on
Cultural Leadership, Management, and Operational Leadership. Each
session will be led by our experienced group of Regional
Superintendents of Instruction, Home Office teams, and a select
group of external partners. Some examples of professional
development sessions provided to our Fellows are Connecting with
and Leading Teachers; Difficult Conversations; Managing Teams and
Groups; Financial Management, and School Transportation, Food
Services, and Health & Safety.Qualifications
Keywords: Uncommon Schools, Cherry Hill , Director of Operations Fellow, Executive , Camden, New Jersey
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