program manager, school redesign - Denver, United States - Denver Public Schools

Description

OFFICE OF SCHOOLS
Traditional 235 work days per year


FTE:
1.0


Salary Range:
$77,550 - $93,060


Essential Functions and Objectives:
Responsible for managing the District's school design processes, including turnaround planning, restart, redesign.

Leads the implementation and management of the District's School Design processes and manages the school planning process, including new school design and school closures.

• Leads the implementation of the District's process for school restarts and redesigns.
• Manages all aspects of the school planning year (Year0), including principal planning support, community design, facility readiness, curricular supports, budgeting, scheduling, staff hiring and training, and all readiness planning for school to open.
• Manages the school board's process for school improvement and closure for District managed schools, facilitating school teams through an Accelerated Improvement Planning process that culminates in a deep improvement plan with board approval.

Implements the community design process based on District decisions around school mergers, closures, and consolidations.

• Leads the District's planning for new schools that are called for through the Call for New Quality Schools, including applicant cultivation, application sponsorship, and application development through the District's competitive application process.
• Manages the start up/launch of school turnaround plans and new school openings, including all aspects of the school's academic and operational readiness and planning for sustainability (phase in) and financial planning to scale over the first five years of implementation.

Knowledge, Experience & Other Qualifications:

• Two (2) or more years experience with school start up and district and state policy on school turnaround.
• Two (2) or more years experience working with school based teams or leading professional development programs with schools.
• Two (2) or more years experience with change management processes and community engagement preferred.
• Knowledge of socialemotional intelligence curricula, behavior intervention, and/or multitiered systems of support, trauma informed care and implementation processes.
• Understanding of state and district policies around school turnaround.
• Expertise in school design processes.
• Work style that yields high results when working independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to foster effective relationships with district staff, schools, and external partners.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and multitask without compromising integrity or fidelity.
• Ability to develop, plan, and implement short and longrange goals, establish priorities, and organize resources.
• Inspired, visionary who can foster/generate excitement, buyin and understanding with colleagues and employees outside of the team.
• High degree of integrity in handling confidential information.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office/Google products including Word, Excel, Outlook, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required.

Additional Information:

• Work Year Calendars (including accrued time off):
• Benefits (including DPS contributions):
• Compensation Structures:
• Employee must live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working for Denver Public Schools

About Denver Public Schools:
Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood.

Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation.

DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.