Director, Programs

iEducate•Houston, TX

10h•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Programs is responsible for ensuring high-quality program implementation at school campuses. This involves managing the onboarding and support for campus-level stakeholders and driving consistent, effective tutor development. The role is crucial for the organization's success as it manages Tutor Supervisors who are key to program delivery and ensuring a positive experience for tutors and school partners. As iEducate plans to scale, the Director of Programs will be instrumental in ensuring programmatic offerings achieve ambitious high-impact tutoring outputs, teacher development, and student learning outcomes.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in K–12 education leadership, team management, direct supervision of staff, program management.
Track record of leading teams and campus initiatives to achieve measurable program and student learning outcomes.
Track record of success in dramatically improving student academic outcomes and coaching educators to do the same.
Excellent professional development session facilitation and coaching skills.
Experience using program frameworks, evaluating performance, and using data-driven insights.
Excellent communication and collaboration with diverse stakeholders alongside excellent communication skills for resolving issues in alignment with organizational values.
Strong problem-solving abilities to identify issues, develop solutions.
Strong self management and goal and results orientation.
Excellent organizational skills.
Adaptability to program shifts with a results-oriented focus on achieving KPIs.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting early-career educators or tutors strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Translate program goals into an overarching stakeholder coaching strategy that includes clear systems, coaching practices and team routines that drive consistent execution across campuses and achieve program implementation goals.
Oversee and support seasonal Tutor Supervisors (TS’s) in onboarding principals, campus coordinators, partner teachers, and other school-based stakeholders.
Oversee and support TS’s in campus implementation to ensure fidelity to program model (high impact tutoring dosage, instructional support models) and alignment with district priorities.
Oversee and support TS’s in providing ongoing support to campus teams to ensure clarity on program expectations, tutoring schedules, data processes, and communication norms.
Use data to identify program implementation needs and adjust support strategies accordingly to achieve program implementation goals.
Oversee and support TS’s in their oversight, supervision and management of tutors.
Create and oversee tutor professional development and coaching strategy to drive tutor effectiveness in teaching skills, professional dispositions and student learning.
Use data to identify tutor needs and adjust support strategies accordingly to achieve tutor development goals.
Oversee and support regular school-site visits, instructional observations, and stakeholder coaching sessions.
Track program metrics, support documentation, and alignment with partner commitments.
Collaborate with the VP, Partnerships & Programs on improvement strategies and program innovation.
When organizational needs require it, directly own relationships with campus stakeholders to drive program implementation and/or serve as the direct manager of tutors to drive tutor development and student learning goals.
Conduct tutor interviews.