Manager, Leadership Development

Teach For America • Little Rock, AR

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Manager, Leadership Development (M,LD), you will be responsible for implementing targeted coaching and development strategies for a targeted subset of corps members (CMs), grouped based on shared trends in development needs, to lead transformational, equity-driven classrooms grounded in our universal program model and your region’s 2030 vision. Your work begins the moment these CMs join Teach For America, supporting their instructional growth, leadership development, and ability to navigate the broader school and community ecosystems. In collaboration with regional and national partners, you’ll drive impact through three core areas of responsibility: Teacher Leadership Coaching – Provide individualized, data-driven coaching to corps members that enhances their instructional skills and promotes both academic and social-emotional growth in students. School and Community Partnerships –Collaborate with school staff as needed to support corps members toward their learning and development goals. Group Learning Experiences – Implement focused group learning opportunities, such as workshops and coaching milestone events, for selected corps members. These experiences should strengthen corps member leadership, align with regional goals, and include clear learning outcomes, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous improvement based on feedback. The ideal candidate is a strong relationship builder with leadership coaching experience, an equity-centered approach, and a systems-level understanding of the CM ecosystem. You are skilled at managing multiple workstreams, using data to drive decisions, and working both collaboratively and independently toward bold outcomes for students and corps members alike. A WEEK IN THE LIFE Likely, no two weeks in the MLD role will look the same! Our program is characterized by key milestones over the two-year commitment. The typical activities you will engage in will vary according to the season of the work and will overlap, as you will support CMs in both their first and second year of our program. As we begin to welcome our new CMs into our work this winter and spring, you could spend your time talking to prospective CMs and assisting them with their acceptance of offers from TFA. During this time of year, you will likely spend time gearing up for our pre-service experience by supporting stakeholders in designing a strong CM learning experience. You’ll be on-site at one of our summer teaching practicum sites during the summer, observing lessons and coaching corps members. As the academic year gets into full swing, you’ll observe a subset of CMs, and prepare for and execute coaching and support as needed. You’ll work in partnership with others in your CMs’ ecosystem of support should additional interventions need to be put in place to ensure the retention and development of your CMs. Throughout the year, you will work to deepen your internalization of our universal program model and your region’s 2030 goal. You’ll be engaging in meetings and collaborative workspaces with both members of CMALD and your area to prepare for and execute meaningful engagements for our CMs and other stakeholders throughout the year. You will also spend time gathering, inputting, sharing, and analyzing data, as well as completing administrative tasks to ensure the smooth functioning of our program. WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR In this role, you will: Provide individualized, data-driven coaching to corps members that enhances their instructional skills and promotes both academic and social-emotional growth in students, grounded in shared developmental trends, the universal program model, and the regional 2030 vision. Collaborate with school staff in targeted school partnerships, ensuring clear communication and proactive problem-solving to enhance corps member development, increase retention, and drive student outcomes. Implement focused group learning experiences, such as workshops or milestone events, tailored to the needs of a subset of corps members and aligned to regional and national priorities. Across all workstreams, operate with a deep internalization of our shared programmatic metrics and goals to guide your work, monitor progress towards outcomes, and evolve your actions as necessary to account for new information and/or current results. Serve as an “all hands on deck” team member to both CMALD and your regional team by adding capacity to projects and initiatives as they arise.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2+ years of relevant experience, with specific expertise in coaching and/or developing adults
• Willing to drive long distances within a day (our region is highly geographically complex, with corps members placed across Jackson, the Mississippi Delta, and Arkansas)
• Willing to work flexible hours with some nights and weekends; willing to travel 1-2 times per year for conferences

Nice To Haves

• Experience coaching and advising capable and competent leaders through complex challenges towards impact
• A track record of getting results while managing multiple large-scale projects simultaneously
• Deep investment in TFA’s mission and a commitment to live out our core values and our commitment to people, community, and opportunity for all
• Belief that there is a place for both standard and customized approaches to supporting CMs in service of both of universal program model and a region’s contextualized 2030 goal
• Ability to make meaning of multiple sources of data to inform strategic decision making and action planning at different levels (i.e. cohort, region, hub)
• High skill and orientation towards managing up; in our model, you will have a capabilities manager (SMD, LD) and colleagues that you will need to work closely with, it will be necessary for you to proactively engage each of them to support your development and impact in this role
• Have energy for/get joy from inquiry-based, leadership coaching (as opposed to more specific instructional coaching)
• Be able to connect the dots between the big picture and execution of operational tasks (e.g. data entry and tracking, supporting the follow-up to Americorps compliance needs, etc…)
• Strength in critical problem solving - you can strategize and plan at a high level with baseline information (templates/examples not needed) and bring in your colleagues and managers as thought-partners
• High willingness to both draw on your own experiences and adaptability to try new approaches
• Exceptional relationship builder with CMs, school leaders, and other external partners
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
• Strong sense of self-awareness and understanding of strengths and areas for development
• Skilled in creating and upholding accountability practices to ensure cohort, regional, and enterprise success
• Skilled in conducting needs assessments, analyzing complex landscapes, and deriving a set of strategic levers to support prioritized needs
• Demonstrated ability to: work with a level of autonomy, and make strategic decisions in varying and nuanced situations
• Develop and cultivate effective relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders and support them in contributing to a shared goal
• Listen, learn, and earn credibility with all constituencies, then decisively move forward to implement agreed-upon solutions
• Manage multiple priorities, prioritize effectively, and alternate fluidly between thinking about the big picture and executing on specific strategies

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized, data-driven coaching to corps members that enhances their instructional skills and promotes both academic and social-emotional growth in students, grounded in shared developmental trends, the universal program model, and the regional 2030 vision.
• Collaborate with school staff in targeted school partnerships, ensuring clear communication and proactive problem-solving to enhance corps member development, increase retention, and drive student outcomes.
• Implement focused group learning experiences, such as workshops or milestone events, tailored to the needs of a subset of corps members and aligned to regional and national priorities.
• Across all workstreams, operate with a deep internalization of our shared programmatic metrics and goals to guide your work, monitor progress towards outcomes, and evolve your actions as necessary to account for new information and/or current results.
• Serve as an “all hands on deck” team member to both CMALD and your regional team by adding capacity to projects and initiatives as they arise.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level