Part-time Consultant

Mass Insight Education & Research•Boston, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Mass Insight Education & Research is a Boston-based nonprofit serving schools and students nationwide. We partner with states, districts, schools, and other stakeholders across the U.S. to create K-12 education systems and programs that meet the needs of all students preparing them to fulfill their academic potential and pursue choice-filled lives. Our Commitment to a Respectful and Supportive Workplace We are committed to building an organization where every individual is valued for their unique perspectives and contributions. We invite and encourage our current and future team members to join us in creating a workplace grounded in respect, fairness, and opportunity for all. Consultant Position Summary Mass Insight is seeking a highly effective instructional leader/coach for a short-term project focused on building leadership capacity and supporting the progress monitoring of instructional practices in a high school. This role requires a strong, secondary instructional lens, the ability to coach leaders, develop professional development arcs, and organize/visualize data in ways that drive action towards school goals. This support will be provided both in-person, onsite at a high school and virtually. The goal of this project is to build department head leadership capacity while supporting progress monitoring in classrooms to strengthen Tier 1 instruction and ultimately improve student outcomes.

Requirements

Have at least 5 years of experience for those who have worked within or in partnership with K - 12 schools or districts and responsible for coaching, consulting, and/or developing Principals, school leaders, or school leadership teams.
Demonstrated experience in qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
Hold a bachelor's degree.
New England Based

Responsibilities

Support the development of an arc of learning for collaborative planning time for four content areas: ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies. o Arc of learning for each content area to focus on professional development for teachers to implement key instructional strategies to improve Tier 1 instruction, aligned to the school improvement plan, goals, and priorities.
Build the leadership capacity of department leads (ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies) to facilitate highly effective departmental collaborative planning meetings in alignment with the arc of learning
Join two (2) departmental collaborative planning meetings each week (Monday mornings and Thursday mornings), in-person to lead, support the facilitation, and over time, gradually release the facilitation to the department lead
Conduct eight (8) classroom walkthroughs each week (two for each content area – ELA, math, science, and social studies for a total of eight)
Synthesize walkthrough data and build a data dashboard and/or visual to support the Instructional Leadership Team in progress monitoring their efforts; present data in a way that helps participants make meaning and determine next steps to reach school goals
Virtually, join a portion of the Instructional Leadership Team meeting each Tuesday morning to share walkthrough data and support progress monitoring
Weekly collaboration and coordination with internal team members and district partners, as needed to ensure aligned and coherent support.
Build the trust of client-partners to influence and inspire partner actions, leveraging relational vs. positional authority.
N avigating nuances across stakeholders,including managing own resources and time.
Operationalize a scope of work (e.g. take big goals and objectives and create a concrete plan).
Weekly collaboration and coordination with internal team members and district partners, as needed to ensure aligned and coherent support.
Collaborate with Directors/Managers to ensure ongoing communication, updates, and/or problem solving as needed.