Regional Director of College Success - Houston (Immediate Opening)

IDEA Public Schools • Houston, TX

7d • $86,500 - $101,200

About The Position

The Director of College Success supports their regions to send all graduates to America’s best colleges. The Director is responsible for the supporting the National strategy and following through all college readiness and matriculation initiatives. The Director of College Success supports and coaches the regions Directors of College Counseling and College Counselors.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of experience in K-12 education or a related field.
• Experience developing and leading professional development around CCMR, TSI, HB4545,
• Experience with creating master schedules, transcripts, record requests, tracking failures and updating On Track to Graduate (OTG) reports for campus staff
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

Nice To Haves

• Education: Master’s degree is preferred.
• Experience: 3 Years of college access or readiness experience is preferred.
• Experience Managing people or teams is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute college enrollment campaigns (quality applications campaign, financial aid campaign, matriculation campaign) for a portfolio of schools
• Matrix-manage DCCs, CCs, and RTTC teachers towards college enrollment, Tier 1, and Tier 2 college matriculation, improving ACT scores, and improving OTG rates
• Administer operating mechanisms that supervise, coach and support DCCs, CCs, and RTTC teachers towards goal attainment
• Initiate and oversee initiatives that improve the quality of student applicants and, in turn, the quality of college admissions and college enrollments
• Create and execute high quality professional development for regional and campus stakeholders to improve college enrollment and completion goals
• Enforce procedures for schools that both meet college readiness compliance requirements and create transformational practices that improve college completion rates
• Plan for and create a system for following up with high priority senior students throughout the school year and the summer. (SCHOOL Portfolio)
• Ensure 100% high quality applications to selective and highly selective universities (SCHOOL Portfolio)
• Lead and Co-Lead high quality Professional Development for DCCs and CCs.
• Additional Duties as assigned.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees