Description

• Responsible for ensuring all scholars in the region have access to rigorous, culturally responsive instruction that prepares them for success in college, career, and life. 
• Work with the Executive Director and engage the regional community to define the instructional vision for the region that aligns with Aspire’s mission, vision, core values, and equity commitments, anti-racist stance,  and strategic plan and metrics. 
• Partner with Executive Director, Superintendent of Schools, Managing Directors, principals, Home Office, regional and school site teammates to accelerate the performance of all students and ensure inclusive programming across the region through data driven, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, with an emphasis on eliminating disproportionality in outcomes for our Black scholars, scholars with disabilities, and multi-language learners and continuity with Expanded Learning programming. 
• Collaboratively set and monitor annual and multi-year instructional priorities and strategies to guide the regional strategic plan and school LCAPs.. Rally a diverse group of staff around common goals.
• Partner with counterparts in other regions to shape and refine Aspire’s instructional tenets to ensure a high-quality, culturally responsive instructional program, aligned to Common Core Standards, Aspire’s college and beyond mission, whole scholar development, and our organizational commitment to anti-racism. Align and set tenets that all Aspire regions and schools will uphold and determine areas of autonomy by region and school Lead efforts to communicate,  calibrate, and internalize our instructional vision throughout the organization so that all Aspire teammates are mobilized to act as stewards of our program regardless of role.

• Design and refine tools, guidance and training for school leadership teams to implement a high quality instructional cycle (observation and feedback, student work and data analysis, and intellectual preparation) in alignment with Aspire Student Learning Framework (ASLF) and Transformational Leadership Framework (TLF).
• Design and develop with the Instructional Leadership Team, instructional tools such as Instructional Guidelines. Adopt research-based practices, such as Co-Teaching, and lead curriculum decisions to support standards-based, culturally responsive pedagogy for teachers and leaders.
• Co-leads/partners region-wide equity based programming with a focus on instructional programming on either the Regional Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Council, Regional Equity Team, or Pro-Black Programming Leadership Team.
• Use robust data-driven monitoring and evaluation practices to assess the effectiveness of the instructional program and its execution in driving scholar outcomes at a regional and grade/content level. 
• Supports hosting Instructional Rounds and Learning Walks across schools with school leaders and other members of the regional team
• Ensure regional curriculum resources are vertically aligned (Tk-12), research-based, and support scholars across all scholar groups (i.e., SPED, MLL and Black scholars) and integrate culturally responsive social emotional programming.
• Design and deliver (or partner with external partners where needed) robust professional development with a meaningful integration of social-emotional learning for school leaders, school leadership teams and teachers. 

• Serve as a champion for the region's academic equity efforts and serve as a strong voice to make sure instructional systems are equitable, that our curricular resources are culturally responsive, as well as ensuring that our scholars have the opportunity to engage with a diverse set of perspectives and texts during their instructional time. 
• Design and manage the regional Instructional Leadership Team to create regional curriculum and pedagogy resources to meet a high bar for deep learning, cognitive lift, and cultural congruence. 
• Provide direct coaching and support to regional teammates to drive the alignment and connection of their work to regional and school priorities to ensure effective implementation of strategies. Implement a tiered support approach, based on the instructional needs of the school and the regional and Aspire-wide goals.
• Through regular visits to school sites, provide coaching and support to direct reports, principal supervisors and school leaders, that increase their efficacy in improving instruction.
• Support principal supervision, development, and coaching of school leaders, at the discretion of ED and in alignment with other roles in the region.

• Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, and direct varied and extensive teaching programs; ability to coordinate the overall instructional program for Aspire.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with parents, principals, teachers, supervisors, other responsible school, local, and state officials from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Ability to engage in conversations that might push people out of their comfort zones, especially in regards to discussions about race and educational equity.
• Has engaged in work to address individual lens of racial and social oppression, and also led work to disrupt oppression on a systemic level.
• Demonstrate knowledge of, and support for, the Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements including antiracism, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior
• Broad knowledge of the methodology, procedures, policies, and practices required to deliver quality instruction, especially as it pertains to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and culturally responsive teaching and leadership.  
• Ability to communicate skillfully, both orally and in writing, including preparing complex reports, making formal oral presentations, and participating effectively in a variety of meetings. 
• This role will require travel up to 70% to schools across the region and may require some periodic travel to all Aspire regions and/or other locations for conferences/professional development.

• Bachelor's degree required
• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university preferred 
• Possession of an administrative credential in school administration preferred 

• 7+ years of field experience in education, including experience as a teacher and in an administrative or supervisory position. 
• At least two years as a leader at the regional, network, or district level supervising region-wide instructional program and teammates with a proven track record of student success