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Job Profile Title
Director C

Job Description Summary

Catalyst @ Penn GSE connects people and ideas across diverse constituencies to develop innovative ways to address persistent and emerging problems in education. Building upon Penn GSE’s history of leadership in education, Catalyst is both a collection of unique programs and a facilitator within and beyond the University. Throughout its work, Catalyst combines education, business, and technology to embrace an ongoing process of generating, testing, adapting, and disseminating best practices. Catalyst’s new and established programs cut across sectors to serve educators, entrepreneurs, researchers, policymakers, investors, business leaders, and others with a stake in education’s power to create opportunity for all learners.

Job Description

The Director, Center for School Study Councils is responsible for the design, delivery, execution and assessment of all facets of the Center for School Study Councils. The purpose of the Council is to lead and support the leadership growth and capacity building of regional superintendents so that our regional school systems are continuously strengthened. The Center is a primary source of leadership development for regional superintendents and the Center’s role in connecting research and practice is key to our region’s educational community. The Director is responsible for planning, innovation, connections and resulting delivery of multiple facets of programming.

DUTIES

• Design, deliver and evaluate annual programming for regional superintendents and their assistants.
• Promote research, networks and programming that extend the core work of the Center while staying current in the research that applies to leadership, school effectiveness, design of teaching and learning, governance and innovation.
• Establish multiple pathways for delivery of services to leaders and districts.
• Connect the University/Catalyst/GSE to the regional schools with partnerships, services and research.
• Analyze the ongoing leadership and knowledge needs and gaps of practicing superintendents
• Support individual and groups of leaders who present specific problems of practice which the Center can address with programming, learning opportunities, resources, etc.
• Oversee the Center’s budget, office and personnel

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 5-7 years relevant experience required; Doctoral degree preferred.
• Track record of developing research-based, compelling professional development opportunities in leadership
• Passion for and experience in identifying new research in education environments
• Excellent organizational and program management skills, with emphasis on priorities and goal setting
• Superior communication and presentation skills with ability to communicate information clearly and concisely with senior leaders
• Skill to understand and propose products and solutions by focusing on client requirements Ma
• Team player with capabilities to manage diverse stakeholder priorities toward consensus
• High energy, results orientation and creativity

Job Location - City, State
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department / School
Graduate School of Education

Pay Range
$72,837.00 - $138,391.00

Affirmative Action Statement

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Special Requirements

Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.