OUR ORGANIZATION

The National Education Equity Lab is a rapidly scaling education justice non-profit that seeks to propel economic mobility by democratizing access to higher education. We deliver, and support, actual college credit bearing courses from our nation’s top colleges and universities (Howard, Stanford, Wharton, Spelman, Brown and more) into teacher-led high school classrooms in Title 1 underserved schools - at no cost to students. Since starting in 2019, we will have reached approximately 25,000 scholars, from 120 districts, 25+ states, by the end of this year. While in early stages, our results to date have been exciting.

 

We are a passionate, 100% remote team of former education and civil rights leaders, teachers, policy-wonks, and consultants - with an active board, including, former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman, University of Pennsylvania Professor Angela Duckworth, CEO of the Common App, Jenny Rickard, and former Howard University President, Dr. Wayne Frederick. 

 

To learn more about our mission and our work, please read the New York Times front-page feature, or check out our website edequitylab.org.

 

THE ROLE

The Managing Director, Academics is responsible for the planning and development of all College-in-High School courses, including faculty onboarding, course development, and instructor support, as well as cross team coordination to ensure all college courses are academically rigorous, accessible to a high school audience, and develop essential college-skills, all while upholding the standard of quality education for students across the country. 


The ideal candidate will have a gift for instructional planning and instructional coaching and will understand how to strengthen the teaching practices of our high school co-teachers and teaching fellows and strategically ensure that all courses meet the diverse learning needs of our scholars as they prepare for college - and beyond. They will provide personalized, onboarding support to faculty and administrators, familiarizing them with the essential components to successfully launching a college course within the Ed Equity Lab’s College-in-High School model and ensuring that co-teachers in our high schools have the resources and training needed to successfully support their students. This role will report to the Chief People and Impact Officer.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manage the Instructional Planning and Learning Design teams to ensure all College-in-High School courses are fully developed and ready for implementation, including the successful launch of courses on our Canvas platform;
  • Manage the onboarding process for new College-in-High School courses, including introducing college and university faculty and administrators to the project management workflow for course development and ensuring the timely completion of all deliverables ahead of course launch;
  • Review and improve key course components of existing College-in-High School courses in collaboration with faculty and administrators, as well as the Course Success team; make specific recommendations to maintain academic rigor while adding scaffolding; 
  • Develop (from first draft to final edit) onboarding guides, training materials, and other stakeholder-wide support documentation for both high school co-teachers and teaching fellows to ensure scholar success;
  • Analyze data to improve scholar success, in partnership with the Course Success and Data & Research teams;
  • Review course components and structure for all proposed College-in-High School courses in partnership with University Partnership & College Access team;
  • Manage critical, cross-team projects to ensure strong course delivery including “start strong” and closeout; 
  • Collaborate with all Lab departments (High School Success, Course Success, University Partnership & College Access, Operations, Data & Research, etc.) to create structures that ensure a “strong start” and closeout of all College-in-High School courses;
  • Support all other department heads and other team members in additional cross-functional activities (e.g., special events, donor reports and presentations).

 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree;
  • 6-8 years experience in instructional planning and/or instructional coaching;  
  • Demonstrated ability to manage people and projects;
  • Expertise is project management and project-solving;  
  • Analytical mindset with proficiency in data analysis and the ability to derive actionable insights; 
  • Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills;   
  • Adept at working both independently and in collaboration and be able to think creatively and strategically;
  • Knowledge of instructional best practices and familiarity with educational technologies.

 

HOW TO APPLY

If you are passionate about transforming education and contributing to equitable outcomes, we invite you to join our team at the National Education Equity Lab. To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter here outlining your relevant experience and commitment to educational equity.

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