Senior Officer, Leadership Academy Network

Position Summary

The Senior Officer is responsible for implementing the Leadership Academy educational model with fidelity. This position will ensure that the Leadership Academies maintain a culture of instructional excellence, high student expectations, and social-emotional supports. The Senior Officer will support school leaders in exercising autonomy to solidify and extend the academic gains achieved to-date.

• 1. Build strong and professional relationships with school leaders, understand their needs, and help them access supports aligned to those needs
• 2. Lead the process for development and evaluation of annual School Improvement/Operational Plans, including annual needs assessments
• 3. Lead and oversee the Network’s curriculum and instruction program
• 4. Collaborate with school leaders to design, vet, select and implement resources and strategies related to curriculum, instruction and school culture
• 5. Lead the instructional quality monitoring process
• 6. Support schools to collect, analyze, and respond to data to inform their school improvement efforts and support performance reporting
• 7. Develop and implement systems for sharing strong practices and lessons learned across the Leadership Academy Network

• 1. Supervise Leadership Academy Network Leadership Team to support campuses
• 2. Work to expand the pool of high-quality talent and expert coaches supporting the Leadership Academies
• 3. Develop deliberate talent pipelines for school leaders, teacher leaders, and strong new talent
• 4. Work with school leaders to craft tailored professional development plans
• 5. Vet, negotiate and approve professional development partnerships/vendors
• 6. Evaluate school leaders and make school leadership transition decisions with support from Texas Wesleyan staff and the Steering Committee
• 7. Facilitate change management at schools with leadership or structural transitions
• 8. Serve as a liaison between the Leadership Academies and the Steering Committee.
• 9. Communicate with and make regular presentations to the Steering Committee and when necessary, the Texas Wesleyan governing board and the Fort Worth ISD Board of Trustees
• 10. Build relationships and communicate regularly with school communities including members of the Network Educator Council, families, and vendors

• 1. Work with all stakeholders in the development and execution of operational guidelines relating to school staffing, budgeting, student assignment, technology, and IT services.
• 2. Manage and resolve issues between operational service departments of the District.
• 3. Manage all centralized functions in coordination with District departments as necessary, including student enrollment, discipline, athletics, and all federal and state reporting.

• 1. Serve as a spokesperson for LAN as needed
• 2. Participate in communications planning and providing press release information and public awareness materials
• 3. Represent LAN at conferences and functions, legislative presentations, and community presentations as needed.

• 1. Oversee the budgeting process for LAN
• 2. Liaise with FWISD and University departments to ensure on-time transfers of funds to LAN campuses
• 3. Work with FWISD and University departments to ensure smooth functioning of key financial systems, including procurement, HR, and school
  -level budgeting
• 4. Negotiate and manage contracts for any shared services across the LAN campuses. Support the Dean of the School of Education and other Texas Wesleyan leadership for contracts as needed.
• 5. Support fundraising efforts for LAN as needed.

• Doctor of Education and/or related fields required.
• TPESS certified

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