Associate Director Yale Teaching Fellowship

Position: Associate Director of the Yale Teaching Fellowship

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Overview

The Yale Teaching Fellowship is a collaboration between Yale, New Haven Public Schools, Southern Connecticut State University, and New Haven Promise that serves as a teacher pipeline for New Haven Public Schools. The fellowship trains high-quality teachers from a variety of backgrounds and experiences and promotes long-term teacher retention in New Haven Public Schools. Reporting to the Director of the Yale Teaching Fellowship, the Associate Director will assist in overseeing Yale’s role in managing the program.

This multifaceted role combines teacher development, community engagement, project management, and leadership in higher education. The Associate Director will assist in managing recruitment efforts, coordinating with partners, and providing Yale-based support for fellows and alumni, including hosting recruitment sessions and interfacing with applicants, designing and leading professional development workshops for fellows and mentor teachers, and fostering community and mentorship support for fellows and alumni.

The Associate Director will be critical in developing and offering ongoing wraparound coaching and support to the fellows. This role involves building strong relationships and combines pedagogical coaching, administration, community engagement, knowledge of New Haven, a long track record of teaching and supporting new teachers, an entrepreneurial spirit, attention to detail, flexibility, and a range of other skills.

The Summary and

Job Description duties listed below are generic in nature. Applicants will find the detailed responsibilities listed in this Overview section to be most relevant to the position.

Required

Skills and Abilities

1. Proven and extensive urban public K-12 teaching, curriculum development, teacher training, and coaching experience.

2. Excellent interpersonal, project management, and communication skills.

3. Demonstrated success in building and maintaining collaborative relationships.

Preferred

Skills and Abilities

1. Master’s degree.

2. Proven experience in teacher preparation (e.g., serving as a mentor teacher or new teacher coach in an educator preparation program).

3. Familiarity with teacher residencies is ideal.

4. Familiarity with New Haven’s educational landscape and historical context is highly valued.

Principal Responsibilities

1. Oversees the advancement and growth of the program. Gives direction and leadership supporting the philosophy, mission, strategy, and annual goals and objectives. Assumes primary accountability for disseminating and publishing all program information to create public awareness and support of the program.
2. Works closely with leadership, internal and external colleagues, and community residents to further develop and implement strategic plans.
3. Identifies, solicits, and cultivates community partnerships and collaborations to assist in the development and growth of the program. Develops the metrics to identify and measure the success of the program. Responsible for measurements of grant success and related evaluation.
4. Assists in identifying and evaluating potential future funding sources, and contributes to the submission of grants and contracts supporting the program, including the annual submission and writing of all content areas and budgetary sections of grant applications. Develops and manages the program’s operating budget.
5. Develops the administrative infrastructure of the program. Manages human resource and administrative functions of the program, including staffing and hiring, supervision, performance development, counseling and discipline, if warranted. Oversees and manages information systems, facilities, and space needs.
6. Investigates, identifies, implements, and oversees the maintenance of systems to gather, track, and report information to support the initiatives of the…