Director of Career Connected Learning

Organization: Collegiate Edu-Nation (CEN)

Position Title: Director of Career Connected Learning

Salary Range: $85,000-$95,000

Location: Missouri (Remote with required minimum of once a month travel across partner school districts as well as Texas for a minimum of 4 training sessions per year)

Position Type: Full-Time / Administrative Leadership

Reports To: Chief of Schools / Executive Leadership

Collegiate Edu-Nation (CEN) is a technical assistance provider that facilitates the transformation of rural student outcomes and rural workforce development by partnering with local school, community, and business leaders to establish and support regionally relevant P-20 education systems. CEN acts as an intermediary by connecting member school districts with training and resources in a number of critical areas, including capacity building, intentional service supports, statewide networking, professional development, and continuous improvement systems.

CEN advances a future-focused vision of college and career readiness through affordable access, transformative educator development, and exemplary technical support.

The Director of CEN Career Connected Learning Implementation serves as a member of the School Impact Team bringing evidence-based practices into classrooms across Missouri network districts. Reporting to the Chief of Schools, this role is responsible for the successful execution, coaching, and evaluation of the 7 Essential Elements of the Collegiate Edu-Nation (CEN) P20 model to drive exceptional student outcomes, support workforce alignment, and reduce generational poverty.

The Director works directly with district leaders, campus administrators, and teachers to increase student engagement, improve student achievement, and build educator capacity within the CEN Model. Key responsibilities include facilitating professional development, conducting instructional learning walks and rounds, supporting intervention programs, supporting career connected learning activities, college and career pathways and ensuring the implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) aligned with Missouri learning standards.

1. Implementation of the 7 CEN Essential Elements

The Director leads strategy, coaching, evaluation, supervision, and scaling for seven core CEN model elements:

• Culture of Innovation: Foster an environment of creativity, vision, and forward-thinking leadership. Guide districts in building strategic alignment, collaborative stakeholder engagement, and structured mentoring systems.
• College & Career Pathways Framework:
  • Provide comprehensive coaching and technical assistance to rural school leaders and teams launching or expanding college and career pathways.
  • Oversee college design, higher education and industry partnerships, work-based learning (WBL) continua, dual-credit access, and College and Career Readiness standards.
  • Ensure pathways include a vertically aligned, age-appropriate career-connected learning continuum from middle grades through graduation.
  • Support cross-sector collaboration between K–12, higher education, and workforce partners to ensure successful program design and execution.
• Data-Informed Decision Making:
  Train educators and assist campus leaders in analyzing nationally normed assessments (e.g., NWEA MAP), curriculum-based assessments, summative/formative data, and centralized data tools to drive instructional adjustments, monitor CCMR, and refine district practices.
• Learning Walks & Instructional Rounds: Lead structured, evidence-based classroom walkthroughs and Harvard-style instructional rounds with campus leaders to evaluate instructional effectiveness, analyze trends, address Problems of Practice, and provide actionable feedback.
• Student-Centered Instructional Design:
  • Guide the selection, analysis, and execution of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM), Research-Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS), and models such as Experiential Learning, Blended Learning, PBL, and STEM.
  • Demonstrate and communicate researched-based instructional practices that engage all students in high-cognition learning environments.
• Student-Directed Research (SDR & 4-H): Direct K–12 student-led research initiatives in partnership with university extension networks (e.g., University of Missouri Extension / 4-H). Oversee grade-level research progression and annual…