Director, Equitable Culture & Climate

About Alliance College-Ready Public Schools

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is one of the largest and most successful nonprofit public charter school networks in the nation, operating 25 high‑performing, middle and high schools that educate nearly 13,000 scholars who make up the heart of Los Angeles’ Latinx, Black, and recent immigrant communities. Alliance schools have been recognized as among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, the U.S. Department of Education, and the California Department of Education.

Since opening our first school in 2004, 95% of Alliance scholars have graduated from high school. We strive to uplift our scholars and their communities by fostering unparalleled educational opportunities that encourage scholarly thought, resilient learning, powerful communication, mind‑body wellness, and community advocacy.

The Director, Equitable Culture & Climate is a forward‑thinking and dynamic change agent responsible for developing the vision, goals, and strategy for Alliance’s scholar culture and equity initiatives in collaboration with Alliance staff and senior leadership. Reporting to Alliance’s Vice President, Scholar Culture, Belonging, and Equity, the Director will own the implementation of Alliance’s Culture of Learning strategy with a specific DEI lens to increase organizational capacity to embed DEI practices throughout scholar culture systems and experiences.

This role is a heavy contributor to overall strategy and execution of Leader of Scholar Culture/Dean development.

• Team Leadership and Management
  • Directly manages and coaches the Equitable Culture and Climate Team, including Instructional Specialists, supporting all 25 Alliance schools toward achieving ambitious goals and outcomes in a timely manner.
  • Facilitates regular check‑ins with direct reports, providing feedback and development for progress to goal attainment.
  • Conducts regular outcome‑driven team work planning, meetings, and progress monitoring practices.
  • Establishes and maintains the team’s portfolio model of direct school support.
  • Provides guidance and ongoing development experiences to team members toward a shared vision of a strong, equitable culture and climate.
• Functional Strategy Leadership
  • Establishes functional‑area vision, goals, and strategy in partnership with the supervisor, including building scholar culture systems and strategic culture leadership to combat chronic absenteeism.
  • Co‑leads Culture of Learning network strategy and guides the contribution of self and team in implementation teams aimed at providing direct‑to‑schools individualized support.
  • Develops and refines systems for dean development, including walkthrough and coaching cycles, in partnership with internal and external partners to ensure alignment to Culture of Learning priorities.
  • Identifies needs and leads the creation of systems, tools, and work plans that help facilitate the timely execution of functional strategy across schools.
  • Coordinates cross‑functional collaboration to achieve goals and milestones that build infrastructure for equitable scholar culture and climate.
  • Plans and executes signature events and initiatives that foster inclusive school environments and celebrate cultural diversity, including scholar‑centered celebrations, community engagement events, and DEI‑related programming.
• Professional Development Design and Delivery
  • Contributes to and co‑designs an outcome‑driven learning arc for Leaders of Scholar Culture (LOSCs)/Deans, including structured cycles of practice, observation, and feedback in partnership with Teach Like a Champion.
  • Provides targeted coaching and modeling, including through structured walkthrough cycles, to help LOSCs/Deans grow in their ability to coach teachers and staff on scholar culture and engagement.
  • In partnership with home office teams, strategizes intentional shared spaces of learning and collaboration related to Equitable Scholar Culture and Climate.
  • Serves as a mentor to Specialists, school leaders, and Home Office staff to build equitable culture champions.
  • Leads the design and facilitation of professional development…