Assistant Director, Center School Study Councils, Penn GSE

Assistant Director, Center for School Study Councils, Penn GSE

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Posted Job Title

Assistant Director, Center for School Study Councils, Penn GSE

Job Profile Title

Coordinator B

Job Description Summary

The Assistant Director supports the mission of Penn GSE and the University of Pennsylvania in engaging meaningfully, intentionally, and with documented impact on children and youth throughout the United States. The Center for School Study Councils does so by facilitating and supporting professional development for K-12 system leaders to transform leadership in the industry and improve the educational outcomes and overall well-being for children and families impacted by the American education system.

The Assistant Director ideates, manages, and oversees the training and professional development components of the CSSC's evolving membership and partnership portfolios as well as the program operations. This coordination involves supporting recruitment, communications, curriculum and pedagogy, and data collection efforts, to ensure that these efforts have a documented impact and lead to increased capacity within the partner programs or institutions.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Program Operations and Finances
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  Design and manage administrative systems to support CSSC, including overseeing and managing schedules and group & individual communications with Council members (comprised of around 80 members), the Coastal Collaborative's cohort in California, the PEERS group, the Wallace Foundation ECPI cohort, and local individuals in respective districts that are partnered with CSSC;
  Manage the CSSC budget and Wallace grant budget;
  Write and submit applications to the Pennsylvania and Delaware Departments of Education for CSSC's ability to grant state credit for sessions;
  Track and report session attendance to PA and DE;
  Convene, support, and manage the PEERS group;
  Prepare, troubleshoot, and track all payments and expenses associated with CSSC;
  Facilitate the hiring process for speakers;
  Construct announcements for Study Councils monthly meetings;
  Manage and oversee the Director's schedule as needed.
• Oversee Events and Programming: Ideate, manage, and plan events for the Center for School Study Councils (CSSC);
  Facilitate professional development sessions as needed;
  Organize, manage, and implement in-person and virtual events, conferences, and convenings for CSSC, the Coastal Collaborative (CCC), the PEERS group, the Wallace Foundation ECPI cohort, and school districts, including finding and contracting speakers, and creating and distributing event registration forms and program evaluations, travel, reservations, catering, technology;
  Represent CSSC erate ideas for Study Councils, CCC, and PEERS meeting topics. Work with outside groups and internal faculty and staff to develop and administer programming such as webinars, in-person summits, and…