Director of Correctional Education

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The Director of Strategic Growth will launch, lead, evaluate, and scale Phoenix’s prison education initiative as a statewide network priority. The role begins by building a high-quality pilot connected to Phoenix Springfield that serves 25 currently justice involved young adults, ages 18–25, and supports each student on a path to graduation, whether graduation occurs while the student is incarcerated or after release or transfer.

This is a senior leadership role for someone who can move fluently between daily implementation and long-range strategy. The Director will work at the correctional facility each day during the launch phase, participate in Phoenix Springfield all-staff activities, coordinate academic design and quality across network and school leaders, build a rigorous data and learning partnership with the MA Department of Education, and turn pilot evidence into an actionable statewide growth strategy.

• Chief Operating Officer, who oversees operations & atrategic planning, will serve as the supervisor of record and own performance management, strategic alignment, and execution.
• The Phoenix Springfield Head of School will have a formal “dotted-line” coaching relationship, focusing on campus integration, school operations, and culture.
• As the academic leader of the organization, the Chief School Officer, will have a formal “dotted-line”, focusing on the implementation of instructional model, curriculum, assessment, and student supports,
• This role will also be in close partnership with correctional-facility leadership and staff;
  Department of Education partners;
  Phoenix network teams; educators; students and their support networks; and community reentry programs.

• Own the full planning, launch, and implementation of the 25 student pilot at the Hampden County House of Corrections, including program design, budgeting, staffing, timelines, partner coordination, operational readiness, risk management, and ongoing performance.
• Build trusted working relationships inside the correctional facility and translate facility requirements into reliable daily operations.
• Establish student recruitment, eligibility, enrollment, records, scheduling, safety, communication, and continuity procedures.
• Lead rapid problem-solving while maintaining clarity, documentation, and accountability across partners.

• Develop the pilot’s academic program, learning agenda, performance measures, and data-review processes to assess implementation quality, student outcomes, and the conditions required for success.
• Partner with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and other state agencies to evaluate the Hampden County pilot and determine how Phoenix can be positioned to expand the model to additional correctional facilities.
• Use quantitative data, qualitative evidence, student experience, and partner feedback to strengthen the pilot, identify limitations, and establish clear criteria for future expansion.
• Assess Phoenix’s organizational readiness to expand beyond Hampden County, including academic capacity, staffing, operating infrastructure, technology, partnerships, funding, and leadership requirements.
• Develop the strategy, budget, staffing model, implementation plan, and multiyear financial projections required for responsible statewide expansion.
• Identify and evaluate potential expansion sites using clear…