School Partnership Site Lead

Job Description

Job Description

School Partnership Site Lead

Engagement Type: Full-time (1.0 FTE)

Location: Hybrid: remote with regular in-person presence across partner school sites; timing is flexible and based on each school’s schedule

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer 

About UP Education Network

UP Education Network partners with school districts to dramatically improve student outcomes in chronically underperforming schools. Our mission is to create exceptional schools for students who are systemically furthest from opportunity. Our partnership model places UP coaches and leaders directly alongside school and district teams (in the building, in classrooms, in coaching meetings), building the conditions for excellence that last long after the partnership ends.

The Opportunity

UP Education Network partners with school districts, including Lynn Public Schools, to support the transformation of schools committed to dramatically improving outcomes for their students. Each partnership is grounded in a clear improvement plan aligned to the school’s priority areas, and is designed to build durable instructional leadership capacity within the school.

The School Partnership Site Lead will serve as the primary point of contact and day-to-day leader for a portfolio of up to five partner schools. This is a high-leverage, high-visibility role for a former principal who thrives working directly with school leaders, is skilled at translating plans into action, and is energized by the complexity of real school improvement work. The role sits at the intersection of instructional leadership, project management, and relationship-building, and requires the credibility, judgment, and drive to lead all three simultaneously, across multiple schools at once.

Specific Responsibilities

Instructional Leadership Development

• Provide targeted professional development and coaching to school leaders and instructional leadership teams across up to five partner schools, aligned to each school’s priority areas and improvement plan
• Lead or participate in leadership and data meetings at each school in alignment with its improvement plan and in direct response to data
• Lead and coordinate the work of UP partnership coaches across sites to ensure alignment toward shared goals, including a weekly UP team meeting and ad hoc coordination as needed

Client Relationship and Partnership Growth

• Ensure high levels of client and partner satisfaction by building strong working relationships with school and district stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to deepen or expand UP’s work with partner districts where needs and interests align
• Ideal candidates also have a strong network within K-12 schools in Massachusetts and are able to assist the CEO in business development and cultivation of future contracts

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a school principal is required, with a track record of dramatically improving student outcomes, ideally in urban schools
• Deep knowledge of instructional coaching practice and the structures that drive adult development in schools (e.g., data meetings, planning routines, observation and feedback cycles)
• Experience working with administrators and teachers, or demonstrated ability to quickly develop content-area coaching credibility
• Strong project management skills; able to hold complex, multi-stakeholder work plans across multiple schools and keep teams moving toward goals
• Skilled relationship-builder who can work effectively with principals, district leaders, and partner organizations
• Comfortable operating with autonomy and judgment in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment
• Clear and compelling communicator, both in meetings and in writing
• Genuine belief in the capacity of schools serving underserved students to become exceptional, and in the importance of that work
• Strong alignment with UP Education Network’s core values: Teamwork, Integrity, Growth, Engagement, and Resilience
• Current authorization to work in the United States; a candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of engagement

Compensation

This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) position. Compensation will be commensurate with experience and scope. Strong performance may lead to expanded leadership across this and other UP partnerships.