Associate Partner, Customized Coaching & Training (NYC Charter Literacy Consortium)

Location: New York, NY and surrounding areas (Due to the frequency of travel and time requirement on the ground, candidates must live in NYC or the surrounding area.) Type: Full-Time Team: Professional Education, Customized Coaching & Training Start Date: As soon as possible Summary: Relay Graduate School of Education (Relay) is an accredited not-for-profit institution of higher education serving thousands of educators from across the country, from pre-service teachers to system-level leaders. Our mission is to ensure that all students are taught by excellent educators in order to build a more just world where every student has a clear path to a fulfilling life. At Relay, we know that great schools require great leaders. As part of the Professional Education vertical at Relay, the Customized Coaching & Training team is deeply committed to developing school leaders with the skills and mindsets to lead their students to academic and character success. The Associate Partner is a unique and challenging opportunity to influence and lead in this work by providing critical coaching and on-the-ground support to sitting principals, principal supervisors, and chief academic officers in Relay Leadership Programs and Relay partner networks and districts. Reporting to and in partnership with the Managing Partner or one of the Partners on the Customized Coaching & Training team, this role involves collaborating with colleagues on instructional preparation, serving as the main contact for network and district leaders through professional learning communities, coaching, and site visits, and delivering feedback to enhance leaders' outcomes-driven practices. Additionally, the Associate Partner will help shape content and lead sessions for professional learning events like the National Principal Academy Fellowship. This position offers the chance to join a dynamic Professional Education and Leadership Programs team, working alongside experts in school leader development. This role will primarily serve the requirements of the NYC Charter Literacy Consortium (CLC) project. The CLC project aims to support NYC charter schools with the implementation of high-quality literacy instructional materials aligned to the science of reading. Associate Partners assigned to this project will support charter management organization (CMO) leaders, school leaders, and teachers through capacity building efforts focused on increasing their understanding of what excellent curriculum-based instruction looks like, as well as the systems and structures for continuous improvement. Role’s Contributions (Duties and Responsibilities): The essential responsibilities of this position, while not limited to the following, will include: Virtual & On-Site Coaching (~60%) Provide exemplary coaching and successful partner support implementation by directly supporting a portfolio of charter schools participating in the CLC Use the baseline assessment annually to collaborate with local partners and districts to set goals for coaching engagements aligned to the larger district implementation plan Establish systems for quarterly progress monitoring and communication in alignment with the coaching engagement’s set goals; Cooperate with local stakeholders to remove roadblocks to coaching implementation Provide individualized weekly or monthly coaching to principals and/or senior level instructional staff Facilitate regular data and video review/practice lab protocols as needed to achieve each engagement’s coaching goals Facilitate problem solving and action planning consultancies as needed to support content implementation Conduct network or district site visits as outlined in partner contracts to observe and gather data and lead site-based action planning to accomplish engagement goals Synthesize performance data, track cohort progress and identify gaps in network, district, and participant understanding, implementation, and outcomes Note: Partner portfolio will be determined annually…