Training and Resource Manager – Prince George’s County Teaching Fellows
Prince George’s County, MD
The New Teacher Project (TNTP) helps school districts and states fulfill the promise of public education by ensuring that all students—especially those from high-need communities—get excellent teachers. A national nonprofit organization founded by teachers, TNTP recognizes that although teachers matter more than any other school factor in student success, the nation’s education systems are not aligned with the goal of an effective teacher in every classroom. In response, TNTP develops customized programs and policy interventions that enable education leaders to diagnose their teacher quality challenges and find, develop and keep great teachers. Since its inception in 1997, TNTP has recruited or trained approximately 33,000 teachers—mainly through its highly selective Teaching Fellows™ programs—benefiting an estimated 4.8 million students. TNTP has also released a series of acclaimed studies of the policies and practices that affect the quality of the nation’s teacher workforce, most recently including The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Differences in Teacher Effectiveness (2009). Today TNTP is active in more than 25 cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans, New York, and Oakland, among others. For more information, please visit www.tntp.org.
We are currently seeking a Training and Resource Manager for our Prince George’s County Teaching Fellows program in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The Training and Resource Manager will be a TNTP employee based out of Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. This position is available beginning in December 2009.
The Program
The Prince George’s County Teaching Fellows is an initiative established in 2007 by The New Teacher Project in partnership with Prince George’s County public schools to help systematically increase the concentration of high-quality teachers in the city’s lowest performing schools and build a high-quality pipeline of new teachers to the district. The Prince George’s County Teaching Fellows recruit talented, motivated career-changers and recent college graduates dedicated to raising student achievement in the Prince George’s County Public Schools. Fellows train in the summer and begin teaching in high-need schools in the fall, earning a full-time salary while attending classes to earn their Maryland Standard Professional Certificate.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.pgcteachingfellows.org
Role and Responsibilities
The Training and Resource Manager will be responsible for the successful planning, implementation and evaluation of the Pre-service Training Institute. In addition, the Training and Resource Manager is responsible for ongoing program administration, which is connecting Fellows in their first and second year of teaching to resources throughout the school year to ensure their success in the classroom.
Pre-Service Training Institute
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
In June, Fellows will begin a five-week Pre-service Training Institute designed to prepare them for teaching in a high-need Prince George’s County public schools. Fellows will benefit from a curriculum with an emphasis on raising student achievement and will attend seminars and workshops on standards, foundations of teaching, and classroom management.
Specifically, the Training and Resource Manager will be responsible for:
• Leading hiring, training, and managing of PGCTF seasonal training staff
• Implementing TNTP’s curricular framework and materials based on District initiatives, culture, and organization
• Developing and implementing an operations and communications plan for the Training Institute
• Planning for Training Institute opening and closing ceremonies including securing speakers, panelists, workshop presenters, etc.
• Assisting with the management of pre-summer Fellow activities like school observations
• Recruiting, hiring, and training Cooperating Teachers to work with Fellows during Summer School
• Ensuring Fellows meet the objectives of the Training Institute curriculum
• Ensuring students participating in our summer school program achieve rigorous academic goals
• Developing and maintaining relationships with District staff
• Ensuring that each group of participants becomes a well connected cohort of teachers with a positive culture
• Assessing faculty performance in order to continually improve Training Institute quality
Program Administrative Support Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Acting as the main contact person for Fellow concerns (instructional and administrative)
• Providing and/or coordinating classroom observations for Fellows
• Producing and distributing monthly newsletters for the PGCTF program
• Planning and facilitating regular professional development meetings during the school year
• Ensuring all Fellows receive a district assigned Mentor
• Identifying development areas for struggling Fellows and developing targeted improvement plans
• Developing structures to ensure that Fellows fulfill our program mission of increasing student achievement
• Ensuring all Fellows are enrolled in and meeting certification requirements either through the district’s credentialing program or through another means
This position offers the successful candidate the opportunity to have a profound impact on how teachers are prepared to teach in hard-to-staff schools in Prince George’s County.
We are seeking candidates who believe deeply in our organization's mission, thrive in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment, and who display a record of achievement.
Successful candidates will also demonstrate:
• Interest in and support of alternative routes to teacher certification
• At least two years teaching experience in high-needs schools in low-income communities, preferably in Prince George’s County
• Track record of raising student achievement
• Familiarity with Maryland curriculum standards (preferred)
• Previous experience developing and leading teacher professional development
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills
• The ability to work effectively with others at all levels of an organization
• Comfort working with computers and strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite
• A willingness to work non-standard hours and/or occasional weekends
