Education Manager

Turning the Page is seeking an experienced educator who is passionate about educational equity, family engagement, and empowering caregivers as leaders in their children’s learning and development. The ideal candidate engenders trust and inspires confidence in the community. The Education Manager will report directly to Turning the Page’s Director of Programs.

Core Responsibilities

The Education Manager shall collaborate with principals, teachers, staff and community partners and will be responsible for implementing programs at Turning the Page partner schools (preK-8th grade), focusing on:

Mobile Meetings, which provide parents with one-on-one support to advance their children’s learning, such as strategies for increasing reading motivation and connecting more effectively with their children’s teachers, and access to resources in the community. The Education Manager will recruit and engage parents to participate in Mobile Meetings and will lead the meetings and follow-up.

Parent Workshops, designed to enhance at-home learning and collaboration with parents and caregivers and their children’s schools. The Education Manager will recruit and engage parents to participate in workshops, as well as design and lead engaging, culturally responsive workshops and learning experiences that build parents’ and caregivers’ capacity to support their children’s academic achievement, literacy development, and social-emotional well-being.

Digital Resource Hub and Newsletter, digital spaces for sharing information and resources to everyone involved with Turning the Page. Parents, teachers, and community partners can access and share learning resources for educating children at home and in the community, and the Education Manager will both create and disseminate digital content.

Building Home Libraries. Turning the Page provides parents with high quality, new books to add to their home libraries. The Education manager shall participate in the selection and distribution of books to participating families.

Pathways to Higher Education and/or Careers. Turning the Page engages with middle school families and partners across TTP programs to ensure that caregivers and their students have the information and resources necessary to understand the pathways to graduating high school and moving on to higher education and/or careers. The Education Manager will build partnerships, design educational materials, compile resources, and facilitate workshops dedicated to achieving these aims.

Core competences required

Three to seven years, full-time related experience, with classroom teaching experience a plus.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate well with colleagues and community partners
• Experience facilitating workshops or trainings for adults, families, or community groups
• Demonstrated ability to develop curricula for school and community-based programs
• Extremely well organized
• Excellent writing skills
• Ability to strategically plan
• Ability to supervise program staff
• Ability to enter and analyze data for program evaluation purposes
• Demonstrated team player
• BA in related field, Masters in Education or related field a plus
• Knowledge of Salesforce, Microsoft Excel, Google Workspace and Tableau a plus
• Knowledge of the public education system and the role of the community and public in improving public schools.

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to Kara Winerman, Director of Programs, at kwinerman@turningthepage.org

Position includes health, dental and vision (fully paid for by Turning the Page).

English, Spanish a plus