Director of Early College [Managerial, Tier D] (SY26-27)

Job Responsibilities

• Manage, and in the future, Expand Early College Partnerships
• Primary manager and contact with our EC partner (UMass Boston)
• Plan and execute all logistics including coordination of schedules, advising, and registration
• Develop college readiness program
• Arrange college experiences and exposure activities
• Work to coordinate all necessary testing and pre-registration activities
• Collaborate around budget, materials, and necessary programmatic elements
• Coordinate tutoring and other support services
• Cookordinate and facilitate vertical curriculum alignment work
• Lead Student Focused Early College Registration and Support
• Facilitate and support all registration and scheduling with students
• Conduct all academic and early college advising
• Provide necessary student support at all levels including tutoring and social-emotional support
• Lead a team of staff to recruit and interview students and families for entrance in the EC program
• Provide orientation for newly enrolled students in the EC program
• Provide regular workshops for 9-11th graders on the benefits and opportunities in Early College
• Organize tutoring for all Early College students through higher education and community partnerships
• Organize tutoring schedules for tutors and students
• Regular progress report monitoring of students
• Communicate student progress to families
• Collaborate with members of the RBA and higher education community to support struggling students
• Communicate the purpose and mission of Early College at BCLA to students and families
• Collect and reflect 2-3 times per year on early college data including academic achievement, enrollment, and college matriculation and persistence data
• Manage all grants, applications, and data as it relates to Early College, district, and state accountability

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field required
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the field of education, college advising and admission, school guidance counseling, or related field in a school setting
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in developing, managing, and scaling up Early College Programs
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience with grant management, grant reporting, budgetary development, and project management and implementation.
• Strong skills in presentation, designing, planning, implementing, and monitoring projects/programs
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience managing multiple early college partners
• Skillful relationship builder with young people, educators, and caregivers
• Belief that all students are capable of extraordinary things and it is our job to create the conditions for students to be successful
• Demonstrated experience working with a diverse population or community and strong cross-cultural skills
• Ability to work with youth and deliver services in an individual, small group, and large group setting
• Ability to use technology platforms for data analysis, scheduling, and communications
• Fierce commitment to anti-racism

Skills and traits

• Collaborative
• Highly organized and outstanding follow-through
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, GoogleSheets and GoogleForms
• Eager to learn, grow, and solution-oriented

Terms

Managerial Tier D. Please refer to www.bostonpublicschools.org/ohc under "Employee Benefits and Policies" for more information on salary and compensation. Salaries are listed by Unions and Grade/Step. NOTE: School-based managerial employees will work 223 days between July 1st and June 30th each year. The 223-day work-year will include the 180 days in which school is in session, and the additional days will be determined by the employee and the principal or school leader of the school. School-based managerial employees are not eligible for vacation time or compensatory time. In the event of school cancellation due to snow or inclement weather, school-based managerial employees need not report to work.