Job Description
Job Description
The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) seeks a visionary, social-justice-oriented leader to guide all instructional efforts for the Department of Youth Services (DYS) Education Initiative. This Director will strategically drive multi-year efforts across Massachusetts to strengthen real-world and relevant learning experiences that prepare middle-school to post-secondary-aged justice-involved youth for social and economic mobility. We require a leader dedicated to and experienced in advancing student-centered learning, cultural responsiveness, and systemic innovation to improve educational outcomes.
Who We Are & Our Values
We are a community of innovative professionals dedicated to providing personalized instruction and support for DYS educators and youth, striving to create environments where every learner can flourish.
Our core mission is centered on Social Justice and Equity.
We value:
As the Director of Teaching, Learning, and Innovation for the DYS Education Initiative, you will:
Terms of Employment
CES is an equal opportunity employer and is particularly interested in candidates from a diverse range of cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. We are especially interested in candidates whose backgrounds are well-suited to understanding and addressing the needs of the diverse student population we serve.
Welcome to ATX Learning
The Collaborative for Educational Services (collaborative.org) is a nonprofit educational service agency founded in 1974. The Collaborative serves children and youth, educators, schools and school districts, and communities. Our mission is to develop and foster educational excellence and opportunity for all learners through collaboration and leadership. The Collaborative is a community of innovative and effective professionals dedicated to improving education. We know that everyone is a learner from the day they are born, and we know how to create classrooms and other environments in which every learner can flourish. We know how to reach, inspire, support, and educate children, youth and adults, and we help others to do the same.
Job Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) seeks a visionary, social-justice-oriented leader to guide all instructional efforts for the Department of Youth Services (DYS) Education Initiative. This Director will strategically drive multi-year efforts across Massachusetts to strengthen real-world and relevant learning experiences that prepare middle-school to post-secondary-aged justice-involved youth for social and economic mobility. We require a leader dedicated to and experienced in advancing student-centered learning, cultural responsiveness, and systemic innovation to improve educational outcomes.
Who We Are & Our Values
We are a community of innovative professionals dedicated to providing personalized instruction and support for DYS educators and youth, striving to create environments where every learner can flourish.
Our core mission is centered on Social Justice and Equity.
We value:
- Inclusiveness, equity, and diversity
- Quality and excellence
- Innovation, creativity, and vision
- Collaboration and a commitment to creating a community of care
As the Director of Teaching, Learning, and Innovation for the DYS Education Initiative, you will:
- Ensure all educational initiatives are aligned, focused, and responsive to the strengths and complex profiles of our diverse student body.
- Lead the design, development, and evaluation of high-quality, culturally sustaining curricula, with a strategic focus on the academic development of English and Multilingual Learners (MLs).
- Ensure all frameworks prioritize literacy across the curriculum, embedding reading, writing, and critical thinking skills within all academic, enrichment, and vocational offerings.
- Design, iterate, and monitor the resources required for ambitious student-centered programming, including a balanced assessment system (formative, summative, and interim) that prioritizes meaningful learning over testing.
- Oversee a comprehensive professional learning strategy that includes supporting high-impact instructional coaching, learning teams, and other mechanisms for advancing our student-centered and personalized approach to teaching and learning.
- Advance a student-centered approach to teaching and learning across all settings and engage internal staff, host agencies, community partners, and state stakeholders to strengthen the coordination and success of the DYS/CES educational initiative.
Terms of Employment
- Full-time, year-round position
- 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday
- Salary Range: $100,000 to $150,000
- We expect candidates hired into this position to begin in the $100,000 to $125,000 range.
- Benefits available as outlined in the CES Employee Handbook
CES is an equal opportunity employer and is particularly interested in candidates from a diverse range of cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. We are especially interested in candidates whose backgrounds are well-suited to understanding and addressing the needs of the diverse student population we serve.
Welcome to ATX Learning
The Collaborative for Educational Services (collaborative.org) is a nonprofit educational service agency founded in 1974. The Collaborative serves children and youth, educators, schools and school districts, and communities. Our mission is to develop and foster educational excellence and opportunity for all learners through collaboration and leadership. The Collaborative is a community of innovative and effective professionals dedicated to improving education. We know that everyone is a learner from the day they are born, and we know how to create classrooms and other environments in which every learner can flourish. We know how to reach, inspire, support, and educate children, youth and adults, and we help others to do the same.
Job Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Education & Licensure: Master's Degree or higher in Education or a related field (relevant experience may be substituted).
- Valid Massachusetts Administrator's License (Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent, Special Education Director, or Supervisor/Director) or eligibility to obtain one prior to hire.
- Curriculum & Instruction: Demonstrated success in curriculum development, including the ability to build, pilot, and scale instructional frameworks. Deep knowledge of Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and state educational regulations. Familiarity with student-centered approaches, such as project-based learning and/or experiential learning, is desired.
- Systemic Change & Equity: Proven track record in advancing systems change, equity, and culturally relevant and sustaining practices.
- Experience: Significant experience in school administration, youth development, and/or social justice focused programming. Experience teaching diverse youth populations with complex learning profiles.
- Skills & Attributes: Exceptional facilitation, organizational development, project management, and "research-to-practice" implementation skills. Must be entrepreneurial, collaborative, flexible, and effective in navigating challenging situations and diverse personalities.
- Travel: Must be able and willing to travel throughout Massachusetts
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