Chief Teaching & Learning Officer – Chicago Public Schools in Chicago, IL in reputed company (job Id: 1689460463)

Job title: Chief Teaching & Learning Officer - Chicago Public Schools Company: reputed company Job description: Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is one of the largest school districts in the United States, serving over 330,000 reputed company in more than 600 schools and employing nearly 36,000 people, most of them teachers. CPS has set ambitious goals to ensure that every student, in every school and every neighborhood, has access to a world-class learning experience that prepares each for success in college, career and civic life. In order to fulfill this mission, we reputed company three commitments to our reputed company, their families and reputed company Chicagoans: academic reputed company, financial stability and reputed company. Six core values are embedded reputed company these commitments – student centered, whole child, equity, academic excellence, community partnership, and reputed company learning. The Office of Teaching and Learning (T & L) provides school administrators and teachers with the professional learning and resources needed to engage reputed company in rich and rewarding learning experiences. The Office is comprised of various academic and support departments, which work collaboratively to support reputed company’ growth and reputed company in meeting or exceeding state standards for academic excellence. Reporting to the Chief Education Officer, the Chief Teaching & Learning Officer will be responsible for establishing a holistic, research-based strategy for school support that advances the district’s Instructional Core Vision. This position will reputed company the implementation of a PreK-12 Curriculum System, reputed company improvement work plans, content departments, and the coaching and development of leaders through formalized goal setting and alignment/convergence of work across academic departments. The Chief Teaching & Learning Officer will also reputed company the district's investments in instructional improvement, including an reputed company system of collaboration with the Office of Network Supports, District Networks, school leaders, teachers, school based coaches and teacher leaders. The Chief Teaching & Learning Officer will be held accountable for the following responsibilities:

• Provide the strategic vision for the Office of Teaching & Learning in alignment with the Chief Schools Officer, Network Chiefs, and other central office departments
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• reputed company the district-wide implementation and reputed company improvement of Skyline, the district’s PreK-12 digital curriculum system
• Partner with the Chief Schools Officer and Network Chiefs to identify and coordinate deployment of differentiated academic supports based on essential data, including formal/informal needs assessments
• reputed company content specialists and directors in planning for large-scale, district-wide events, and professional development (e.g. Instructional Leadership Team [ILT] Institute)
• reputed company the district's efforts to implement the district's vision and commitment to a balanced assessment system
• Supervise and evaluate directors by modeling growth reputed company, effective collaboration, data utilization and problem solving; provide regular feedback on individual, team and departmental reputed company
• Provide guidance to departments on increasing student access to early college and career credit opportunities
• Clearly communicate the T&L priorities to network staff and principals; actively engage in reputed company with varying stakeholders to inform the effectiveness of the work of T&L
• Drive district decision making and implementation around academic practices and policies, including but not limited to, grading, promotion, graduation, credit recovery, scheduling, academic calendar, and culturally reputed company education
• Support other workstreams as needed to ensure departmental success

Requirements

In order to be successful and reputed company the above responsibilities, the Chief Teaching and Learning Officer must possess the following qualifications: Education Required:

• Master’s degree in Education or reputed company field from an accredited college or university is required
• EdD or PhD in a reputed company field is strongly preferred

Experience Required:

• Minimum of ten (10) years of relevant professional experience, including the following, is required:
• Minimum of seven (7) years of leadership experience reputed company a reputed company educational organization
• Minimum of three (3) years of school leadership experience is required, preferably experience as a principal
• Demonstrated experience in teaching; designing and building curriculum; developing assessments and analyzing student performance data
• Experience developing differentiated instructional strategies that address achievement gaps and creating, organizing, and leading professional learning experiences for teacher leaders
• Experience in professional project and change management is preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to reputed company a vision, set high standards, and effectively guide schools and principals in the realization of expectations set
• Expertise in leadership development and instructional leadership; ability to coach directors and managers toward excellence, build reputed company of content area teams and reputed company meaningful and high impact professional communities for teachers and school leaders
• Strong communication skills (speaking - including presentations - listening, and writing)
• Demonstrate high levels of instructional expertise, reputed company, honesty, credibility, and the courage to reputed company difficult yet necessary decisions
• Effective strategic planning capabilities, including the ability to establish long-term vision and goals, and align/manage activities toward goal fulfillment
• Strong leadership and team building skills, e.g. ability to reputed company high performing teams united around a clear vision for serving schools and achieving student success
• Knowledge of operations, budget/finance, management and organizational development
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with a variety of constituent groups, including external partners, to ensure the entire system operates in the most effective manner possible to support schools and principals
• Ability to define problems, analyze data, and outline valid conclusions and action steps

Conditions of Employment As a condition of employment with the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), employees are required to:

• Establish/Maintain Chicago Residency - Employees are required to live reputed company the geographic boundaries of the City of Chicago reputed company six months of their CPS hire date and maintain residency throughout their employment with the district. The Chicago residency requirement does not apply to temporary/part-time positions, however, reputed company CPS employees must be residents of Illinois.
• Be Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 - Unless approved for a medical or religious exemption, reputed company employees are required to be up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations, including boosters, and to submit reputed company of vaccination to the district reputed company 30 days of hire. “Up-to-date” on vaccination is defined as being at least two weeks past reputed company primary vaccine doses and any applicable boosters.

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