Contracted School Redesign Specialist
Contracted School Redesign Specialist
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The Department of Elementary & Secondary Educations Office of Charter Schools and School Redesign (OCSSR) is seeking a contracted employee to perform the following essential duties:
The Contracted School Redesign Specialist will support OCSSR staff in its oversight of existing charter and virtual schools and will support the development of support structures for charter school developers.
The experienced specialist will provide support in three primary areas:
Support the Accountability Team in implementing the charter school and virtual school accountability process:
Participate in accountability site visits to charter schools that assess charter school performance in terms of the Massachusetts Charter School Performance Criteria contribute to resulting written site visit reports that become part of each schools body of evidence for charter renewal
Review and analyze charter school and virtual school accountability data
Contribute to the ongoing improvement of the Massachusetts charter school and virtual school accountability systems
Review all site visit materials; participate in review processes of site visit materials; and draft suggestions to update site visit materials
Review annual reports to ensure alignment with expectations
Assist the Coordinator of Accountability Monitoring in disseminating best practices aligned to the Departments strategic objectives.
Support the School Redesign and Virtual School Manager with new virtual school procedures and virtual school applications:
Assist in developing an opening procedures handbook for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Virtual Schools help in reviewing submissions for new virtual school(s) and ensure the virtual school meets opening procedure expectations.
Assist in renewal of the virtual school certificates by reading applications for renewal preparing for upcoming renewal inspections and writing summaries of the virtual schools performance.
Contribute to the ongoing improvement of Massachusetts virtual school application materials and review processes.
Support the Assistant Director in developing a pipeline of prospective charter developers:
Develop and implement an applicant pipeline development plan to assess engage and support the readiness of qualified charter applicants and existing high quality charter schools to apply for and implement a new charter school or significant expansion. The plan will effectively identify individuals groups or schools for participation in development support.
This pipeline development plan will:
Include a landscape analysis of potential developers taking into context the unique needs of historically resilient student populations potential demand for innovative school models the developers experience and success serving their community and the developers capacity to implement a high quality charter school; and
Include the development of specific tools for use by developers to assess their readiness to apply and implement the proposed new charter or expansion.
Include curated resources related to specialized expertise in specific areas of charter school development including but not limited to governance finance student recruitment and retention community stakeholder engagement special education English learner education curriculum and instruction assessment systems and program evaluation family engagement school culture and climate human resources and operations.
Perform additional duties as assigned.
Minimum qualifications required at hire:
Knowledge of the Massachusetts K12 educational environment (including legal requirements policy etc.
Deep understanding of and experience with the operations of charter schools and virtual schools particularly in Massachusetts or similar charter authorizing contexts
Familiarity with charter and virtual school authorizing including accountability oversight applications and new or expanding schools.
Experience effectively engaging a diverse array of stakeholders (including staff school or district leaders; nonprofit/communitybased organization leaders; community members members of charter/virtual school boards of trustees etc. across multiple lines of differences
Demonstrated commitment to advancing educational equity including racial equity in current and previous roles
Ability to travel to sites or schools across the Commonwealth
Preferred Qualifications:
Extensive experience and expertise with key areas of charter development including but not limited to community engagement; diversity equity and inclusion practices within school settings; educational program development; school operations; governance; and finance
Ability to work with stakeholders in a culturally affirming manner
Experience creating userfriendly content and training materials using Office suite and multiple forms of media
Implementing and maintaining systems and tools for gathering mining integrating and reporting data
Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize across multiple areas of responsibility
This is a part time contracted position 35 hours per week 12month position. This position will follow our hybrid schedule of at least 2 days in the office. The extension of this contracted position is contingent upon funding availability and approval.
Please be sure to include a cover letter and resume with your online submission.
Questions regarding this posting or the application process should be referred to Maureen OBrien @
Comprehensive Benefits When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package. We take pride in providing a work experience that supports you your loved ones and your future. Want the specificsExplore our Employee Benefits and Rewards! An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.Females minorities veterans and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age disability national origin veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Research suggests that qualified women Black Indigenous and Persons of Color (BIPOC)may selfselect out of opportunities if they dont meet 100 of the job requirements. We encourage individuals who believe they have the skills necessary to thrive to apply for this role.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Part-Time
