College and Career Pathway Manager
College and Career Pathway Manager
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11-04-2025
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Aspire Public Schools operates a network of highperforming college preparatory charter schools serving scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998in an effort to transform the inequitable racial social and gender outcomes that our communities persist throughAspire is one of the largest and most forwardthinking openenrollment public charter school systems in the nation.
Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college career and life. At Aspire we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge skills and power to access and make choices for their families and postsecondary lives. Every day our community of students families teachers and staff comes together to learn work and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (WellBeing) Culture of Belonging Community Partnership Agency & SelfDetermination and Joy.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
In service of supporting Oakland high schools in the Bay Area region to achieve their academic targets the College and Career Pathway Manager is responsible for promoting Aspires mission of graduating students who are college career and life ready by leveraging relationships within local regional state and national communities to ensure students have the means opportunity and preparation to succeed in college and in the workplace. The College and Career Pathway Manager manages the implementation and ongoing improvement of Linked Learning Career Pathways across schools. Reporting to the Principal and in close collaboration with the Bay Area Regional Team this impactful role also supports the development of high quality secondary programming at Aspire Bay Area.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Manage Pathway Programs and Operations 60
Strategic Planning
- Provide instructional leadership aligned to the 4pillars of linked learning (CTE standards alignment interdisciplinary/PBL experiences exhibitions and senior portfolio)
- Support admin teams to align programming strategic plan and goal development to the 4Pillars
- Manage master scheduling aligned to pathway development
Talent Development
- Hire and supervise pathway teachers with a focus on CTE credentialed positions
- Coordinate pathway teacher training and externship opportunities
- Hire and supervise other members of the Pathway team (internships coordinators pathways coaches etc.
Work Based Learning
- Coordinate a continuum of workbased learning opportunities with external partners
- Promote the integration of career concepts and workbased learning opportunities into academic courses the academic advising program and within the school community more broadly
- Support Academic Counselors with WBL alignment and AG UC Course creation and submission
Marketing and Enrollment
- Determine 9th grade enrollment targets
- Develop pathway marketing materials and family/community communication plan
Progress Monitoring
- Assist in developing and monitoring tiered supports systems (COST team MTSS etc.
- Monitor pathway data and key deliverables communicate data and results to key stakeholders
Manage Pathway Partnerships 20
- Develop and execute MOUs and partnership agreements with partner organizations (BUILD Youth Uprising Genesys Works TBD partners etc.
- Collaborate with Peralta to develop CTE/Pathway aligned sequence of college courses
- Collaborate with the Pathway Advisory Board local industry partners and pathway teachers to develop curriculum and workbased learning experiences aligned to industry need
Manage CTE/Linked Learning Grants and Certifications 20
- Pursue pathway grants (Measure N CTEIG Strong Work Force etc.
- Manage certifications (Measure N Linked Learning Gold etc.
- Oversee facilities planning and upgrades related to pathway implementation
Organizational Relationships
- Works closely with the Regional Instructional Leadership Team and and Data Team to maximize the ability of Aspire Public Schools to interrupt inequities in college preparedness for our young people.
- Collaborates with Regional Operations teams to coordinate events and support facilities upgrades.
- Performs other related duties as required and assigned.
Organizational Impact:
- Support the reimagining of secondary programming at Aspire Bay Area (transition from College for Certain to College and Career for Certain).
- Align PostSecondary Success programming to equity initiatives (i.e. AG Graduation rates for Black students students with IEPS and ELs).
- Drive enrollment efforts via program marketing.
- Support the Charter Renewal process by aligning programming to the Measure N initiative and OUSD vision for secondary schools.
- Secure funding for secondary schools to develop CTE/Linked Learning programming.
Additional:
- Demonstrate knowledge of and support the Aspire Public Schools mission vision value statements including antiracism policies and procedures operating instructions confidentiality standards and the code of ethical behavior
- Actively seeks to improve and simplify Aspires approach to particular job functions
- Comfortable with utilization of technology in a remote environment
- This role may require travel up to 80 time to schools across Oakland and may require some periodic travel to all Aspire regions and/or other locations for conferences/professional development
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
Required knowledge skills & abilities:
- Vast knowledge of AG and aligned career pathway implementation (CTE programs Linked Learning dual enrollment etc.; and ability to implement and oversee this implementation.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate collaboration across teams.
- Instructional leadership and teaching experience required: proven results in student learning as both an instructional leader and a teacher
- Knowledge of teacher and leader development frameworks and ability to codevelop aligned content and systems
- Experience in schools with adult learning and professional development required
- Outstanding ability to lead including influencing and motivating others
- Ability to learn quickly and to be effective in a fastpaced dynamic entrepreneurial environment: able to work autonomously and thoroughly with independent selfreflection as well as take direction as needed
- Demonstrated educational philosophy and methods that encourage the development of active and lifelong learning
- Ability to demonstrate creative and flexible thinking
- Strong time and task management skills enabling multiple projects to be completed on time
- Alignment to and urgency around Aspires mission vision and values
- Excellent team player: always puts the teams goals first and works to support and motivate peers
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
- Ability to move comfortably between high level strategic thinking and intricate details
- Excellent ability to drive change and build buyin through relationship building
- Comfort with engaging in conversations that might push people out of their comfort zones especially in regards to discussions about race and educational equity
- Be an active learner and teammate.
- Understands and applies an equity centered lens in problem solving
Minimum Educational Level:
- Bachelors Degree required with relevant degree and/or content expertise;
- Masters Degree preferred
Experience required:
- 5 years of Teaching and Leading experience in an education setting
Physical requirements:
- Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces
- Remaining in a stationary position often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
- Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
- Assessing the accuracy neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned
- Communicating with others to exchange information
- Repeating motions that may include the wrists hands and/or fingers
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics are representative of those in a normal office classroom/school setting which one might encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Work indoors in a standard office environment computer lab and/or classroom environment
- Work is performed in indoor and outdoor environments
- Exposure to dust oils and cleaning chemicals
- Some exposure to childhood and other diseases in a school environment
- May be required to work outside of typical work days and office hours to meet operational deadlines
Compensation:
Compensation: Aspire offers its employees a competitive salary and benefits including paid time off 100 core health benefits coverage on select plans life insurance/longterm disability participation in a CA state retirement plan tuition reimbursement plan and adoption assistance program.
College & Career Pathway Manager Salary Schedule
Aspire Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color gender religion age sexual orientation national or ethnic origin disability marital status veteran status or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Aspire promotes affirmative action for minorities women disabled persons and veterans.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
Key Skills
- Compliance Management
- Administrative Functions
- Oversight
- Administrative Activities
- Administrative Tasks
- Budget Preparation
- Facilities Management
- Daily Operations
- Account Management
- General Ledger Accounts
- Personnel Files
- Administrative Management
- Financial Statements
- Administrative Operations
- Annual Budget
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