Assistant Director of Innovation and Grants Management –Post Secondary Readiness & Strategic Partnerships

Assistant Director of Innovation and Grants Management

Post Secondary Readiness & Strategic Partnerships

About Lynn Public Schools
Lynn is a vibrant seaside urban community located just north of Boston. The city is known for its contemporary public art historic architecture thriving downtown cultural district and abundant public parks including the scenic Lynn Shore Reservation and the expansive Lynn Woods Reservation. Reflecting the citys international character Lynn Public Schools is a linguistically and culturally rich community with 60% of our students speaking two or more languages. Lynn Public Schools proudly serves approximately 17000 students across 29 school sites within a diverse and dynamic educational landscape. Our district includes:

• 1 Early Childhood Center
• 17 Elementary Schools
• 1 Public Separate Day School
• 3 Middle Schools
• 2 Comprehensive High Schools
• 1 Vocational High School
• 1 Early College High School
• 1 STEAM Academy (Grades 6-12)
• 1 Alternative Education Academy (Grades 9-12)
• 1 TOGETHER Educating and Advancing Multi-Disabled Students Academy (PreK-12)

The Lynn Public Schools Vision and Core Values Drawing upon the strength of our community our families our students and our partners we commit to fulfilling the intellectual physical and social-emotional potential of all our students. We work together so our students learn to thrive advance and impact the greater community and the world.

LPS is committed to our Core Values: Inclusiveness Shared Responsibility Collaborative Relationships High Expectations Inspiring Life-Long Learning Lynn Public Schools is dedicated to the goal of strengthening an environment and school culture that honors and celebrates diversity and responds effectively to the social-emotional experiences of every student and family

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Program leadership experience
• Early College and/or CTE program development experience
• Curriculum development and alignment experience
• Excellent written communication skills
• Masters degree from an accredited college or university
• Five years of successful teaching experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Partnership experience
• Grant-writing and reporting experience
• Development and fundraising experience
• Urban high school experience
• Advanced Placement/advanced coursework experience
• Supervisory experience/willingness to be trained in supervision
• Massachusetts educational administrators license

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

The role is to persistently work on closing opportunity gaps for secondary school students. Responsibilities include continual development and growth in the following areas:

• Build strategic secondary school educational partnerships.
• Assist in leading administrating and developing all early college programs.
• Provide leadership as the district liaison for Early College partners and secondary schools.
• Provide leadership as a district administrator for Early College in relation to new schools and academies.
• Lead and organize Lynn Early College Steering Committee and coordinate activities initiatives and subcommittees.
• Responsible for reporting of required designation information to Department of Elementary and Secondary Education(DESE).
• Assist in developing and coordinating curriculum teams comprised of multiple stakeholders to align instruction for early college pathways and post-secondary college and career readiness.
• Support secondary school re-design collaborations toinclude:educational college and career pathways; rigorous project-based learning; interdisciplinary learning; and expansion of advanced course work opportunities.
• Support increased opportunities for career learning through development of Career Vocational and Technical Education (CTE) pathways job shadows and internships.
• Provide district leadership and support for related secondary school grant writing and programmatic grant management.
• Act as district representative and grant liaison for secondary school donor funded opportunities and programs.
• Prepare and/or assist in writing grant mandated interim and final reports.
• Write grants as assigned by the department of Innovation and Grants Management.
• Provide district support for the implementation ofMyCAP.
• Aim to increase retention through the lens of engaging coursework defined pathways and strategic partnerships.
• Partner and support school leaders for related secondary school projects.
• Assist in supervising support staff for early college designations Early College Promise and new academies and schools
• Assist in district oversight of the budgets for Early College designations and Early College Promise.
• Research monitor and review quantitative and qualitative data to improve the quality of programs under the supervision of this position.
• Perform other duties and assume other responsibilities as assigned by the Superintendent/Deputy Superintendents/Executive Director of Innovations and Grants Management.

REPORTS TO: Executive Director ofInnovation and Grants Management

EVALUATED BY: Executive Director ofInnovation and Grants Management

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

DAYS: Twelve-month position

HOURS: Regular hours; 7:45-3:45 M-Th; 7:45-2:45 Friday

Summer and school vacation hours; 7:45-2:45 M-Th; 7:45-12:45 Friday

SALARY: $117524

BENEFITS:

TheCity of Lynnoffers comprehensive and competitive health and dental benefits; Harvard Pilgrim PPO/HMO Altus Dental High/Low Life Insurance. Voluntary benefits including Flexible Spending Plan (FSA) Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability are also available.

An offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of pre-employment physical including a drug test National fingerprint-based Criminal Background Check (NCBC) and Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI). AllMUSTbe completedPRIORto the start of employment.

Non-Discrimination Policy

It is the policy of the Lynn Public Schools not to unlawfully discriminate or tolerate discrimination in the administration of its educational and employment policies or in its programs and activities on the basis of sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression marital status familial status pregnancy (including nursing or pregnancy conditions) parental leave race* color national origin creed/religion ethnicity ancestry age genetic information active military/veteran status mental or physical disability special need proficiency in the English language or academic achievement homelessness public assistance status or any other characteristic protected by any federal state or local laws or regulations including Title VI and VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title IX of the 1972 Amendments to the Civil Rights Act Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act and M.G.L. Ch.76:5 M.G.L. Ch.151 if and as applicable. Race when referenced in any policy of the Lynn Public Schools whether or not specified shall include traits historically associated with race including but not limited to hair texture hair type hair length and protective hairstyles.

Required Experience:

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