Manager of Postsecondary Success (2026-2027 SY)
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Job Location:
Nashville, IN - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 60450 - 69550
Posted on:
9 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Description
Application Deadline:Friday May 1st 2026 at 8:00am CST
Location: In-person on-site in Nashville TN
Employment Type:Full-time 12 month role starting in the 2026-2027 school year.
Salary: The salary range for this role is $60450-$69550 and placement is based on prior school leadership experience.
About Valor: Founded in 2014 Valor Collegiate Academies is a top-performing public charter school network in Nashville Tennessee serving students in Grades 5-12 across three schools. Our mission is to create a community where students of all backgrounds have equitable access to an education that prepares them to live inspired and purposeful lives. This mission is made possible through an innovative school model that balances rigorous academics and whole-child education in an intentionally diverse environment. Learn more about Valor: the Role:
Valor Collegiate Academies is seeking a Manager of Postsecondary Success who will work closely with Valor College Preps Director of Postsecondary Success to improve and implement a suite of student-facing experiences that collectively and over time support and develop VCPs students in the following:
- More deeply knowing themselves
- Cultivating meaningful and diverse networks of relationships
- Clarifying their purpose and future path through innovation action and reflection
Additionally in their role the Manager of Postsecondary Success will sit on the Postsecondary Success Team and move forward schoolwide enrichment and community service initiatives that help students learn to wayfind adapt and thrive in a diverse world.
Core Responsibilities:
The Manager of Postsecondary Success will oversee efforts in four domains related to the student experience at Valors high school:
(1) Improvement and coordination of student signature experiences or experiential learning modules aligning them to our graduate aims for every -person attendance and facilitation for each of these experiences is required. Responsibilities in this domain include:
- managing partnerships with outside organizations
- preparation and support of partners and staff to implement these experiences
- learning and iterating on these experiences
(2) Coaching and intellectual preparation. Responsibilities include:
- conducting weekly observations coaching meetings and follow-up action planning with assigned staff
- supporting the planning and execution of 11th and 12th grade Postsecondary Success Seminars
- building staff capacity to effectively guide students and families through postsecondary planning
(3) Develop a plan to leverage existing curriculumor create new curriculum as neededto cultivate lower school students in the graduate aims (wayfinding intellectual prowess thriving in a diverse world and a reliable inner compass) ensuring students build the skills and habits necessary to successfully access their desired postsecondary pathways by senior year.
(4) Development of enrichment and community service partnerships and programs that contribute to / enhance students post-secondary readiness. Responsibilities in this domain include:
- Counseling 10th and 11th graders and families towards summer commitments that best align with areas of interest and curiosity and/or their post-secondary goals and supporting students and families through these application and aid processes.
- Piloting service days or trips in select grade-levels developing partnerships with community sites where students can earn hours and/or become consistently involved designing a comprehensive system to promote schedule and track what service opportunities and students hours.
Additional responsibilities include:
Piloting and Learning
- Identify alumni projects to test and learn from critical ingredients of experience design through implementation and where possible through smaller pilots before full implementation.
- Coordinate the process of learning from pilots and implementation and use those learnings to improve the experience design for future years
- Participate in and help lead regular meetings of network and school leaders involved in relevant experiences.
- Work closely with Valor College prep leadership and house team leaders to ensure experiences are integrated and sustainable within the overall high school design
- Enforce uphold and exhibit schools values student management policies and culture
- Own arrival duty and/or dismissal duty to support school-based needs
Critical Experience and Qualifications:
- You hold a Bachelors degree or higher
- You have at least 2 years of lead teaching experience as a teacher of record with evidence of being a high-performing classroom teacher in a 9-12th grade setting with strong personal development practice and/or history
- You have experience in roles that involve coordinating or facilitating meaningful experiences for high school students ideally related to rites of passage and/or post-secondary planning.
- You have experience with curriculum planning/standards based course design especially in unit based design
- You have experience or a high willingness to engage with the principles of liberatory design and research and development cycles
- You have experience with effectively implementing initiatives across and through teams of adults
- You demonstrate a track record of meeting high expectations and accomplishing goals even in the face of obstacles.
- You thrive in a fast-paced environment and have the ability to manage and complete multiple projects and deadlines.
- You enjoy working as part of a collaborative team and have a strong whatever it takes mindset when it comes to accomplishing goals and objectives at work.
- You are optimistic resilient curious and are passionate about personal growth and student success.
Interview Process:
Here is what you can expect in the process for this role
- Resume Cover Letter Review
- Phone Interview
- Performance Task
- Interview with Leaders
- Reference Checks
- Offer extension
Compensation & Benefits
- Full-time role with full comprehensive health and retirement benefits
- Free access to an on-site strength & conditioning facility Vanderbilt Health Clinic retirement counseling and mental health support and resources
- Employee laptop provided and unlimited school supplies
- Full-time employees wishing to enroll their student at Valor in grades 5-12 will be placed at the top of the new student waitlist
Commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion:
Valor believes in the importance of being a diverse equitable and inclusive organization that enables students and staff to thrive. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to thrive in a diverse world.
Required Experience:
Manager
