Executive Director of Innovations

Executive Director

The School District of Philadelphia is committed to becoming the fastest improving District in the country and transforming the educational opportunities it offers to our city's more than 200,000 students. The District seeks leaders who have a passion for working with schools and communities who are committed to ensuring all students achieve. Serving a population as diverse as ours requires creativity, commitment and vision. Will you join us?

The role of the Executive Director of the Innovation Office is to help implement The School District of Philadelphia's overall strategic management goal creating an aligned organization capable of supporting a high-performing portfolio of schools, which meet the needs of all students. The work of the Executive Director will touch on all of the core components of innovation and scaling, including : the creation of the space and capacity to promote innovation at the school level; managing the warehousing and push-and-pull distribution of knowledge related to innovative, evidence-based good practice in school educational delivery and operations; and, facilitating the cross-pollination and sharing of evidence-based, innovative practices among schools and school clusters.

Essential Functions include :

• Leads and manages the Innovation Office.
• Designs the strategic plan to move the vision for transforming low performing schools to successful implementation.
• Manages the District's "transformation RFP" process that will enable the design and management of some of the District's lowest-performing schools to be transformed by groups of individuals in schools and the community with a strong, evidence-based plan and a track record of successful school transformation.
• Develops and manages research of innovative practices to identify those with significant impact on student outcomes.
• Develops, plans and supports the implementation of policies to create an environment that allows for innovation.
• Tests and expands the implementation of innovative school design to more effectively, reliably, and efficiently increase student and school success.
• Works collaboratively with multiple offices and divisions to support the development and scaling of innovative practice.
• Reviews and analyzes assessment data in conjunction with the Office of Strategic Analytics to monitor progress and identify the next schools and programs to target for transformation.
• Supports the District in establishing innovation and scaling goals, designing implementation plans, and putting in place protocols and tools to help monitor progress on key initiatives.
• Works collaboratively to achieve the goals, objectives and priorities of the office in conjunction with other offices in the District and in line with the District's other strategic priorities.
• Establishes protocols and tools to help monitor progress on establishing, implementing and scaling innovation goals.
• Solicits and incorporates input and feedback from the senior leadership team to guide the work of the Innovation Office.

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Disclaimer : The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

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