Company Information
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Company Name: Gallaudet University Human Resources
Website: https://www.gallaudet.edu/careers

Job Information
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Job Title: Director, National Programs and Outreach (K-12)
Job Type: Permanent
Job Description:
THE ROLE
Leadership
The Director of National Programs and Outreach for K-12 reports to the Chief
Administrative Officer and the Chief Academic Officer (CAOs) of the Clerc
Center and serves on the Clerc Center’s leadership team, providing counsel
on matters affecting education for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind
students across the nation. The successful applicant serves as a
transformative academic leader, locally and nationally, providing direction
to the National Programs and Outreach team, and supporting collaborative
efforts both within the Clerc Center and with partners across the country.
The Director engages University leaders on areas of intersection including
research; bilingual education; equity, diversity and inclusion; outreach; and
professional studies.
The Director oversees the national outreach, training, and dissemination
efforts of the Clerc Center and creates innovative new programs and services
to better meet the needs of both professionals working with deaf and hard of
hearing students and their families. The Director also maintains a national
leadership role through collaboration and partnership.
The Director provides leadership and guidance to the CAOs in the development
of the Clerc Center’s strategic plan and ensures that priorities are based
on input from the broad range of Clerc Center constituents in compliance with
requirements of the Education of the Deaf Act (EDA).
The Director works in a collaborative shared leadership team with the
Director of National Programs and Outreach (Early Intervention), the Director
of National School and Program Partnerships, and the Director of Monitoring,
Evaluation, and Research to lead the Clerc Center’s comprehensive national
services.
Innovation
The core work of the Director is to engage with potential partners, both
within the Clerc Center’s demonstration schools and with schools and
programs nationwide, to develop a national network and learning community. By
identifying promising practices that address the needs of a diverse student
body and underserved populations, in a variety of educational environments,
the Director will have multiple areas of focus for the term of the next
strategic plan cycle including:
• National Learning and Engagement Platform: Build a national library of
resources to be housed in the Clerc Center’s new National Learning and
Engagement Platform. Resources will include virtual and face to face training
events; on-demand content for teachers, service professionals, and families;
interactive learning cohorts; and affinity groups. The Director will provide
leadership in achieving the Clerc Center’s goal of creating strong
partnerships and a national network of professionals to share and showcase
the resources available from schools and programs across the United States,
and to build active and engaged learning communities across a broad spectrum
of content areas and interests.
• National Professional Development Program: Envision and build nationwide
professional development programs that are sequenced and provide spiral
content to support learning throughout professional tenure and across a wide
variety of disciplines. By developing teams of trainers, and
train-the-trainer programs, the Director will build nationwide networks of
qualified individuals to provide professional development in all regions of
the United States Focus areas will include, but will not be limited to,
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Anti-Bias initiatives;
technology to advance education for deaf students; family engagement
practices; and bilingual instructional strategies.
• Expanding Reach: In collaboration with the leadership team, the Director
will innovate outreach strategies to reach professionals and families.
Through strategic organizational partnerships, collaboration with the
Gallaudet University Regional Centers, and relationships with networks of
outreach professionals, the Director will work to expand the network of
professionals and families engaged with the Clerc Center’s programs and
services, with a focus on traditionally underserved
communities.
Collaboration
The overarching goal for the Clerc Center’s work is excellence in national
deaf education by identifying and sharing instructional strategies;
innovative approaches to content delivery, service provision, and family
engagement; and strategies that engage students in anti-bias work and
incorporate the core principles of equity, diversity and inclusion.
Success in this work requires collaborations locally and nationally. Through
collaborations with school leaders at the Clerc Center’s demonstration
schools, the Director will build on the vision currently in place to have
promising practices and instructional techniques within KDES and MSSD
developed into national resources and programs, and cultivate a sense of
national impact within both schools. Nationwide collaboration will include
building and enhancing partnerships with organizations serving professionals
that work with deaf and hard of hearing youth, and working towards the vision
of a national network of schools and programs supporting excellence in deaf
education through cooperative growth, development, and success.



Requirements:
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL QUALITIES
The Clerc Center seeks in its new Director of National Programs and Outreach
for K-12 a leader with the capacity to be forward thinking and to lead
change. Candidates should have a history of educational leadership and
accomplishments in creating and supporting a climate of community,
understanding, integrity, and mutual respect. The Clerc Center seeks an
individual with the following qualities for this position:
• Ability to converse in high-level professional discourse in American Sign
Language and written English and to communicate clearly with deaf, hard of
hearing, and hearing audiences.
• Master’s degree in Education or a related field and a thorough
knowledge of deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf blind learners, and of the
unique educational and linguistic needs of deaf youth, especially those from
traditionally underserved populations. A thorough knowledge and experience
with bilingual education for deaf and hard of hearing youth is required for
success in this role. Demonstrated commitment to the effective education of
deaf and hard of hearing students from birth through high school, from
diverse backgrounds and cultures, and with a broad range of skills and
abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to design and develop comprehensive professional
development programs and sequence based on the skills assessment of various
audiences. Demonstrated ability to conduct a comprehensive review of an
instructional program and design and provide a tailored professional
development series will also be required. To ensure success with this work,
the candidate will have  experience providing instructional feedback and
coaching.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience addressing equity, diversity
and inclusion; social justice; and anti-bias issues within school and
organizational programming, to promote an equitable and inclusive climate, as
well as the ability to review curriculum and assessment materials through the
equity lens and to recommend a variety of curriculum and assessment
materials.
• Evidence of the ability to use technology and innovative strategies to
promote learning on a national level.
• Evidence of increasingly responsible leadership experience that
demonstrate the ability to: bring about change; maintain a harmonious work
environment as well as a climate for successful innovation; and fulfill a
national mission broad in scope and reach.
• Demonstrated ability to form and sustain productive relationships with
state and national leaders in the field of deaf education and effectively
represent organizational efforts and priorities on both the local and
national level.
• A proven and impressive track record as a leader with the ability to
build a team, motivate team members, enhance their development, and hold them
accountable for the achievement of agreed upon organizational objectives.
• Experience with strategic planning, using educational research, and
program evaluation. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic
plans and complex projects.
• Evidence of excellence in writing, communicating, and interpersonal
relationships.
• Broad managerial skills and experience, evidence of being detail
oriented, and a proven record of sound fiscal, organizational, and management
practice.




Resume Information
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Applicants should submit the following:: Resume, Cover Letter, Application Form
Majors Desired:: Liberal Arts
Degree levels accepted:: Graduate

Application Information
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Apply online at:: https://www.gallaudet.edu/careers
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