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 School and Program Partnerships
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.
As a member of the national services leadership team, 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
Directors of National Programs and Outreach (Early Intervention and K-12),
and the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research to lead the Clerc
Center’s comprehensive national services.
Innovation
The Director will have multiple areas of focus for the term of the next
strategic plan cycle including:
• School Partnership for Transformation Initiative: This program creates
partnerships with schools and programs serving deaf, hard of hearing, and
deaf blind students to work collaboratively to review instructional offerings
and strategies, professional development opportunities, and additional areas
of need at the request of the school. The Director will lead program
assessment efforts and then develop tailored proposed action plans for
program development, training, technical assistance, and family engagement.
Program support may be short or long term and engage trainers, mentors, and
cohort learning teams to support the continued growth and development of
partner schools. Through this work, the Director also identifies common needs
and frequently requested training content as well as innovative practices in
partner schools, and together with the national services leadership team,
develops plans for future content development on the Clerc Center’s
National Learning and Engagement Platform.
• National Outreach Plan: The Director maintains a national leadership role
through collaboration and partnership with national educational organizations
and develops a multi-year conference and engagement plan, including
conferences, exhibits, Board relationships, and collaborative efforts, to
raise visibility of the Clerc Center’s work across key organizations and
partner programs.
• Gallaudet University Regional Centers (GURCs): The Director leads
planning and expansion efforts with the GURC Directors to build an outreach
network for all levels of education and service, birth through post-graduate
education. The GURCs will serve the Clerc Center’s priorities along
with the Gallaudet University strategic plan and support initiatives,
outreach and programming – both virtually and face to face – for
extraordinary learning and academic excellence across the lifespan, in a
variety of educational environments, and continuously strive to meet the
needs of
traditionally underserved populations.
• National Events: The Director will develop and lead a series of national
webinars and engagement events for topics based on needs identified through
public input and detailed in the Clerc Center’s Strategic Plan and Research
Agenda; and needs identified through requests from school and programs. The
overarching goal for the collection of programs is excellence in national
deaf education to be achieved by identifying and sharing recourses through
the school partnerships initiative, the GURCs, and the national learning and
engagement platform. The core content will include instructional strategies;
innovative approaches to content delivery, service provision, and family
engagement; and strategies that engage students in anti-bias work and
incorporates the core principles of equity, diversity and inclusion.



Requirements:
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL QUALITIES
The Clerc Center seeks in its new Director of National School and Program
Partnerships, an experienced educator and educational leader, with the
capacity to be forward thinking and to lead change. Candidates should have a
history of educational leadership, including and instructional and
operational leadership experience; as well as knowledge, 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 assess and provide a comprehensive review of both
the instructional and
operational components of a school/program, to design and sequence
professional development
programming to address needs based on program review, and the ability to
recommend a variety of
curriculum and assessment materials and provide detailed 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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