Director, High School Co-Curriculars

The Director of High School Co-Curricular Learning role is an opportunity to impact over 3,200 high school students each year by creating opportunities for them to engage in their passion and talent development during their school day. This role develops strategic initiatives for co-curricular learning and oversees strong execution of competitive clubs and project-based co-curriculars at our 9 high school campuses. Students benefit not only from the joy of developing their passions but also from building expertise and reflecting on their experiences to pave pathways to college and beyond.

Day to day, the Director uses strong collaborative management skills to supervise and strengthen campus-based opportunities for students.  The position encompasses two distinct areas of responsibility: school-based experiential learning through co-curricular and competitive state or national clubs such as Speech, Debate, and Robotics. The Director manages these programs through 9 school-based staff in consort with their school-based manager.  

The Director of High School Co-Curricular Learning also drives strategic planning and innovation for increasing or improving offerings for co-curriculars and competitive clubs across our regions and schools. This work includes but is not limited to determining strategic initiatives, timeline planning, requests for funding proposals and oversight of implementation.

Oversee the successful implementation of high-quality experiential learning opportunities at all 9 high schools through twice-weekly co-curricular courses:

• Manage 9 Program Managers in collaboration with their school-based manager
• Hold weekly check-ins with Program Managers
• Assess the ongoing quality of co-curriculars through:
  • Lead hiring as liaison to the talent team and creator of screening and interview day materials
  • Weekly data rubric reviews
  • 2-3 walkthroughs per quarter at each campus
  • 1 annual Inspection at each campus
• Write and present monthly Program Manager Personal Development Trainings to support growth and gaps
• Work collaboratively with school-based program managers (9) and school leaders to create policy and procedures for ensuring the quality and integrity of all high school co-curriculars
• Provide additional on-campus support for struggling PMs or PM vacancies 

Strategize the development of new and expansion of current nationally competitive high school clubs to supplement student learning during the year in ways that develop and allow them to explore their interests:

• Research additional national competitive clubs and make recommendations for innovative programming to implement at our schools
• Develop strategic plans for new competitive club pilots, including requests for funding, implementation timelines, and launch processes
• Evaluate and recommend campuses for expansion within current competitive clubs

Amplify the experiential learning stories and outcomes of our students through storytelling and data to the Uncommon community, external stakeholders and wider community through collaboration with the marketing team:

• Manage grant outcomes and budget 
• Implement programming and initiatives to successfully meet annual grant goals
• Monitor the campuses' spending toward goal
• Submit requests for proposals (RFPs) as needed for additional funding streams
• Compile data 2-3x annually for reporting purposes

Perform other essential duties and tasks specific to the position