Head of Programs Teach For Uganda

Fellow coaching and management (35%)
• Coach Fellows by conducting regular classroom observation; providing feedback on instructional techniques, classroom management, and curriculum; modeling effective teaching; sharing best practices and resources; and conducting weekly check-ins and reflections.
Build team culture of Fellows and mentor Fellows to help them transition into alumni who are lifelong advocates for educational equity.
• Support Fellows in setting long-term goals and benchmarks for their own leadership development in addition to that of their students and check progress.
• Collaborate with Head of Training and Support to reflect on progress towards goals, continuous professional development and effectiveness as a team.
• Collaborate with other Leadership Development Officers to problem solve challenges and share best practices and solutions.
• Seek out and create opportunities for professional exposure, development and mentorship during the Fellowship to prepare Fellows for success as alumni.
• Manage a team of fellows to help them adapt to a rural setting and build their capacity to dramatically impact student achievement levels in the classroom.

Program design (35%)
• Plan, design, write and facilitate sessions in various content areas at pre-service, in-service and leadership development training programs for Fellows, with guidance and support from the Training Coordinator.
• Plan, project manage and coordinate logistics to ensure training sessions are achieving goals and outcomes during pre-service, in-service and leadership development training programs.
• Plan and organize activities with Fellows, including excursions, team building activities, and training sessions.

Stakeholder management (20%)
• Engage and maintain strong relationships with head teachers, school management committees, teachers, students, parents, community leaders and education leaders.
• Serve as point of contact between placement schools and organization.
• Manage organization’s relationship with local government leaders, and other development partners.
• Compile and submit monthly program progress reports to local government leaders Vision, goals and strategy setting (10%)
• Support Fellows in setting long-term goals and benchmarks for their own leadership development in addition to that of their students and check progress.
• Collaborate with Leadership Development Coordinator to set monthly goals, reflect on goal progress and fellow effectiveness in the classrooms.
• Support fellows to create personal development plans and reflect on progress on a monthly basis.
• Impact assessment and solution development (10%)
• Using the fellow rubric, assess needs of each Fellow and differentiate support accordingly.
• Problem solve and develop solutions for challenging professional issues faced by Fellows.
• Support Fellows to analyze student data to improve their teaching effectiveness on a weekly basis
• Using the fellow tracker, collect and analyze data to measure Fellow’s classroom effectiveness and impact on student achievement
• Conduct Fellow cohort health surveys and work with the Monitoring and Evaluation team to analyze results.

Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Education from a reputable university
• 5-7 years of full-time teaching experience
• Experience in managing a large diverse team
• Coaching or tutoring experience
• Experience designing and facilitating training sessions
• Ability to set goals and use data daily to guide actions
• Deep understanding of and strong alignment to Teach For Uganda mission, vision and core values

Preferred Competences
• Ability to ride a motorcycle (this will be tested) with a valid class a riding license. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in rural communities.
• Exceptional attention to detail to ensure content is of the highest possible quality
• Strong pedagogical skills, including planning (lesson and long-term level), delivery, classroom management and student engagement.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, collaborative and strategic planning skills.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, results-oriented culture

TFU Core Values:
We put Children first: We put children at the center of everything we do and we work tirelessly to provide for them meaningful experiences that allow them to realize their fullest potential.

Sense of possibility: We believe that nothing is impossible and we work hard to achieve our goals above and beyond what is expected of us.

Constantly learning: It is only through learning that growth is achieved. We encourage reflection and appreciate feedback as a practice, constantly searching for new knowledge from books, research and articles to deepen our understanding and bring innovation to various aspects of our work.

Humility and respect: We treat each other with dignity and respect, appreciate each other’s strengths, perceptions and experiences and acknowledge our own limitations. We value our relationship with communities, leaders, schools and parents and constantly engage them to advance our work of providing an excellent education to all children.

Teamwork: We support and challenge one another, work cooperatively with enthusiasm and appreciation, respect each other’s views and make our work environment fun and enjoyable.

Pursuit of Excellence: It takes commitment to deliver quality service and each day we strive to be the best in our work, culture, relationships, and innovations.