Edison Learning, Inc Senior Director Job Vacancy In Ghana

20 years
of experience partnering with schools, districts, governments, organizations,
charter authorizers, and boards. We pioneered the concept of charter schools in
the U.S. and our tradition of innovation is at the core of what we do. Our
education reform heritage gives us unique perspective and experience in
providing our partners with effective solutions to improve student achievement.

• Work
  onsite with local leads (DoAs, Head Teachers) in the school teams to build
  expertise and knowledge of the five strand design, the Edison Learning
  Framework for Learning and Teaching and to share best practice and support
  implementation by these local teams.
• Provide
  onsite professional development
• Ensure
  that the Edison Learning educational practices are informed by research
  and implemented at the campus level.  Support the review and analysis
  of the impact of our approaches.
• Supervise
  DoAs to ensure that the suite of approaches and resources work
  holistically to underpin our coherent and connected models of school
  transformation and student development.
• Make
  a contribution to the planning and operation of the annual EdisonLearning
  Leadership Development Academy program in the US and plan for the Ghana
  ELDA, liaising with campus team as needed.
• Support
  the Chief Academic Officer in developing and implementing innovative and
  cost effective ways of providing professional development school based
  staff.
• Liaise
  with leads across the company globally to share resources, approaches and
  best practice to maximize the benefits of our system and scale in
  achieving great outcomes for students efficiently and cost effectively.
• Provide
  support to field curriculum specialists to ensure we are meeting quality
  standards at all schools.
• Sr.DoA
  will provide professional leadership for the DoAs working in the field
  teams;
• Sr.DoA
  will ensure consistency of tools and approach in their schools of
  responsibility

• Chief
  Academic Officer
• Curriculum
  Directors in the field

• Personal
  Accountability – When commits to do something, does it decisively,
  responsibly and with urgency.  Can be relied on consistently.
• Customer
  Service Orientation – Demonstrates concern for meeting internal and
  external client and stakeholder needs in a manner that provides
  satisfaction for the customer, (within the resources that can be made
  available).  Shows a passion for improving service delivery and a
  commitment to continuous improvement.
• Developing
  Others – Encourages constructive feedback and a culture that provides
  opportunities for development.  Attracts, assesses, develops,
  motivates and retains a diverse workforce that drives results.
• Decision
  Making – Makes timely decisions, takes bold, decisive action or makes
  commitments, despite risks, conflict or uncertainty, after considering the
  available courses of action and the needs and values of others.
• Process
  Orientation – Demonstrates awareness of and concern for entire process
  leading to expected results and the relationship between actions and
  results.  Establishes or follows a course of action and a sequence of
  steps to ensure objectives are met.
• Collaboration
  – Effectively cooperates and works collaboratively towards solutions which
  generally benefit all involved parties; works cooperatively with others to
  accomplish company objectives; facilitates successful collaboration and
  partnerships.

• Minimum
  three years experience as a teacher
• Minimum
  five years experience as an administrator
• Experience
  supporting change at a school level
• Knowledge
  of the features of outstanding schools and school systems, and what leads
  to great student outcomes
• Experience
  developing tools and resources for use in school settings
• Strong
  collaboration and influencing skills
• Experience
  supporting program implementations at regional and national levels 

• In-depth
  knowledge and understanding of principles of effective teaching and
  learning
• Experience
  supporting other teachers in improving their teaching practice
• Experience
  helping schools to take timely action in support of student learning

• Experience
  developing approaches and capacity to ensure consistent, effective use of
  data at the schools
• In-depth
  understanding of affective assessment for learning practices
• Successful
  experience developing systems that support data flow in schools to take
  timely action in support of student learning
• Experience
  developing approaches and capacity to ensure consistent, effective use of
  data at the schools
• Strong
  data collection and analysis skills

• Successful
  experience developing systems to meet the varying needs of individual
  students
• Strong
  understand of the principles of effective differentiation
• Experience
  establishing effective links with parents and community resources

• In-depth
  knowledge and understanding of factors that promote a positive learning
  environment and student engagement
• Experience
  developing teachers’ practice in maximizing opportunities for learning,
  e.g. use of the environment and new technology
• Evidence
  of creating environments for learning which result in high levels of
  student engagement
• Evidence
  of how they value students voices and use those views to vary
  instructional approaches
• Experience
  promoting and developing a values based approach to positive behavior and
  attitudes