北京招聘

Title: Program Manager Reporting To: Program Managing Director
Time Commitment: Full-time, 2-year position Start Date: June 2012 or earliest possible date. Virtual training begins May 2012

Location:
Lincang or Heqing cities in Yunnan Province
Shantou, Chaoyang, or Chaonan cities in Guangdong provinces
Possibly other locations based on expansion efforts


About Teach For China
Established in 2008, Teach For China (TFC) is an innovative non-profit organization taking a unique approach to eliminating educational inequity in China by enlisting the US and China's most promising future leaders in the effort.
Through the institution of a US-China Teaching Fellows program, by placing multi-fellow cross-cultural team in hosting schools, TFC meets the pressing need for exceptional teachers in China's understaffed low-income schools, while fostering a cross-cultural constituency of young leaders positioned to advance the cause of educational equity and effect long-term systemic change. For more information, please see www.tfchina.org.
Teach For China is in partnership with the Teach For All Network, www.teachforall.org.

About the Regional Affairs and Training & Support Department in Teach For China
Teach For China's Regional Affairs and Training & Support (RA/TS) Department focuses on the pre-service training and ongoing professional development of Teaching Fellows in their first- and second-years of teaching, as well as the external partnerships and long-term sustainability within the region. As a department, we are charged with the responsibility of ensuring our Fellows have the necessary skills, knowledge and mindsets as leaders, teachers and learners in their classrooms, communities and within Teach For China. We are also charged with ensuring our work is grounded in our local context, that we're cultivating strong partnerships to ensure long-term impact in education and are fostering a strong and sustainable organization in the region.
As a developing organization in China, there are many opportunities and challenges that we face as an organization and department. As a member of the RA/TS team in these early years, RA/TS staff have the unique opportunity to shape the direction of our work in teaching and student learning. Staff members also have the unique opportunity to work in a cross-cultural organization in a joint effort to close the achievement gap in China.

Position Summary:
Teach For China seeks passionate, innovative and goal-driven leaders who are not afraid to figure out how to close the achievement gap in rural China. Teach For China (TFC) is seeking Program Managers to manage and develop first- and second- year teaching Fellows to become transformational teachers in the lives of their students by leading students to achieve ambitious and long-lasting academic and personal results, as well as inspire Fellows to become lifelong advocates for closing the educational equity gap. Program Managers manage a cohort of approximately 14-20 first- and second- year teaching Fellows to establish ambitious and inspiring visions and goals, plan purposefully, and engage in data-based problem solving to increase student achievement. In the near term, Program Managers' work with Fellows ensures that their students realize their vision and achieve their academic goals, therefore impacting the opportunities of thousands of students each year. In the long term, Program Managers' impact ensures that teaching fellows become alumni who are effective stewards of the movement to eliminate educational inequity. Program Managers gain valuable management and instructional leadership experience.

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
? Defining and working toward a vision and goals for student achievement and teaching fellows leadership
? Managing a group of approximately 14-20 first- and second- year Teaching Fellows to achieve ambitious outcomes in their classrooms during Summer Institute and the school year :
? Coaching and developing teaching fellows to establish the foundations of their classrooms using the Teaching As Leadership framework: Deeply ambitious visions that will transform the lives of their students, goals to support this vision, purposeful long term plans and unit plans, and rigorous assessments
? Building strong relationships and a strong team culture among their cohort of teaching fellows and investing them in their potential impact in the near and long term
? Observing teaching fellows in their classrooms to gather data on student learning and teacher proficiency
? Reviewing and providing feedback on lesson plans, unit plans, assessments, etc.
? Analyzing student achievement data and problem solving with teaching fellows to prioritize the teacher actions that most impact student performance
? Providing support to teaching fellows outside of the classroom on life issues such as living in rural China, teamwork, emotional, etc.
? Assisting with the resolution of collaboration issues between fellows and local teachers / partner schools
? Building strong relationships with school leadership, local teachers to facilitate effective school placements and establish lasting partnerships
? Lead and mentor teaching fellows to gain the insight and commitment and transition into our alumni movement as true stewards of educational inequity
? Resesarch and develop the necessary tools and curriculum for Fellows

Additional Responsibilities
When time and core workload permit, Program Managers are also expected to choose to participate in or head the following activities


Curriculum / Assessment
Development Working with partners to develop curriculum and/or TFC
standardized assessment as it necessitates by the program
Fellow Secondary Projects Guiding and supporting teaching fellows on developing and
implementing school/community development projects
Recruiting / Selection Participating in important organizational priorities to fuel our
movement
_ Conducting campus talks about our program during the Fall and
Spring recruiting process
_ Spending a few weeks per year as a teaching fellow selector
_ Playing a critical role in the matriculation of new teaching fellows
_ Cultivate teaching fellows and alumni for staff positions
Alumni Impact Liaising with Alumni Impact department to facilitate the information
flow of teaching fellows' professional development needs and
opportunities


Other particulars about this position:
1. Required virtual On-boarding Training for new Program Managers will begin by April or May 2012
2. All Program Managers are expected to participate at Summer Institute (July-August 2012) as Summer Program Managers and/or Curriculum Specialists for TAL sessions. Specific roles at Summer Institute will be determined with the PM once hired.
3. Depending on language ability and the subjects that our Fellows are placed in, Program Managers may support a variety of subject areas not to be limited to their own teaching experience
4. Regional assignments for Program Managers are based on staff preferences as well as regional need, qualifications, etc. Decisions on regional assignments will be determined by August 2012 once Fellow placement is determined
5. Program Managers should expect to regularly travel throughout the rural region where their Fellows are placed in order to observe and provide feedback. Teach For China reimburses staff for travel expenses incurred as based on our reimbursement guidelines.

Qualifications

Candidate Profile
Successful candidates will have experience of:
? Defining and achieving an ambitious vision that is aligned with goals and priorities in the classroom
? Operating with urgency and sense of possibility to achieve ambitious, measurable results
? Analyzing data to draw accurate conclusions
? Making informed, timely decisions and using sound judgment to prioritize actions
? Tracking tasks, assessing progress, and following through on the execution of plans
? Developing and cultivating relationships and networks in order to achieve results
? Inspiring committed and positive action toward individual and organizational goals
? Exemplifying TFC's core values - Transformational Impact, Grounding in Context, Sense of Possibility, Humility and Learning, and Team

Experience
? Bachelor's degree required
? Minimum of two years of experience achieving ambitious outcomes as a classroom teacher in an under-served community, preferably in under-developed countries or China
? Proficiency or background in English and Chinese (Mandarin)

Other
Willingness to work some weekends and evenings to facilitate teaching fellow professional
Development

Benefits and Salary
Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience and language ability. In addition, a health care benefits package is included.

To Apply
Please submit a resume and cover letter to careers@tfchina.org

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    中国教育行动每年从中美两国招募优秀青年作为项目老师深入中国教育资源薄弱地区进行为期两年的教学工作。短期，项目老师们在帮助学生提高学习成绩的同时，培养学生的思辨能力，良性作用于当地的教育环境。长期，中国教育行动致力于培养关注教育的未来青年；两年在课堂教学上的努力和成功让项目老师对中国农村教育有更为深刻的理解，并对改变中国教育不均现状有更深的信念；充满挑战的课堂锻炼及系统的培训支持，进一步培养了项目老师的职业能力和综合素质；这批具有高度社会责任感和实践能力的青年，在未来的职业发展上将继续作用于教育不均现状，推动整体教育环境朝向均衡的轨道发展。
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