A pioneer in K-12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our captivating core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products turn data into practical instructional support to help students at every skill level build a strong foundation in early reading and math. Our programs provide teachers with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of all their students. Today, Amplify serves five million students in all 50 states.
Amplify has provided core curriculum, intervention resources, digital assessments, and high-impact coaching and professional development to support data-driven instruction among K-12 educators for nearly two decades.
Amplify Tutoring launched in response to heightened student needs driven by disruptions in schooling and unfinished learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. High-dosage tutoring has gained national momentum as a proven research-based support to close achievement gaps for students. This is an opportunity to join an innovative team helping schools, districts, and states to scale high-impact tutoring programs and meet student needs. Amplify works in close partnership with districts and states on an array of tutoring initiatives, including providing small group reading tutoring directly to district students through Amplify Tutors, professional development for district-managed tutors, and consultancy services for districts to scope and implement in-house high-impact tutoring. Amplify works with Chicago Public Schools to provide comprehensive professional development for district-managed tutors and school stakeholders and provide dedicated program management in order to successfully implement a high-impact tutoring program in Chicago.
Position Summary
The Director, Tutoring- Chicago, will play a critical role in designing, building, and implementing a successful tutoring program with Chicago Public Schools. The responsibilities of the Director, Tutoring Chicago will be focused on collaborating with district leadership in order to create new systems and structures to support students across Chicago. The Director, Tutoring Chicago will support the expansion of Amplify's Tutoring business, including evolving our services to meet the needs of a large urban district. The Director, Tutoring Chicago will manage an implementation team and provide overall program oversight of the engagement. The implementation team includes a Program Manager, up to 7 Site Directors, a Tutor Coach and a data analyst.
The Program Manager supports management of program level supports and systems across all schools and stakeholders. The Site Directors manage daily implementation of tutoring through school visits in order to support school leaders and tutors. The Tutor Coach provides ongoing virtual professional development sessions to all tutors across all schools. The Director, Tutoring Chicago will closely collaborate with the district in order to design professional development for all tutors, train and support school level stakeholders, and design implementation support services for schools. The Director, Tutoring Chicago will manage the team and project to ensure success across the district.
The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, strategic-thinking education leader who uses data to make decisions and ensures outstanding support to team members they lead. He or she will combine a capacity for strategic, systems-level thinking; deep instructional knowledge; experience designing sessions for adult learners; attention to detail, specifically for project planning; excellent communication skills; and strong relationship building skills with critical internal and external stakeholders to ensure a successful tutoring program implementation. The Director, Tutoring Chicago will report directly to the Executive Director, Tutoring.
This position is remote; however, there is regular travel to Chicago and working hours are in the Central Time Zone.
Absent a qualified exemption, Amplify requires full COVID-19 vaccination for all in-person meetings and in-office or onsite work. If you would like to request an accommodation, please discuss with one of our recruiters or HR Business Partners.
Key Responsibilities
The Director, Tutoring - Chicago, will support expansion of Amplify's tutoring program by:

• Developing and implementing hiring protocols in order to hire a new team of both remote and in-person employees
• Manage a large internal team of remote and in-person locations
• Directly engage with leaders from large districts or states in order to support a vision and plan, organize, develop, and implement high-impact tutoring grounded in research
• Maintain partnerships at the district and/or state level by designing a program that supports their unique needs, successfully overseeing the program, and providing program updates and data trends throughout implementation
• Develop data systems in order to have visibility into key metrics of the program
• Routinely analyze data to pull out trends across the program in order to codify findings and prioritize programmatic and systemic needs
• Envision, plan, and review design for professional development to train implementation teams, both internal and external, including tutors, tutor coaches, school leaders, classroom teachers, site directors, and program managers
• Collaboratively develop team routines and correlating assets for internal teams
• Build systems for transparency for both internal and external teams to show visibility and insights into student and tutoring outcomes
• Create successful structures to ensure fidelity and norming across multiple locations/ schools

Required Qualifications
The ideal candidate for the Director, Tutoring - Chicago is someone who has the following characteristics:

• 5+ years of PK-12 school based experience
• 2+ years of experience in a school network, district, or state education leadership role
• Experience successfully leading a large, diverse, team of adults
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing large complex programs in district/state settings
• Experience designing large, ongoing professional development engagements with multiple touchpoints at a district or state level
• Budget management experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Science of Reading in early literacy
• Deep understanding of data analysis standard methodologies in order to drive instruction and increase student achievement
• Proficient with technology (GoogleMeets, Google docs, Google platforms)

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated flexibility and creativity in building new projects
• Prior experience managing a tutoring program
• Knowledge of and experience using Amplify mCLASS products
• Experience writing RFPs and/or custom proposals for districts and states for professional development and educational services

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To that end, we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
This position may be funded, in whole or in part, through American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds.
Amplify Education, Inc. is an E-Verify participant.