Our Vision

All students experience an excellent education that prepares them to contribute to their community, achieve economic security, and pursue their dreams.

Our Mission

We work shoulder to shoulder with educators to support great teaching and accelerate student learning. We focus on small systems, both districts and charters, and we work to ensure equitable access to great instruction for students in poverty, students of color, students learning English, and students with disabilities.

Our Core Values

Live Big-Hearted

We care deeply about ourselves, each other, our work, our partners, and the students we serve. We value the differences each other brings to the table because we know diversity of voice, thought, and experience makes us better. We operate joyfully and without ego, collectively focused on the broader good.
Choose Optimism

We believe that, with the right support, every student can succeed. We have the courage to lean into challenges and believe in the possibility of overcoming obstacles while holding a high bar for ourselves, partners, educators, and students. As we advance antiracist actions, our path may not be smooth, but we will walk it anyway because we have faith that the journey will make our team and our education system better.

Advance Antiracism

We create and uphold space for all team members, partners, and students so they are seen, valued, and heard. We lift the voices and experiences of Black, Latinx, Native, and Asian people. We actively look for and confront patterns and systems that cause inequitable harm in order to create more equitable outcomes within our organization and with partners. We embrace diverse expressions of excellence that make our team more inclusive and effective.

Be Honest

We are open, authentic, and truthful with ourselves, teammates, and partners. Our trust in each other and our work gives us the courage to lean into difficult conversations, put forth new ideas, and give and receive feedback through the lens of equity of voice and experience. We understand the intense and gripping nature of our work, so we name our needs to ensure we are practicing self-care and love within our beloved community.

Get Practical

We believe support should be thoughtful by meeting people, schools, and systems where they are. We leverage the voices, strengths and stories of families, educators, partners and teammates to find answers, because we know there isn’t a “one size fits all” solution to the challenges of our education system. We always look for ways to work smart, focus on the most relevant impact, and reduce friction to make it easier to take action while grounding our progress in equity.

Keep Learning

We know and love that we don’t yet have all the answers because we are nerds for learning, even when it’s hard or ambiguous. We actively pursue new knowledge, research, and evidence so that we can leverage the latest insights and best practices in our work, then we put that knowledge to work in partnership with our team, our partners, and the students and communities we serve. We respect the learning that springs from our own anti racist journeys, and vow to activate our knowledge in pursuit of equity and excellence.

How We Work

Instruction Partners is a nonprofit organization dedicated to excellent instruction for all students, with a focus on students in poverty, students with disabilities, students learning English, and students of color. We keep one foot in practicality and the other in evidence-based best practices, because we believe that leveraging high-quality, grade-level content and providing just-in-time supports will accelerate learning for all students.

Instruction Partners spends time getting to know the needs of the educators, leaders, and systems it serves, allowing the team to custom-build service plans to support partner goals. Partnerships include on-the-ground support, and partnership team members serve as thought partners to the school systems they serve, a team educators can reach out to and feel supported by.

President, Instruction Partners

Remote

Full Time

Senior Executive

Search is being led by Issacson Miller please go to
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Instruction Partners, a national nonprofit organization focused on strengthening instructional leadership, seeks a collaborative, innovative, and mission-driven leader to serve as its inaugural President as it shifts from a single CEO to a President/CEO model. This is a unique opportunity to join an impactful and growing organization and play a central role in ensuring that Instruction Partners effectively meets its ambitious goals for the future. The President will be a leader on strategy, alignment, and execution across the organization and will report directly to – and work closely with – the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Emily Freitag.

Instruction Partners aims to ensure that all students experience an excellent education that prepares them to contribute to their community, achieve economic security, and pursue their dreams. The organization seeks to strengthen instructional leadership in schools, school systems, and states to equip teachers with the support they need to improve learning experiences and outcomes for students. Their work particularly focuses on supporting students of color, students experiencing poverty, multilingual learners, and students with disabilities. Dedicated staff spend time getting to know the needs of the educators, leaders, and systems they serve, enabling them to co-create service plans with partners to support partner goals. Instruction Partners and its 160 staff members currently serve 75 school systems, 19 regional service centers, and five state agencies around the country.

In recent years, Instruction Partners has experienced rapid growth and is launching an ambitious five-year strategic plan. To support the success of this plan and the organization overall, Instruction Partners is adding a President who will lead all teams of the organization, coordinate work across the organization, maintain a people- and values-driven culture, and serve as a critical partner to the CEO and leadership team on long-term strategy. Specifically, the President will drive day-to-day activities, working closely with the leadership team to execute organizational goals; model and support cultural leadership aligned to Instruction Partners’ core values, ensuring staff across the organization feel supported and providing resolutions as needed; create cross-team systems, resulting in seamless information sharing and decision making; and partner with the CEO on external affairs, monitoring for alignment between fundraising efforts, current organizational goals, and meaningful engagement with school partners.

The ideal candidate will be a values-, outcomes-, and people-oriented leader who brings the following: a deep commitment to the mission of Instruction Partners; significant prior experience leading in an education-focused service provider (ideally experience leading work in school systems and education service-providing nonprofits); an understanding of education at multiple levels and how different actors interact to support change; prior experience managing large teams, including managers and team leaders; experience helping a diverse group find and hold clear to a focus; experience as an effective team facilitator; strong communication skills; and the ability to lead and engage in deep, productive, and honest work on diversity, equity, and inclusion to advance antiracism.

The salary for this role is $265,000. Detailed information about the organizational compensation philosophy can be found here. Competitive benefits and private retirement investment options are available, as well as a generous vacation policy.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet about 60% of job criteria, women and other marginalized groups tend to apply only when they check every box. So, if you think you have what it takes but are unsure that you check every box, Instruction Partners still wants to hear from you. Nominations and applications, including a cover letter and a resume, should be submitted below.

Katie Rockman and Berkley Braden from Issacson Miller are leading this search with Janette Martinez and Maria Connor.

The search is being led by Issacson Miller please go to
https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/instruction-partners/president to apply.
Please do not complete any application information on our site
Candidates must apply through the Isaacson Miller site.

Instruction Partners provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Instruction Partners complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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