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Posting Period:
May 06, 2025 - Until Filled
Employee Type:
NEAMAC NEA Managers, Attorneys, Confidentials
Position Type:
Regular
Salary Range:
$139,604.00 - $198,321.00
Rank:
Manager
Position Details:
Position Overview: The National Education Association (NEA) is America’s oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. Headquartered in Washington, DC, NEA proudly claims more than 3 million members devoted to the following mission: to advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education by preparing every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world. Our vision is a great public school for every student. We strive to improve the quality of teaching, to increase student achievement, and to make schools safer and better places to learn.
Position Summary: NEA seeks a Manager of Teacher Quality (TQ) with a strategic focus on professional organizing and member engagement in the TQ Department within the Center for Professional Excellence and Student Learning (CPE). The TQ Manager must be able to support a team and multiple outward-facing professional support programs and resources that improve the professional quality of teachers in a highly complex, dynamic environment. The position supports the TQ Department’s commitment to supporting quality teaching as a critical factor impacting student learning and success, and helping teachers achieve and maintain high standards of practice at every phase of their careers. A successful candidate brings a demonstrated commitment to professional quality and learning, a deep understanding of and experience implementing successful organizing strategies, an understanding of NEA’s state and local affiliate and governance structures, and can build and maintain collaborative relationships with NEA staff, members, and leaders across the NEA enterprise. This position reports to the Director of Teacher Quality.
This is a DC-based position with NEA's headquarters building serving as the central workplace. Individuals who are hired for certain positions may request approval for telework in accordance with the policies and guidelines for the staff unit to which the position is assigned. Approval must be authorized by the respective manager and the NEA Executive Director, if required. For additional information, please contact NEA Human Resources.
Key Responsibilities:
The Manager of TQ Professional Organizing and Member Engagement and the staff team they lead ensure that the face-to-face programs and resources, and conferences offered by the TQ Department:
NEA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, or disability. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal. To apply for this position or to search for other openings, please go to our jobs page at Careers at NEA (myworkdayjobs.com)
NEA Participates in E-Verify. Read more here E-Verify Participation & Right to Work.
NEA complies with the DC Wage Transparency Act of 2023.
Posting Period:
May 06, 2025 - Until Filled
Employee Type:
NEAMAC NEA Managers, Attorneys, Confidentials
Position Type:
Regular
Salary Range:
$139,604.00 - $198,321.00
Rank:
Manager
Position Details:
Position Overview: The National Education Association (NEA) is America’s oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. Headquartered in Washington, DC, NEA proudly claims more than 3 million members devoted to the following mission: to advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education by preparing every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world. Our vision is a great public school for every student. We strive to improve the quality of teaching, to increase student achievement, and to make schools safer and better places to learn.
Position Summary: NEA seeks a Manager of Teacher Quality (TQ) with a strategic focus on professional organizing and member engagement in the TQ Department within the Center for Professional Excellence and Student Learning (CPE). The TQ Manager must be able to support a team and multiple outward-facing professional support programs and resources that improve the professional quality of teachers in a highly complex, dynamic environment. The position supports the TQ Department’s commitment to supporting quality teaching as a critical factor impacting student learning and success, and helping teachers achieve and maintain high standards of practice at every phase of their careers. A successful candidate brings a demonstrated commitment to professional quality and learning, a deep understanding of and experience implementing successful organizing strategies, an understanding of NEA’s state and local affiliate and governance structures, and can build and maintain collaborative relationships with NEA staff, members, and leaders across the NEA enterprise. This position reports to the Director of Teacher Quality.
This is a DC-based position with NEA's headquarters building serving as the central workplace. Individuals who are hired for certain positions may request approval for telework in accordance with the policies and guidelines for the staff unit to which the position is assigned. Approval must be authorized by the respective manager and the NEA Executive Director, if required. For additional information, please contact NEA Human Resources.
Key Responsibilities:
The Manager of TQ Professional Organizing and Member Engagement and the staff team they lead ensure that the face-to-face programs and resources, and conferences offered by the TQ Department:
- Promote and enhance teacher quality through equitable practices and the leadership and content expertise of practitioners to ensure student success.
- Ensure that TQ offerings and programs are high-quality, relevant, and responsive to teachers' and students' current needs.
- Provide opportunities to strengthen member-to-member, member-to-affiliate, and member-to-Association connections.
- Provide organizing and leadership development opportunities grounded in professional excellence and quality teaching.
- Supporting NEA’s Aspiring Educator program and Aspiring Educator conference.
- Supporting the NEA-Retired conference.
- Developing new professional learning products and resources that enhance local and state affiliate capacity to serve the professional needs of members.
- Providing access to information on effective pedagogical practices, promising programs, and teacher quality support systems.
- Implementing effective project management strategies, ensuring strong stewardship of members’ dues, and meaningful outcomes of TQ programs and member engagements.
- Acting strategically in rapidly changing internal and external environments and advising staff and elected leaders on opportunities and challenges related to professional excellence.
- Supporting the management of the TQ Department’s budget and operations in a fiscally responsible manner in adherence to relevant organizational policies and procedures.
- Supervising assigned professional staff.
- Other duties as assigned.
- An advanced degree (Master’s or Doctorate) in Education, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills may be obtained.
- Demonstrated knowledge about teacher quality issues and restorative practices, as well as professional experience as a PK-12 teacher, is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience with organizing principles and campaigns, direct supervision of organizing staff across a variety of geographic locations, is strongly preferred.
- An understanding of NEA’s affiliate and governance structures, strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated management expertise, including a successful record of achievement in leading a diverse, professional business unit. Management experience within a union environment is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in program development, implementation, and evaluation.
- Demonstrated commitment to labor-management collaboration.
- Ability to articulate and implement a strategy connecting professional quality supports and organizing as a means to realize NEA’s broader organizing efforts, mission, and strategic initiatives.
- Ability to work in dynamic environments, using data to enhance and evaluate programmatic efforts; managing teams, projects, systems, resources, and budgets to drive and ensure the continued relevance of the TQ department’s work to NEA members and affiliates.
- Effective skills in supervision, decision-making, oral/written communications, interpersonal relations, team building, project management, and meeting facilitation.
- Proven leadership skills in fostering a creative work environment and working collaboratively across a complex organization to ensure effective integration and alignment of resources and programs.
- Proven ability to direct, coordinate, coach, mentor, motivate, delegate, and supervise staff effectively through a collaborative, results-driven approach.
- Possess strong Social Emotional Intelligence (SEI) skills, with knowledge of NEA’s SEI competency and its relevance to the TQ Department's offerings, preferred.
- Ability to address, advocate for, and implement practices related to issues of race, class, social and racial justice, and equity, acknowledging the impact these systemic issues have on both the work they lead and on quality teaching nationally.
- To carry out responsibilities, the incumbent needs strong written and verbal skills, the use of a computer and/or laptop, associated software, and other office technology and online collaborative tools, including Microsoft Teams or other videoconferencing applications.
- Ability to travel frequently (30-45 overnights per year).
NEA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, or disability. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal. To apply for this position or to search for other openings, please go to our jobs page at Careers at NEA (myworkdayjobs.com)
NEA Participates in E-Verify. Read more here E-Verify Participation & Right to Work.
NEA complies with the DC Wage Transparency Act of 2023.