Join the Jounce Team
Our mission is to ensure schools provide students with the opportunity to succeed. To do this we equip both current and future school leaders with the expertise to skillfully invest in teacher practice. Our Acceleration Partners support current leaders at our partner schools. Our Instructional Leader Fellows coach teachers at our partner schools while they prepare themselves to step into leadership positions at aligned schools or networks after the Fellowship.
At Jounce, three beliefs guide us:
Teacher effectiveness is the most important driver of student learning;
Teacher effectiveness is not fixed – teachers can grow their effectiveness, and with expert coaching, they can grow fast;
School Leaders’ primary goal should be to rapidly increase teacher effectiveness in order to strengthen student learning.
Joining the Team
We onboard new team members every July. We are always open to informational meetings, and our evaluative hiring steps begin on the 15th of February.
Acceleration Partner
Acceleration Partners (APs) are educational leaders interested in broadening their impact by supporting current instructional leaders in improving student experiences and learning outcomes. APs are currently based in either Philadelphia or Washington, D.C.
A Jounce Acceleration Partner will work with the Jounce team to coach school leaders and teachers at Jounce’s partner schools, in order to accelerate teacher skill growth and accelerate student learning.
Responsibilities include planning and executing teacher development and school leadership trainings for leaders at up to 15 partner schools; coaching up to 15 leaders and/or teachers directly across up to 7 partner schools; and, in collaboration with the Jounce leadership, updating and refining Jounce’s teacher development and school leadership model.
Compensation and Benefits:
The salary and benefits for Acceleration Partners are commensurate with experience and competitive in the field, with a starting salary ranging from 120,000 to 160,000.
Apply:
To begin the application process, please complete the brief form at the link below.
Qualifications:
Deep belief in the ability of all children to excel academically and the ability of schools to be the drivers of that success; extremely high expectations for student success and school performance.
Openness to, and desire for, frequent feedback, often delivered publicly and in front of external partners.
Intense desire to improve and grow professionally.
Strong lesson design, unit planning, lesson execution, content knowledge, and data analysis skills as a classroom teacher, as evidenced by significant student achievement gains.
Experience in a school-based leadership role is required. This can be anything from a high performing assistant principal with 7+ years experience to a network-level chief academic officer. Salary and responsibility will meet you where you are and grow as you grow.
Current K-12 teaching certification and/or administrative certification (preferred).
Note: This is an on-site position. Reliable transportation to and from worksites throughout the day is needed.
Instructional Leader Fellow
Instructional Leader Fellows (ILFs) are strong educators or early-career leaders interested in putting themselves on a trajectory towards instructional school leadership. ILFs are currently based in Philadelphia, Delaware, or Washington, D.C.
ILFs are strong educators who join the Jounce team to grow into a future role as a school-based or network-based instructional leader. They may be teachers who will join the Jounce team for 2 years and then return to a school as an assistant principal (or in a comparable instructional leadership role). Or they may be formal or informal leaders (teacher coaches, mentor teachers, grade level leads, department chairs, assistant principals) who will join the Jounce team for 2 years and leave us to become a principal/school leader. They are willing to step away from a school-based role for two years to deepen their knowledge, refine their skills, and grow as a coach and leader; but ultimately, they know that they belong in school buildings with kids, families, and teachers, driving life-changing outcomes and setting a standard for what a great school can be.
Responsibilities include planning and executing teacher development and school leadership trainings for leaders at up to 15 partner schools; coaching up to 15 teachers directly across up to 6 partner schools; and, in collaboration with the entire Jounce team, updating and refining Jounce’s teacher development and school leadership model.
Compensation and Benefits:
The starting salary for Instructional Leader Fellows is $85,000 or $95,000 - depending on formal leadership experience - plus a competitive benefits package.
Apply:
To begin the application process, please complete the brief form at the link below.
Qualifications:
Applicants should be committed to ultimately being a school-based or network-based instructional leader.
To be strongly considered, an applicant should have excellent classroom results and some leadership experience, formal or informal (department chair, grade team lead, content team lead, mentor teacher, assistant principal, etc.).
Additional qualifications include:
Deep belief in the ability of all children to excel academically and the ability of schools to be the drivers of that success; extremely high expectations for student success and school performance;
Openness to, and desire for, frequent feedback, often delivered publicly and in front of external partners;
Intense desire to improve and grow professionally.
Strong lesson design, unit planning, lesson execution, content knowledge, and data analysis skills as a classroom teacher;
Current K-12 teaching certification and/or administrative certification (preferred).
Support and Training:
Instructional Leader Fellows get their most important training through being in the field each day coaching teachers. In addition, ILFs have a designated coach who will provide personalized development touch points each week, focused on instructional knowledge and coaching and leadership skills. ILFs will also participate in a weekly Jounce team training and a weekly differentiated cohort training, as well as a full summer of intensive development during each year of the program. During the Fellowship, ILFs will drive above average learning outcomes at our partner schools through their teacher coaching; after finishing the Fellowship, they will be ready to step into school-based leadership roles and drive even more student success.