Adult Education Manager

Briya is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization and the communities we serve. We embrace diversity of experiences, ideas, and individuals, and seek to bring diverse candidates to the table. We value having staff who come from the communities most impacted by our work and especially encourage immigrants and ESOL learners to apply.

Position Summary:

The Adult Education Manager at the Fort Totten site is responsible for Hybrid program coordination and supervises teaching staff in the Fort Totten 2Gen ESOL program at Briya Public Charter School - a leading two-generation education program serving immigrant parents and their young children in Washington, D.C. Briya is a Tier One Public Charter School, consistently achieving the highest educational outcomes through its innovative, family-centric programming.

At Briya, adults acquire English, digital literacy, and parenting skills, with some continuing on to the school's workforce development programs. At the same time, their young children attend Briya's high-quality early childhood program. In Briya's workforce development programs, adult learners prepare for national industry-recognized certifications in high-demand careers in healthcare and early childhood education while increasing their academic and workforce development skills and knowledge.

Briya has a strategic partnership with Mary's Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center, further strengthening student families with comprehensive medical, dental, and social services. At three of its four campuses, Briya is co-located with Mary's Center.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This in-person 40 hour position is based at Briya's Fort Totten location. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

The Adult Education Manager contributes to Briya's success by ensuring the ESOL teaching staff are prepared and the Hybrid program is well-coordinated to support ESOL student success. The Manager is responsible for the following core functions within the Adult Education team:

• Supervision of hybrid teaching positions at the Fort Totten site
• Hybrid coordination to ensure optimal collaboration for student success

The Adult Education Manager position may include, but is not limited to, the following tasks and responsibilities:

Fort Totten ESOL Teacher Supervision

• Supervise hybrid teaching positions at the Fort Totten site (approx. 6-8):




• Teachers in the Hybrid ESOL Program
• Paraeducators in the Hybrid ESOL Program




• Meet weekly or biweekly with supervisees to cover the following topics as needed to successfully support student progress and teacher satisfaction and growth over the school year:




• Engage teachers on student progress, reviewing data and teacher insight as needed to ensure progression toward student and school goals
• Monitor student outcomes, including review and analysis of CASAS assessment results; support practice change as needed
• Analyze student attendance; support actions as needed
• Ensure teachers are preparing students for CASAS assessments and have the resources and training to facilitate testing
• Conduct formal classroom observations at least twice per year (one virtual and one in-person for hybrid); add informal classroom observations as needed
• Support PD implementation; identify emerging PD/coaching needs
• Review teaching assistant performance updates; identify emerging needs
• Oversee and support teachers' individual annual goal-setting; regularly follow-up on progress/performance and offer guidance as needed
• Approve PTO and schedule changes




• Conduct annual performance review
• Communicate information to teachers, including schoolwide updates, ESOL updates including curriculum and professional learning, and schoolwide events; solicit input and feedback on key issues




• Remind teachers of the resources they can access to stay up-to-date on essential Briya information
• Model and encourage transparency in all team communications




• Provide and facilitate in-classroom support as needed, including but not limited to:




• additional support for students, such as tutoring or special accommodations
• interpretation support
• make up assignments
• new technology rollouts




• Substitute as needed
• Attend supervisor meetings as needed

Hybrid ESOL Program Site Coordination

• Ensure collaboration and smooth operations across Fort Totten by representing adult education on the Site Coordination Team:




• Build community across staff
• Actively participate in site-based coordination meetings:




• As point of contact between site team and adult ed teachers, gather teacher input to inform planning
• Coordinate student and staff-facing activities at Fort Totten and manage logistics; oversee adult ed participation and roles for special events like holiday parties and birthdays
• Ensure teachers have materials and support needed for student celebrations
• Confidentially discuss students/families of concern and determine how to support them
• Share coordination meeting updates and decisions with the Fort Totten adult ed team






• Contribute to the school-wide meeting agenda; read notes and share updates with adult ed team
• Ensure adult ed students have access to site-specific announcements
• Create monthly calendars for students (hybrid and in-person)
• Coordinate field trips and accompanying activities for adult ed teams, including library visits
• Serve on the Fort Totten SERT team (School Emergency Response Team)

Student Outcomes

At Briya, all education staff are accountable to ensuring the school meets its student outcomes goals. For Managers who are also teacher supervisors, accountability for student outcomes includes:

CASAS Outcome Expectation: Students achieve CASAS assessment level gains x to ensure Briya retains a Level 1 Rating by DCPCSB.

• Ensure teachers are aware of CASAS expectations; check in with teachers at least monthly about students' CASAS performance
• Ensure teachers have Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) to administer tests, access reports, monitor progress, and implement appropriate instruction
• Coordinate supports/interventions for students who are not making anticipated progress

Attendance Expectation: AE classes have a minimum 70% attendance rate

• Review the attendance app, month view, with teachers at least monthly
• Identify potential areas of concern and intervene
• Back up teachers by confirming and recording attendance as needed

Reading Journal Outcome Expectation: Students complete five reading journals to meet Briya's charter school requirements.

• Ensure that teachers are doing reading journals in class and tracking completion data on time

Briya Values:

Successful employees will demonstrate the school's five core values:

• Learner-Centeredness: Student agency and voice are foundational to high-quality education.
• Inclusiveness: People of all countries, races, religions, cultures, genders, sexual orientations, languages, abilities, and life experiences are integral to the Briya community.
• Trust: A space of safety and mutual respect among students and staff promotes optimal growth and belonging.
• Collaboration: Strategic, agile collaboration on all levels-among staff, students, departments, and community partners-increases the holistic success of student families.
• Equity: The pursuit of equity drives Briya's work. Through our comprehensive, two-generation educational model, we seek to overcome systemic oppression and partner with students to create opportunities for all to thrive.

Competencies:

A successful Briya Manager will excel in the following ways:

• Skilled people manager -supports the individualized growth and development of direct reports, provides clear direction so they can perform effectively in their roles, initiates direct feedback and offers supportive guidance when performance is not meeting expectations, leads collaborative problem-solving within the team, and removes barriers to team success.
• Effective implementer - understands the people and processes required to effectively implement programs and initiatives; manages multiple work streams to make progress and meet deadlines; troubleshoots challenges and knows when to bring in additional support for initiative success; balances detail-orientation with big picture understanding to move work forward.
• Collaborator - builds relationships with partners and peers to ensure smooth operational alignment, embrace opportunities and solve challenges, and better meet the needs of student families.
• Communicator - initiates timely communication with partners, senior leaders, and supervisees to support the success of students, programs, and initiatives; models transparent communication with team members, supervisees, and leaders to support an open and inclusive culture.
• Accountable - embraces managerial role by engaging others to achieve goals, assuming responsibility for mistakes and solutions, and inspiring themselves and others toward meeting commitments and advancing the work of the school.

All Briya employees are also expected to excel in the following competencies:

• Professionalism - Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position. Follows established policies and procedures to support the overall function of the organization.
• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures, reports potentially unsafe conditions, and uses equipment and materials properly.
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time, adhering to a schedule pre-determined between the employee and the supervisor.
• Dependability - Follows instruction and responds to management direction. Takes responsibility for own actions.
• Teamwork - Can work well in multidisciplinary team setting with a variety of cultural and educational backgrounds and experiences. Contributes to building a positive team spirit, puts success of the team above own interests, and supports colleagues' and students' efforts to succeed.

Qualifications:

The Adult Education Manager must have the following knowledge, skills and/or abilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• Preferred master's degree in education or related experience
• Demonstrated track record of success within Education, Adult Education, Workforce Development, and/or related fields.
• Minimum of ten years of successful teaching, coaching and/or teacher supervising experience, preferably with adult learners.
• Experience working with Experience working with immigrant populations, two-generation education programs, schools and community-based organizations, student information systems, educational technologies, in-person and virtual learning environments, and highly collaborative work environments is desired.
• English proficiency; Spanish proficiency strongly desired (other languages a plus)
• Ability to work independently and without immediate supervision

Reasoning Ability- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out moderately complex, multi-step instructions and make appropriate independent decisions as necessary.

Physical Demands- Regularly required standing, walking, and sitting, sometimes for many hours at a time; frequently required to reach with hands and arms, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk or hear; must be able to lift objects up to twenty-five pounds.

Work Environment - Primarily works in a typical office and classroom setting with quiet to moderate noise level. Ability to regularly travel around Washington, D.C. using personal and/or public modes of transportation to work at all Briya locations. This position typically works Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, and occasionally needs to maintain work hours outside of these times, including evenings and weekends.

Salary Range: $70,000- $75,000