Deputy Director, Virtual Training
Deputy Director, Virtual Training
California, Remote
Posted: 6/24/22
The California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI) is looking for an experienced educator in school counseling and/or e-learning program development to lead the day-to-day operations of the specialized team that provides Virtual Training to school districts who use CaliforniaColleges.edu with their students.
The California College Guidance Initiative streamlines the college planning and application process for California students and helps colleges access the information they need to inform key decisions about admission, first-year academic placement, financial aid, advising, and supportive services. The Deputy Director, Virtual Training will provide strategic leadership to the team that administers virtual training to counselors, teachers and other educators who use CaliforniaColleges.edu to facilitate career exploration, college knowledge, and postsecondary planning and to launch and track college and financial aid applications.
The ideal candidate is a collaborative leader with a deep understanding of the K-12 system and its seasonal priorities. They understand the challenges schools and districts face in improving college and career outcomes and have experience developing programmatic materials to train educators in supporting students’ post-secondary planning. This person has successfully supported adoption, implementation, and usage of a college and career tool/program.
We work to solve large scale, system-level problems. You must be comfortable working with unknowns and ambiguous solutions, as well as passionate about promoting public education and advancing educational equity.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Leading and coaching a team of User Support and Training Managers who
- Facilitate interactive Virtual Training that includes: thorough preparation, articulate and dynamic facilitation, and responsive follow-up.
- Respond to help tickets related to requests for virtual training support and offerings.
- Iterating and strengthening Virtual Training’s departmental approach, strategy, and content and materials to ensure it is grounded in current counseling and instructional best practices.
- Collaborate with the Director, Virtual Training in high-level outreach to K12 educators and relevant stakeholders to drive CaliforniaColleges.edu implementation and usage.
- Maintaining high standards for the tracking and visualization of data so that it can be used to drive decision making.
- Model giving and receiving feedback via a non-violent communication model to improve the team’s performance in dynamic facilitation, familiarity with K12 landscape, and CaliforniaColleges.edu knowledge.
- Leading and coaching a team of User Support and Training Managers who
What Technical and Leadership Skills Do You Need?
- Minimum of four (4) + years working at either a K-12 or higher education institution.
- Possess and maintain depth and breadth of knowledge of the K-12 pipeline, school counseling and educational trends and priorities.
- Demonstrated track record of developing and executing high impact data driven programs.
- Strong familiarity with California’s college and career readiness landscape, including higher education options, college and financial aid applications, the College Readiness Indicator, and other standards.
- At least two (2) + years of experience managing the work of a small team or comparable coaching experience.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Pupil Personnel Services Credential not required but preferred.
What Intangibles Do You Need?
- Demonstrated track record of developing and executing high impact data driven programs.
- Strong decision-making skills and collaborative spirit, with the ability to take abstract brainstorming and generate concrete proposals for action.
- Advance projects without detailed supervision, balancing multiple responsibilities and providing colleagues with actionable proposals for advancing collective efforts.
- Commitment to coaching and mentoring a team by providing and receiving direct feedback, modeling vulnerability, and leading with professionalism and kindness.
- Commitment to developing and maintaining trusting professional relationships.
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and deadlines.
- Juggle multiple projects of various scopes with ease and grace.
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate with various levels of professionals.
More about the Technical Assistance and User Support & Training Team
The team is composed of individuals, working remotely across California, that support K-12 school districts’ data quality improvement efforts through virtual training and providing responsive assistance to educators, students, and families who utilize the CaliforniaColleges.edu platform. Not all of us have a background in teaching or education, but we believe in continuous learning, are deeply self-motivated, and have a personal connection to the organizational mission around student equity.
More about CCGI
The California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI) works to ensure that all 6th-12th grade students in California have access to a systematic baseline of guidance and support as they plan, prepare, and pay for postsecondary education and training.
This baseline is provided by CaliforniaColleges.edu, which provides California students and educators with a wide range of college and career planning information and tools. The site also houses, audits, and transmits student data to help ensure more accurate and efficient decisions regarding admissions, financial aid, and course placement. CCGI provides technical assistance, support, and training to K-12 school districts in order to support students, counselors, and parents with the systematic use of CaliforniaColleges.edu, including its transcript-informed tools.
CCGI forms the core of the college planning and application tools in California’s newly-launched Cradle-to-Career System. Over the next few years, the Cradle-to-Career System will scale CCGI so that all California 6th-12th grade students can have free access to our transcript-informed tools.
CCGI is a positive, diverse, and supportive culture. At our core, we prioritize the needs of students above all else.
Everyone at CCGI works remotely. We are all located in various parts of California. We rarely meet in person. Instead, we make use of tools, such as ZOOM, Slack, and Salesforce, to communicate and document our work.
CCGI is housed at the Foundation for California Community Colleges but is an autonomous initiative with its own mission, goals, and leadership team.
The application process will be open until the position is filled.
The Foundation for California Community Colleges is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities (EEO) are available to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, genetic characteristics, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital/parental status, political affiliation, religion, age, disability, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, the Foundation for California Community Colleges complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment.
As the official nonprofit auxiliary to the Chancellor’s Office, we aim to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the California Community Colleges and the 2.1 million students, campuses, and communities it serves. Individuals are hired for their deep understanding of each population’s unique needs and will join a collaborative environment where each team member plays an important role in helping Californians across all communities improve their social and economic mobility and build a better future for themselves and their families.