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Position Title: District Strategy Partner Salary Range: District Strategy Partner, Grade 13, exempt, $93,128.25 - $130,379.53 per fiscal year, commensurate with experience. Job Description Summary: Assist the Director of School Leadership to deliver integrated solutions that empower school systems. Through integrated, collaborative support with school leadership teams, the District Strategy Partner will effectively and efficiently deliver solutions that impact the challenges of school districts. Job Description: Essential Duties and Responsibilities 1. Seek opportunities to strengthen school supports * Stay apprised of current educational research * Identify personal growth plan to build capabilities and capacity to better serve their role * Develop strong, embedded relationships with assigned member school districts * Attend school district leadership team meetings * Develop and utilize tools to assess and evaluate strengths and needs of schools * Engage with school districts in their strategic planning processes, including facilitating the process as needed 2. Empower regional schools with solutions and tools based on data and research * Participate as a full member of the Education Solutions Leadership Team to prioritize school needs and set strategy * Attend meetings regularly * Collaborate to identify common school needs and potential solutions * Develop solution teams to design solutions * Vet and evaluate solutions regularly * Ensure alignment of new solutions to regional effective schools&#8217; framework * Organize schools into communities of practice to collaborate and maximize resources * Ensure that the parts of the team work well together and that the resources of the department are appropriately applied to the school problems chosen to address * Participate on solution teams as assigned * Develop fluency in the High Reliability Schools Framework, Modern Teacher, implementation science, and other system supports 3. Impact regional schools by supporting solution implementation * Create and monitor district service plans * Assure that solutions offered to a district are integrated and aligned with district strategic plan * Monitor and support implementation of solutions * Deliver solutions as expertise and demand require * Advocate for educational equity 4. Integrates an equity lens into work to ensure services and supports that foster: &#8203; * Removing systemic barriers for historically marginalized peoples. * Promoting culturally responsive practices and policies. * Engaging all voices. 5. Actively engages as a member of Sourcewell and Education Solutions * Stays up to date with organizational initiatives and news and engages in organizational meetings and events. * Applies organizational and departmental protocols and procedures. * Effectively uses organizational and departmental systems. * Actively and positively engages in organizational and departmental culture 6. Other duties as assigned Additional Job Description: Required Qualifications * Bachelor&#8217;s degree in K-12 education * Current Minnesota elementary or secondary teaching license * Minimum ten (10) years of experience in the field of education, including teaching experience * Minimum two (2) years of experience in a formal educational leadership role * Experience in application of current evidence-based practices in instruction and professional development * Valid MN Driver&#8217;s License Preferred Qualifications * Master&#8217;s degree in the field of education * Administrative license * Expertise and/or experience in group facilitation The application deadline for this position is April 27th. Please submit your applications prior to the end of day on April 27th if you wish to be considered. Application pre-screening and review will start April 28th. Please submit your application through the Sourcewell careers page on our website: District Strategy Partner<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsourcewell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com%2Fen-US%2FSWCareers%2Fjob%2FLI-Hybrid%2FDistrict-Strategy-Partner_R-1619&data=05%7C02%7Cscsu-edpost%40stcloudstate.edu%7C11171caa18b247481dcf08dd7b973328%7C5011c7c60ab446ab9ef4fae74a921a7f%7C0%7C0%7C638802611522880121%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EeouAC4YiMC8S7oCJarAScmVuJbF%2FDiJ9X0rFpG1lJg%3D&reserved=0> Location: * Applicants should be located near or in the counties we serve (Region 5) and be able to commute to the office and throughout the region at least 2-3 days a week for meetings and support. * On occasion may be expected to attend meetings or trainings at Sourcewell's headquarters in Staples, MN, advance notice would be given to team member. *Sourcewell is currently accepting applications from all states, except the following: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Applicants living in or planning to relocate to a state not on this list are encouraged to apply. * Sourcewell exists to empower community success. We stand with our partners in government and education striving to recognize and honor the differences in each of our community members. We are committed to removing barriers to equity. Values * Seek. Be curious. * Empower. Be accountable and liberate others. * Impact. Be a difference maker