Commit seeks a passionate, hard-working individual for a full-time position supporting the Texas College Bridge program. The mission of Texas College Bridge is to increase the number of students statewide that are ready for, enrolling in, persisting through, and completing college. This is position is funding by a grant through summer 2024, with the possibility of extension.

The Associate will assist in the implementation of the Texas College Bridge program and provide support, resources, training, and ongoing communication to maintain and increase districts' successful usage and retention. Primary responsibilities of the Associate include scheduling and conducting ongoing training with school districts and higher education institutions; supporting districts as they implement the program; working with higher education institutions on maintaining accurate contact information; providing first-line support to school districts with program questions; and assisting in tracking student completion and performance data.

The focus of the Texas College Bridge is to provide online, self-paced college prep courses for English and Math that provide flexibility to districts, increased consistency and quality to match higher education expectations, and tracking of student mastery of identified college readiness skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Stakeholder Training and Support

• Conduct training opportunities for school districts and institutions of higher education
• Maintain training manuals and resources for program processes and/or tools
• Assist in collecting continuous feedback from stakeholders to determine gaps, needs, and impact of Texas College Bridge programming, training, and supports
• Conduct weekly live office hours for prospective and participating partners
• Monitor email account for Texas College Bridge and respond to Tier 1 support issues
• Assist districts with registration to participate in Texas College Bridge and configuration of the Edready software platform

Program Logistics and Continuous Improvement Support

• Coordinate ongoing planning and update meetings with program partners
• Assist in data management and document storage for school districts and higher education institutions
• Monitor student progress and manage strategic communications to school districts and students to increase completion rates

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience working in a school district preferred
• Experience in creating and providing professional development/training
• Experience in data analysis and data-informed strategic planning

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES

• Commitment to putting students first and incorporating direct student and district personnel feedback
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be personable with district and campus staff, district and campus leadership, students, higher education staff, and contract partners
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects with different timelines that enables success in an outcomes-oriented environment
• Ability to learn, use and influence technology tools
• Willingness to learn new tools and content knowledge related to college and career access
• Ability to operate with humility, an open mind, and a sense of urgency
• A true curiosity and commitment to finding more effective ways to meet the needs of underserved children
• Ability to problem-solve independently
• Belief in the power of education and equity to improve the odds for all children in service of Commit’s mission

Location: DFW Metroplex

If a direct apply link is not included, interested candidates should visit WWW.COMMITPARTNERSHIP.ORG/CAREERS to apply. Inquiries regarding the position can be sent to CAREERS@COMMITPARTNERSHIP.ORG.

The Commit Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to hire individuals with backgrounds similar to that of the stakeholders they serve. As an organization that embraces equity and inclusion, all employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.

THE COMMIT PARTNERSHIP DOES NOT SPONSOR VISAS OF ANY KIND.

ABOUT THE COMMIT PARTNERSHIP:

Founded in 2012, The Commit Partnership (“Commit” or “The Partnership”) has become the largest educational community-based collective impact organization in the U.S. as measured by either staff, by budget, or by total students supported (790,000+ ages 0 through 22). Encompassing 200+ partners across Dallas County, including almost every public school district, higher education entity and large foundation in the region, The Partnership also encompasses numerous independent private schools and public charter networks, businesses and educational non-profits. The Partnership’s overriding vision is relatively simple and straightforward: our community, working together, to ensure that all students receive an excellent and equitable education.

Over 100 different local, regional and national investors have supported the backbone to date. They include major foundations, high net worth philanthropists, and corporate partners, all of whom believe that investing in a dedicated backbone organization, armed with powerful data and the power to continually convene and align stakeholders, will lead to meaningful systems change as public and philanthropic funding streams align strategically behind what is needed to grow the number of students with a postsecondary degree or technical certificate.

While The Partnership’s geographic scope focus is Dallas County, it also supports statewide implementation of Texas House Bill 3 and similar efforts in Fort Worth/Tarrant County (350,000 K-12 students) and Houston/Harris County (~900,000 K-12 students). Collectively, these three regions educate 1 in 3 children in Texas and roughly 4% of the nation’s K-12 population. When aligned in the future by common data and goals, these regions could prove a powerful force behind aligned advocacy to alter state public funding streams and key policies benefiting students.