Supervisor, Learning Innovation at NewGlobe

About the Role

As a Learning Innovation Supervisor, you will be responsible for supporting and managing Learning Innovation Officers. You will guide the improvement of lessons and learning materials through the organisation and delivery of objective, weekly feedback on Officers’ lesson observations, which focus on lesson quality, teacher experience and pupil outcomes from the field. You will provide feedback on lesson observation reports to learning innovation officers, support them by responding to daily communications from the field, absorb requests and manage their work plans, maintain the creation and monitoring of their schedules, have individual weekly meetings and monitor data entry into trackers.  

The Learning Innovation Department is hyper-focused on ensuring that lessons are driven by clear objectives, that teachers are fully supported, and that pupils are prepared for academic success. Your objective is to support the achievement of learning outcomes through better lessons. Towards this end, you will guide and mentor Learning Innovation Officers to be courageous enough to provide challenging feedback and hold incredibly high standards for educational excellence. You will also visit schools to keep up with learning innovation processes and developments in lessons. 

This role can be ‌in India (New Delhi), Rwanda (Kigali), Kenya (Nairobi), or Liberia (Monrovia). 

What You Will Do

• Absorb and communicate all requests for field-team support.
• Manage a large portfolio of work plans and balance a competing array of priorities.
• Support Learning Innovation Officers to improve their practice through sustained feedback and targeted support on lesson observation reports.
• Maintain priority observation schedule for learning innovation officers through the academic year
• Meet weekly with 8-10 Learning Innovation Officers and own daily email communication with learning innovation officers.
• Observe lessons once a week to keep up with lesson observation trends and processes. 
• Monitor the weekly completion of the lesson observation catalogue and other trackers.
• Create weekly takeaways to Instructional Design and relevant stakeholders from qualitative data. 
• Identify areas of improvement and write memos to strengthen and tighten field team processes.
• Assist with professional development and evaluation of learning innovation officers.
• Introduce screening interviews and ownership of resume/task reviews for new applicants
• Data cleaning and analysis of data collected from the field.

What You Should Have

• Significant, relevant experience as a teacher or a field researcher in an educational setting.
• Excellent leadership and managerial skills with the ability to drive high performance and measurable output.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills with the ability to operate in a fast-paced working environment.
• Experience in leading and delivering continuous improvement in k-12 education
• Knowledge of current learning developments, applications and their impact on teaching and learning
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• A strong plus is up-to-date knowledge of learning design and/or data analysis.