School Literacy Partner - Chicago

The role

You will lead school partnership work in Chicago by building relationships with educators and school leaders. You will design and facilitate professional learning, manage a portfolio of districts, and develop resources to increase Epic adoption.

What you will do

• Lead Epic's school partnership work in Chicago by building work plans and setting milestones.
• Launch and lead an Epic Educator Advisory Group.
• Help school and district leaders connect Epic to literacy goals.
• Represent Epic at conferences, district convenings, and literacy partner events.
• Plan and lead in-person and virtual professional learning.
• Facilitate sessions at staff meetings, PD days, and library events.
• Give follow-up coaching after trainings.
• Lead family sessions in English and a second language.
• Own relationships with a portfolio of 10–15 priority Chicago districts.
• Develop and maintain training materials, school toolkits, and family resources.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in K–8 education, including at least 2 years as an assistant principal, principal, dean, district strategist, instructional coach lead or in a similar leadership role
• 2+ years leading major projects or school-wide initiatives
• Bilingual in English and at least one language widely spoken in Chicago schools, such as Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Tagalog or Arabic
• Experience designing and facilitating adult learning, both in person and virtually
• Active relationships with Chicago school and district leaders
• Strong public speaking skills and comfort facilitating groups of senior educators
• Organized and self-directed
• Comfortable with Google Workspace, spreadsheets and basic data tracking
• Reliable transportation and willingness to travel regularly to schools across the Chicago

Benefits

• Onboarding and training on Epic
• Ongoing support from the Educator Engagement team
• Usage data and a prioritized school list for your portfolio
• Presentation decks, one-pagers, printed materials, and Epic swag
• Coverage of approved travel, meals, and materials
• Mileage reimbursed based on actuals as per IRS standards ($72.5 cents per mile)

About the company

Epic is a digital reading platform for kids 12 and under, with a library of high-quality children’s books, audiobooks, and read-to-me titles. It is free for educators.