Program Manager-2

Requirements

• Manages project portfolios in line with business strategies and in accordance with project management standards.
• Coordinate and oversee day-to-day project implementation activities across assigned partner schools in Texas and Mississippi.
• Monitors timelines, deliverables, and milestones to ensure adherence to the approved project scope and logic model.
• Establishes short and long-term goals for project delivery.
• Assists with developing curriculum and trains teachers, preservice teacher coaches, and tutors.
• Coordinates with the Literacy coordinator the planning and delivery of professional development for tutors, preservice teacher coaches, and participating educators.
• Assists with the implementation of coaching and feedback cycles, including real-time feedback protocols.
• Assists in supervising preservice teacher coaches.
• Oversees the selection and organization of the tutoring manipulative kits and teacher supplement kits.
• Oversees and manages the revisions to the LIS Strategies Guidebook and the LIS Tutoring Resource Binder, ensuring updates are completed, accurate, and aligned with program needs.
• Assists in collecting and organizing training feedback to support iterative improvement of professional learning activities.
• Supports the development, maintenance, and ongoing refinement of training materials for external users.
• Oversees and assists in coordinating the development and enhancement of tutoring lessons aligned with the Science of Reading (SOR) and Literacy‐Infused Science (LIS) frameworks.
• Periodically conducts meetings with stakeholders to schedule and coordinate project activities.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to define project objectives, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements.
• Facilitates internal team and external stakeholder meetings and maintains accurate minutes.
• Communicates project updates, risks, and issues to stakeholders in a clear and timely manner.
• Addresses stakeholder concerns, manages expectations, and ensures high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Coordinate and schedule virtual classroom observations of treatment and comparison teachers.
• Tracks and verifies: VPD attendance and engagement, completion of teacher reflections and surveys (pre/post LIS strategy use), observation data and action research logs.
• Coordinate teacher-led classroom action research cycles, including six-week observation windows.
• Monitor fidelity of tutoring implementation using the researcher-developed literacy tutor observation rubric.
• Support coordination of student-level data collection, including: State assessments, Iowa Assessments (ITBS) reading and science subtests, district formative reading progress assessments (fluency), MSSL instrument administration.
• Prepares accurate and comprehensive project reports, including financial updates, progress against milestones, and change management processes.
• Completes all required project documentation and reports for clients and management.
• Maintains project documentation, including project plans, risk registers, issue logs, and lessons learned.
• Conducts data analysis and reports to determine project health and completion metrics.
• Gathers qualitative and quantitative data for project stakeholders.
• Manages and supervises the project team.
• Assigns and monitors tasks and responsibilities to team members, ensuring balanced workloads and optimal utilization of skills.
• Fosters a collaborative team environment that promotes effective communication and knowledge sharing.
• Identifies team members' training and development needs and provides coaching and mentoring as necessary.
• Ensures adherence to project management best practices, methodologies, and organizational standards.
• Monitors project deliverables for quality and compliance with established guidelines and regulations.
• Implements appropriate quality control measures and continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical
• Prescription drug
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D
• Flexible spending accounts
• Long-term disability insurance
• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• Health and Wellness: Free exercise programs and release time
• Professional Development: All employees have access to free LinkedIn Learning training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more
• Educational release time and tuition assistance for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee