Director of Leader Development

Position: Director of Leader Development Location: Denver, CO Reports to: Executive Director of Leader Coaching Salary Range: $85,000 - $120,000 We are Rocky Mountain Prep, a movement comprised of incredible educators, families, scholars, and advocates who are changing the face of public education in Colorado by democratizing college access and preparation for historically marginalized students and families. On paper, we are a network of twelve college preparatory charter schools in the Denver metro area serving students as young as twelve weeks through twelfth grade. But we are so much more than this. Who We Are Rocky Mountain Prep (RMP) is a network of high-performing public charter schools committed to educational equity, rigorous academics, and joyful classrooms. At RMP, we ensure that every teacher receives the support, coaching, and development needed to thrive and drive student success. We believe principals are the primary drivers of school success. Their core responsibility is coaching, managing, and influencing other adults to achieve the Big Five, Concept Essence, and Academic Vision. To fulfill this mission, our lead teams serve as leader incubators, ensuring every interaction with an RMP leader strengthens the organization. The Opportunity The Director of Leader Development is responsible for coaching, developing, and certifying all Assistant Principals (APs) across RMP. This leader will ensure every AP is proficient in RMP’s Leadership Competencies, certified as an RMP coach, and on track to become a future principal. This role leads RMP’s Coaching Academy, ensuring 100% of APs become certified RMP coaches with the skills to develop high-performing sta and build strong, data-driven school cultures. The Director of Leader Development is also responsible for ensuring that strong, internal candidates fill all principal openings by creating a structured, data-driven principal pipeline. Key Responsibilities Developing & Certifying High-Impact Leaders Lead RMP’s Coaching Academy, ensuring all APs complete certification as RMP coaches capable of leading effective coaching cycles, data meetings, and teacher development. Provide weekly 1:1 coaching, real-time feedback, and school-based support to ensure APs master instructional leadership, coaching, and team management. Align AP coaching to RMP’s Leadership Competencies, ensuring APs demonstrate excellence in instructional rounds, data-driven decision-making, and talent development. Facilitate network-wide professional development (PD) for APs, equipping them with the skills to develop, manage teams, and drive student achievement and operational results. Building a Strong Internal Principal Pipeline Implement a Principal Readiness Framework that ensures all APs develop the leadership capacity necessary for school leadership. Maintain a leadership pipeline tracker, ensuring top-performing internal candidates fill all principal openings. Partner with Executive Directors and Principals to assess AP progress, creating individualized growth plans aligned with leadership readiness. Ensure principals effectively develop their APs and hold them accountable for building a deep leadership bench within their schools. Executing with Discipline & Accountability Build a data-driven coaching system to track AP growth, measure execution, and ensure leaders meet performance benchmarks. Conduct leadership rounds and norming walks to assess AP execution and ensure that coaching and leadership strategies are implemented with fidelity. Work with the Executive Director of Leader Coaching and Talent Team to align AP hiring, onboarding, and retention strategies with long-term leadership development goals. Hold APs accountable for leading teacher development and driving instructional excellence, ensuring their success is measurable and consistent. Strategic Leadership & Collaboration Serve as a thought partner in refining RMP’s Coaching Academy and leadership pipeline strategy. Ensure AP coaching aligns with RMP’s vision for strategic leadership, prioritizing leadership development, strategic team structuring, and fiscal responsibility. Collaborate with the Talent Team to ensure AP leadership development supports broader staff retention and promotion efforts. Utilize leadership data and observation cycles to refine coaching and development strategies, ensuring APs are prepared for principalship. Alignment with RMP’s School Leadership Philosophy Ensure APs are developed as holistic school leaders, managing all elements of their assigned grade levels, including coaching, student culture, enrollment, and persistence goals. Prepare APs to lead across multiple school functions, eliminating silos and fostering adaptability within the leadership team. Support principals in effectively leveraging their lead teams, ensuring APs are coached, developed, and held accountable for leadership execution. Reinforce RMP’s leadership development model, where every AP role is structured as a principal preparation role. Who You Are A proven instructional leader with 5+ years of experience as an AP, Principal, or equivalent, with a track record of developing leaders and improving student and operational outcomes. An elite leadership coach who can develop APs into transformational leaders. A systems thinker who can build and execute a structured leadership development program at scale. A data-driven decision-maker who ensures coaching and development efforts are producing measurable results. A culture builder who fosters high expectations, clarity, and disciplined execution across leadership teams. All Network Support Team Staff at Rocky Mountain Prep will: Own their outcomes and demonstrate high personal responsibility by setting high expectations, using data to guide their daily actions, maximizing time in service of our students, families, and staff, and demonstrating a commitment to helping us achieve our Big Five goals. Take ownership of your professional growth by actively engaging in regular coaching, being open to feedback, and commitment to continuous improvement. Resist the urge to make excuses when things do not go well and take accountability, particularly regarding our students, families, and staff. Be punctual and prepared for all meetings, presentations, coaching sessions, and other professional obligations, being the model of applying rigor and love to everything we do. Build your schedule around the needs of our schools, keeping in mind that NST supports the transformative work happening in our schools daily. Demonstrate an openness to responding and serving the work in our schools, regardless of what team you are on. Be able to consistently demonstrate how your daily work improves the quality of our schools and classrooms for all of our scholars, staff, and families. Model and embody RMP’s PEAK values (Perseverance, Excellence, Adventure, and Kindness) in all interactions with scholars, families, and staff. Collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders across the organization to accomplish the work and build a positive and inclusive culture. Operate with a level of urgency that reflects our ambitious goals as an organization, ensuring that every resource is being used to bring us closer to achieving our Concept Essence. Participate in and contribute to network-wide initiatives, professional development, and student and staff recruitment efforts. Education Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree Required We use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires. Other Requirements 3+ years of experience coaching leaders 3+ years of experience managing leaders Compensation and Benefits Salary: $85,000- $120,000- DOE, expected to land in the first 50th percentile of range Status: Full-Time, Salary-Exempt Benefits: Includes health insurance (medical, dental, vision), disability insurance, life insurance, PERA retirement, and paid time off. Why Join Rocky Mountain Prep? Concept Essence-Driven Leadership – We develop teachers with clarity, execution, discipline, and accountability. Leadership Growth – As RMP refines and scales its teacher residency and retention strategy, you will have opportunities to expand your impact. RMP is an equal-opportunity employer. We seek applicants of diverse backgrounds and hire without regard to color, gender, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply Today If you are passionate about developing high-impact new teachers, leading teacher residency programs, and ensuring every early-career educator is set up for success, we encourage you to apply!