Location: Network Support Team (NST) positions are primarily in person, with team members expected to work on-site 80% of the week at the NST office or one of our Rocky Mountain Prep campuses, based on the needs of their role and the organization. Team members may work remotely up to 20% of the week. This structure keeps our NST team closely connected to the staff, students, families, and communities we serve while allowing for limited flexibility to work remotely.
The RMP Promise
Rocky Mountain Prep is a movement of educators, families, scholars, and advocates committed to changing public education in Colorado by democratizing college access for historically marginalized students and families. We operate twelve college-preparatory schools serving students from early childhood through twelfth grade, and we are fundamentally a world-class learning organization that invests deeply in every educator who joins us. Teachers engage in ongoing coaching and professional development, supported by clear expectations, transparent feedback, and opportunities to strengthen their craft and advance along individualized career pathways grounded in our PEAK values. Rooted in a culture of rigor and love, RMP promises to coach, develop, and champion every team member so they can do their best work and grow as professionals, people, and leaders.
RMP’s Big Five Goals
Every RMP team member plays a role in advancing our shared goals for student success and organizational strength. Our Big Five Goals establish the key outcomes we are working toward together across our schools and network:
Student Achievement: 60% average proficiency on CMAS & PSAT by Spring 2027; zero schools rated Orange or Red on the 2027–28 Colorado School Performance Framework
Financial Sustainability: 5,100 students enrolled, as measured by October Count; $4MM in total philanthropic gifts during the 2026–27 school year
Parent Satisfaction: 90% regular attendance; no more than 10% chronic absenteeism
Staff Engagement & Enablement: 75% annual staff retention from July 2026 to July 2027
Student Persistence — Health & Wellness: 90% year-over-year student persistence from September 2026 to September 2027
Each team member contributes to these goals through their role and collaboration across RMP.
About the Role
The Executive Director of Schools trains, coaches, manages, and monitors principals so they can drive school outcomes. Your job is to build principals’ skills and mindsets so they can improve their schools and deliver strong results. You are accountable for the Big Five across your portfolio, and you work in schools, not around them.
You report to the Chief Achievement Officer, who sets the bar for the role, holds you accountable for portfolio results, observes you in the field, and coaches you against the five core skills below.
Executive Director of Schools at Rocky Mountain Prep will...
Lead management and coaching cycles
Establish a trusting partnership with each principal as their manager and coach: set clear expectations for the principal role and the partnership, and create space for consistent, timely two-way feedback with candor and care.
Execute the development and management cycle: hold principals accountable to the bar, monitor progress, retain and promote high performers, and develop low performers or, when needed, manage them out with dignity.
Lead effective one-on-ones: co-create the agenda, use most of the time to improve principals’ skills and school outcomes, celebrate successes, and plan concrete action steps with a way to monitor follow-through and impact.
Execute coaching cycles on walkthroughs, lesson rehearsal, and student work analysis meetings: align on criteria for success, observe, create space for reflection, give targeted feedback, model and practice, and co-create bite-sized action steps with built-in accountability.
Use data-driven action cycles
Diagnose school and leader performance against a bar of excellence using quantitative and qualitative…