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The mission of the Office of School Improvement and Supports (OSIS) is to ensure we support our schools and our students to succeed and to meet the Goals of our Strategic Plan. The Office works to dramatically accelerate the number of excellent schools through school transformation, including design, partnerships, Connected Schools, and Comprehensive School Planning (CSP). The Office develops, aligns, and delivers high-quality supports to ensure students, particularly students furthest away from opportunity, are in school, able to engage in rigorous learning, and have a joyous educational environment. The Office ensures our schools have excellent leaders, educators, and staff who are prepared to meet the diverse needs of the young people we serve.
Divisions/Teams
School Improvement
- School Performance: Promotes data-driven decision-making through a cycle of continuous improvement to develop, implement, and monitor the comprehensive school plan designed to move schools toward a consistent standard of excellence.
- Design: Designs innovative school models that transform learning for our students furthest from opportunity and supports District workstreams to be more grounded in community voice by anchoring in data, community engagement and understanding, and elevating and integrating student voice.
- Connected Schools: Supports schools in implementing the DCPS Connected Schools Model. Connected Schools take a whole child, whole school, whole community approach by making schools spaces that support not only a student’s academic development, but also the student and family’s overall wellbeing through access to resources related to health, employment, housing, and more.
Student Supports
- School Mental Health: Ensures that students' behavioral and social-emotional needs are met to increase access to the curriculum, strengthen emotional regulation and prosocial skills, and respond to school communities in times of crisis.
- Student Placement: Ensures every student that requires a change in school assignment based on housing status, military transition, community release or other special circumstance receives a placement that considers their unique needs for school success.
- Student Health Services: Ensures access to preventative and coordinated services for all students to support health and wellness, appropriate care of students with chronic health conditions and prevent absenteeism due to health-related factors.
Learning and Development Sciences
- Learning and Development Sciences Division (LDS) is charged with supporting the district’s Strategic Plan goals on Safety and Belonging. Grounded in the latest science of learning and development and powered by lived experiences, the district’s approach is a long-term vision that incorporates critical system shifts, codifies the most effective evidence-based practices, and supports individual schools to implement systems and practices that create favorable conditions for learning.
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): DCPS’s approach to tiered supports is grounded in a commitment to serving the whole child. The MTSS team supports schools to understand student and staff strengths and needs holistically and supports their implementation of aligned evidence-based best practices across academics, social-emotional learning, attendance, and behavior.
IMPACT: IMPACT is DCPS’ effectiveness assessment system for all school-based staff. IMPACT endeavors for all school-staff members to receive timely and accurate feedback on their performance and to have that performance recognized and rewarded. The ultimate goal of IMPACT is to ensure that all students, at all schools, have access to a highest quality staff members across all roles.
- IMPACT Operations: The team coordinates across DCPS to develop guidance for individual components that reflect DCPS’ priorities, manages external vendors for the accurate and timely production of scores for various components, manages a helpline where all staff can reach out with questions about their evaluation, supports managers to ensure all evaluations are conducted with fidelity, and produces data analysis to support the mission of other teams across DCPS.
- IMPACT Align: This team develops tools to ensure all teacher evaluators have what they need to apply DCPS’ classroom observation rubric accurately and consistently; produces resources and guidance designed to build fluency in the observation rubric among teachers; supports principal and instructional superintendent alignment with respect to DCPS’ school leader evaluation rubric; and collaborates with teams across DCPS to ensure all supported rubrics continue to provide a clear language of effectiveness that supports the mission of IMPACT.
- IMPACT Design: This team gathers and responds to feedback from DCPS leadership, staff and other central services teams. This team uses this feedback to consider possible adjustments to IMPACT to ensure the evaluation system remains accurate and aligned to DCPS priorities. The team also liaises with other states, districts, education groups, and researchers to learn from the best practices and lessons learned in the field of staff and school leader evaluation.
The Manager, IMPACT Operations is responsible for ensuring that the assessment system for staff and school leaders is implemented with fidelity. The Manager will specifically focus on customer service support for school-based staff, school leaders, and other stakeholders, as well as knowledge management and the maintenance of evaluation policies. The Manager, IMPACT Operations position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development and implementation of a national model for teacher and school leader evaluation, as well as help support the DCPS goal of ensuring that all students receive a high-quality education and are prepared for college, career, and life.
The Manager, IMPACT Operations will report to the Director, IMPACT Operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned.
- Manages and tracks evaluation policies and procedures to ensure that the system is implemented with fidelity.
- Ensures information in the IMPACT database is efficiently and accurately entered, stored, and maintained through regular auditing.
- Anticipates, identifies, and resolves complex obstacles to ensure the success of IMPACT, including providing instructional superintendents, school leaders, and teachers with large-scale and individualized support.
- Manages multiple workstreams designed to ensure that all school-based staff receive all relevant pieces of their evaluation with fidelity.
- Assigns, directs, and evaluates the work of direct reports; and aligns the projects of direct reports with the mission of the IMPACT Operations team.
- Responds effectively to requests and inquiries from multiple external and internal DCPS stakeholders regarding IMPACT. Generates memos, reports, and other analyses of IMPACT data to inform the work of departments across DCPS. Develops and implements process improvements to increase the efficiency of IMPACT operations.
- Builds relationships and liaises with various internal departments to drive collaboration and project success; and interacts with and responds effectively to urgent requests from multiple internal and external DCPS stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and four to six years of related work experience.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Experience using formulas in Excel.
- Experience in data/database management, auditing, or Quickbase a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt to and learn new information and technologies.
- Previous exposure to or experience in the education sector a plus.
- Ability to manage, integrate, and analyze policies from multiple and complex sources.
- Prior customer service experience a plus.
- Ability to develop and manage relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders.
- Deep commitment to professional growth and learning, and thrives in a culture of continuous feedback.
- Exemplary writing and interpersonal communications skills.
- Exceptional time management and organizational skills.
DCPS Values
- STUDENTS FIRST: We recognize students as whole children and put their needs first in everything we do.
- COURAGE: We have the audacity to learn from our successes and failures, to try new things, and to lead the nation as a proof point of PK-12 success.
- EQUITY: We work proactively to eliminate opportunity gaps by interrupting institutional bias and investing in effective strategies to ensure every student succeeds.
- EXCELLENCE: We work with integrity and hold ourselves accountable for exemplary outcomes, service, and interactions.
- TEAMWORK: We recognize that our greatest asset is our collective vision and ability to work collaboratively and authentically.
- JOY: We enjoy our collective work and will enthusiastically celebrate our success and each other.
We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive, accessible workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals with disabilities. Accommodation and/or application assistance is available upon request at all stages of the application and employment process. To request accommodation, please contact dcps.eeo-ada@k12.dc.gov.
Salary Range
1-5 / $98,423 - $111,058
Date Posted
4/9/2026
NTE Date
N/A
Position Overview
The mission of the Office of School Improvement and Supports (OSIS) is to ensure we support our schools and our students to succeed and to meet the Goals of our Strategic Plan. The Office works to dramatically accelerate the number of excellent schools through school transformation, including design, partnerships, Connected Schools, and Comprehensive School Planning (CSP). The Office develops, aligns, and delivers high-quality supports to ensure students, particularly students furthest away from opportunity, are in school, able to engage in rigorous learning, and have a joyous educational environment. The Office ensures our schools have excellent leaders, educators, and staff who are prepared to meet the diverse needs of the young people we serve.
Divisions/Teams
School Improvement
- School Performance: Promotes data-driven decision-making through a cycle of continuous improvement to develop, implement, and monitor the comprehensive school plan designed to move schools toward a consistent standard of excellence.
- Design: Designs innovative school models that transform learning for our students furthest from opportunity and supports District workstreams to be more grounded in community voice by anchoring in data, community engagement and understanding, and elevating and integrating student voice.
- Connected Schools: Supports schools in implementing the DCPS Connected Schools Model. Connected Schools take a whole child, whole school, whole community approach by making schools spaces that support not only a student’s academic development, but also the student and family’s overall wellbeing through access to resources related to health, employment, housing, and more.
Student Supports
- School Mental Health: Ensures that students' behavioral and social-emotional needs are met to increase access to the curriculum, strengthen emotional regulation and prosocial skills, and respond to school communities in times of crisis.
- Student Placement: Ensures every student that requires a change in school assignment based on housing status, military transition, community release or other special circumstance receives a placement that considers their unique needs for school success.
- Student Health Services: Ensures access to preventative and coordinated services for all students to support health and wellness, appropriate care of students with chronic health conditions and prevent absenteeism due to health-related factors.
Learning and Development Sciences
- Learning and Development Sciences Division (LDS) is charged with supporting the district’s Strategic Plan goals on Safety and Belonging. Grounded in the latest science of learning and development and powered by lived experiences, the district’s approach is a long-term vision that incorporates critical system shifts, codifies the most effective evidence-based practices, and supports individual schools to implement systems and practices that create favorable conditions for learning.
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): DCPS’s approach to tiered supports is grounded in a commitment to serving the whole child. The MTSS team supports schools to understand student and staff strengths and needs holistically and supports their implementation of aligned evidence-based best practices across academics, social-emotional learning, attendance, and behavior.
IMPACT: IMPACT is DCPS’ effectiveness assessment system for all school-based staff. IMPACT endeavors for all school-staff members to receive timely and accurate feedback on their performance and to have that performance recognized and rewarded. The ultimate goal of IMPACT is to ensure that all students, at all schools, have access to a highest quality staff members across all roles.
- IMPACT Operations: The team coordinates across DCPS to develop guidance for individual components that reflect DCPS’ priorities, manages external vendors for the accurate and timely production of scores for various components, manages a helpline where all staff can reach out with questions about their evaluation, supports managers to ensure all evaluations are conducted with fidelity, and produces data analysis to support the mission of other teams across DCPS.
- IMPACT Align: This team develops tools to ensure all teacher evaluators have what they need to apply DCPS’ classroom observation rubric accurately and consistently; produces resources and guidance designed to build fluency in the observation rubric among teachers; supports principal and instructional superintendent alignment with respect to DCPS’ school leader evaluation rubric; and collaborates with teams across DCPS to ensure all supported rubrics continue to provide a clear language of effectiveness that supports the mission of IMPACT.
- IMPACT Design: This team gathers and responds to feedback from DCPS leadership, staff and other central services teams. This team uses this feedback to consider possible adjustments to IMPACT to ensure the evaluation system remains accurate and aligned to DCPS priorities. The team also liaises with other states, districts, education groups, and researchers to learn from the best practices and lessons learned in the field of staff and school leader evaluation.
The Manager, IMPACT Operations is responsible for ensuring that the assessment system for staff and school leaders is implemented with fidelity. The Manager will specifically focus on customer service support for school-based staff, school leaders, and other stakeholders, as well as knowledge management and the maintenance of evaluation policies. The Manager, IMPACT Operations position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development and implementation of a national model for teacher and school leader evaluation, as well as help support the DCPS goal of ensuring that all students receive a high-quality education and are prepared for college, career, and life.
The Manager, IMPACT Operations will report to the Director, IMPACT Operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned.
- Manages and tracks evaluation policies and procedures to ensure that the system is implemented with fidelity.
- Ensures information in the IMPACT database is efficiently and accurately entered, stored, and maintained through regular auditing.
- Anticipates, identifies, and resolves complex obstacles to ensure the success of IMPACT, including providing instructional superintendents, school leaders, and teachers with large-scale and individualized support.
- Manages multiple workstreams designed to ensure that all school-based staff receive all relevant pieces of their evaluation with fidelity.
- Assigns, directs, and evaluates the work of direct reports; and aligns the projects of direct reports with the mission of the IMPACT Operations team.
- Responds effectively to requests and inquiries from multiple external and internal DCPS stakeholders regarding IMPACT. Generates memos, reports, and other analyses of IMPACT data to inform the work of departments across DCPS. Develops and implements process improvements to increase the efficiency of IMPACT operations.
- Builds relationships and liaises with various internal departments to drive collaboration and project success; and interacts with and responds effectively to urgent requests from multiple internal and external DCPS stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and four to six years of related work experience.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Experience using formulas in Excel.
- Experience in data/database management, auditing, or Quickbase a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt to and learn new information and technologies.
- Previous exposure to or experience in the education sector a plus.
- Ability to manage, integrate, and analyze policies from multiple and complex sources.
- Prior customer service experience a plus.
- Ability to develop and manage relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders.
- Deep commitment to professional growth and learning, and thrives in a culture of continuous feedback.
- Exemplary writing and interpersonal communications skills.
- Exceptional time management and organizational skills.
DCPS Values
- STUDENTS FIRST: We recognize students as whole children and put their needs first in everything we do.
- COURAGE: We have the audacity to learn from our successes and failures, to try new things, and to lead the nation as a proof point of PK-12 success.
- EQUITY: We work proactively to eliminate opportunity gaps by interrupting institutional bias and investing in effective strategies to ensure every student succeeds.
- EXCELLENCE: We work with integrity and hold ourselves accountable for exemplary outcomes, service, and interactions.
- TEAMWORK: We recognize that our greatest asset is our collective vision and ability to work collaboratively and authentically.
- JOY: We enjoy our collective work and will enthusiastically celebrate our success and each other.
We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive, accessible workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals with disabilities. Accommodation and/or application assistance is available upon request at all stages of the application and employment process. To request accommodation, please contact dcps.eeo-ada@k12.dc.gov.
Salary Range
1-5 / $98,423 - $111,058
Date Posted
4/9/2026
NTE Date
N/A
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Align your credentials with U.S. HR standards
If your HR degree is from outside the U.S., get a credential evaluation through a NACES-member service before applying. DCPS hiring managers are familiar with international backgrounds, but a formal equivalency determination removes friction early in the process.
Target roles requiring specialized HR expertise
DCPS is more likely to sponsor candidates who bring specialized skills in areas like labor relations, Title IX compliance, or HRIS systems. Generalist HR roles face stronger domestic competition, so positioning your application around a specific gap the district has increases your chances.
Understand how public school districts file H-1B petitions
As a public school district, DCPS qualifies as a cap-exempt H-1B employer, meaning petitions can be filed at any time without entering the annual lottery. You can start employment soon after USCIS approves the petition rather than waiting for October 1.
Clarify OPT authorization before your first interview
If you're on F-1 OPT, confirm that your authorized occupation code on your EAD aligns with the specific HR role you're applying for. DCPS HR handles compliance carefully, and a mismatch between your EAD category and job duties can delay or complicate an offer.
Ask about PERM timing during the offer stage
For Green Card sponsorship through EB-2 or EB-3, PERM labor certification requires DOL to verify no qualified U.S. workers were displaced. Raise this conversation during negotiations, not after signing, so both sides can align on realistic timelines before you commit.
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Sponsorship-confirmed HR openings at DCPS can be hard to surface through general job boards. Use Migrate Mate to filter specifically for District of Columbia Public Schools Human Resources positions with verified visa sponsorship history, so you're applying where sponsorship is already established.
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Does District of Columbia Public Schools sponsor H-1B visas for Human Resources?
Yes. DCPS sponsors H-1B visas for Human Resources roles and, as a public school district, qualifies as a cap-exempt employer under USCIS rules. That means petitions can be filed year-round without going through the annual lottery, and approved candidates can begin work significantly faster than at cap-subject employers.
How do I apply for Human Resources jobs at District of Columbia Public Schools?
Openings are posted through the DCPS careers portal and on platforms like Migrate Mate, which filters specifically for roles with confirmed visa sponsorship history. Tailor your application to the specific HR function advertised, whether that's recruitment, employee relations, or compliance, and flag your visa status clearly in your cover materials so recruiters can route your file appropriately.
Which visa types are commonly used for Human Resources roles at District of Columbia Public Schools?
H-1B is the most common pathway for HR professionals at DCPS, supported by the district's cap-exempt status. F-1 OPT and CPT are also used for candidates completing U.S. degrees in human resources or related fields. DCPS has also sponsored EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card pathways for longer-term HR hires, and TN visas are available for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying HR occupations.
What qualifications are expected for Human Resources roles at DCPS?
Most HR positions at DCPS require a bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field. Specialized roles in labor relations, HRIS administration, or compliance often require additional certifications such as PHR or SHRM-CP. Experience in public sector HR, K-12 education environments, or large unionized workforces is a meaningful differentiator when competing for roles at the district.
How do I navigate the timeline between a job offer and starting work at DCPS?
For H-1B transfers or new filings, USCIS processing runs roughly three to six months under standard service, though cap-exempt employers like DCPS can also use premium processing to reduce that to 15 business days. If you're on OPT with a STEM extension, your current work authorization likely bridges the gap. Confirm your status situation with DCPS HR early so the filing timeline is planned before your intended start date.
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