Job Description
Executive Director – The Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky
Invitation to Apply
The Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky whose founding member organizations to include Berea College, the Muhammad Ali Center, Kentucky State University, and the Thomas D. Clark Foundation) was organized in 2022 to recover the social, historical, and cultural contributions of black Kentuckians and to make these materials readily available to teachers in the Commonwealth, thereby promoting quality K-12 instruction in history. The goal of the Association is to provide an inclusive educational experience for all students that enhances their academic success. Berea College serves as the fiscal agent for the Association.
This new position is the primary administrative officer of the Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky with responsibility for overseeing all programs and activities of the Association. The Executive Director is responsible for collecting, organizing and curating resource materials and sharing them with educators in the state. The Executive Director develops programs for and builds relationships with constituent educators from around the State to support the use of teaching materials in black history and culture. The Executive Director participates in the necessary fundraising to sustain the effort of the Association. The Executive Director supports and guides the advocacy work of the Association in concert with the Association Board of Directors and Advisory Board. The Executive Director serves as liaison for the Association with the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education and advocates on behalf of the Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky on issues related to state funding and legislation. The Executive Director promotes the sharing of best practices and is responsive to the ongoing and changing needs of member institutions and the state.
The Executive Director is hired by and reports to the Governing Board of the Association and receives compensation and benefits as an employee of Berea College. As such, the Executive Director will receive an annual review from both the Governing Board of the Association and through the Human Resources policies of Berea College.
Preferred and Required Qualifications
Requirements for the position include:
- Master’s degree in a related field with a preference for a Ph.D or Ed.D in a related field.
- Five to ten years of Administrative/Professional experience in Primary, Secondary or Higher Education
- Experience in the creation or management of a non-profit
- Knowledge of Black History and willingness to expand that knowledge in regard to the experience of Black Kentuckians
- Ability to develop infrastructure, programming, and assessment/evaluation;
- Coordinate programming consultants and excellent project management skills
- Understanding of and experience in fundraising and development
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, computer proficiency
- Collaborative leadership work style
- Ability to work with a diverse group of institutions and interests.
Application Details
To see more details about the position and to express interest in the position please visit the following site (Invitation to apply.
All interested candidates should submit a resume\CV, three letters of reference and a cover letter up to 4 pages as to why the prospective work of this position seems important to your career at this point and has prepared you to lead this effort?
For inquiries or questions please email Jessica Klanderud (Interim Executive Director) at klanderudj@berea.edu
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Berea College, founded by ardent abolitionists and radical reformers, continues today as an educational institution still firmly rooted in its historic purpose “to promote the cause of Christ.” Adherence to the College’s scriptural foundation, “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth” (Acts 17:26), shapes the College’s culture and programs so that students and staff alike can work toward both personal goals and a vision of a world shaped by Christian values, such as the power of love over hate, human dignity and equality, and peace with justice. This environment frees persons to be active learners, workers, and servers as members of the academic community and as citizens of the world. The Berea experience nurtures intellectual, physical, aesthetic, emotional, and spiritual potentials and with those the power to make meaningful commitments and translate them into action.
To achieve this purpose, Berea College commits itself:
- To provide an educational opportunity for students of all races, primarily from Appalachia, who have great promise and limited economic resources.
- To offer a high-quality liberal arts education that engages students as they pursue their personal, academic, and professional goals.
- To stimulate understanding of the Christian faith and its many expressions and to emphasize the Christian ethic and the motive of service to others.
- To promote learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done.
- To assert the kinship of all people and to provide interracial education with a particular emphasis on understanding and equality among blacks and whites as a foundation for building community among all peoples of the earth.
- To create a democratic community dedicated to education and gender equality.
- To maintain a residential campus and to encourage in all community members a way of life characterized by mindful and sustainable living, health and wellness, zest for learning, high personal standards, and a concern for the welfare of others.
- To engage Appalachian communities, families, and students in partnership for mutual learning, growth, and service.
First articulated in 1962, the Great Commitments represent the historic aims and purposes of Berea College since its founding in 1855. The Great Commitments were originally adopted by the General Faculty and the Board of Trustees in 1969; they were revised and similarly approved in 1993 and most recently in 2017.
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