Parents Amplifying Voices in Education (PAVE) seeks Operations Manager

PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to connect, inform, and empower parent leaders to give families in DC a voice and choice in the vision for education in our city. In the vision of PAVE, parents are partners and leaders in developing a diversity of safe, nurturing, and great schools for every child in every ward and community. 

PAVE is dedicated to creating an environment where the vision for education in DC is not created for children and families but rather with children and families, shifting and changing the dynamics of power in our city so that communities and parents are partners in creating great schools in DC. PAVE intentionally and constructively asks parents to engage in education policy in DC, creates opportunities for parents to lead and advocate, helps parents to understand the system, builds relationships between parents and those who are making and influencing the education landscape in DC, and advocates on behalf of great school options and equitable supports for all children, regardless of sector.

At PAVE, our parent leaders identify the issues that they want to move forward on behalf of our kids and our schools. In just two years, PAVE’s parent leaders have worked tirelessly to reimagine the education system in DC, including:

●     Advocating for and achieving an historic pupil funding increase for both the public traditional and charter school sectors;

●     Quadrupling funding for Out-of-School Time (OST) programs – moving the city’s budget for OST from $4.9mil to $20.25mil;

●     Representing 40% of the parent and community engagement process for the new citywide report card with both focus group and canvassing efforts; and 

●     Leading a first-of-its-kind selection process for a new school operator serving both Ward 8 and military families, where a committee of eight parents identified the school that they wanted to see in their community. 

PAVE is a fast-paced, high-performing organization driven by a passionate team made up of nearly 2,000 parent leaders, 12 (and growing) full-time staff, and both school and citywide partners in educational equity. The standard at PAVE is excellence – in all that we do, all that we give, and all the spaces that we open for family and community voice.