Connecticut RISE Network

About Us

The RISE Network’s mission is to ensure all high school students graduate with a plan and the skills and confidence to achieve college and career success. Founded in 2016, RISE partners with public high schools to lead networks where communities work together to use data to learn and improve. Through its core and most comprehensive network, RISE partners with nine high schools and eight districts, serving over 13,000 students in historically marginalized communities. 

RISE high schools work together to ensure all students experience success as they transition to, through, and beyond high school by using data to pinpoint needs, form hypotheses, and pursue ideas to advance student achievement. Partner schools have improved Grade 9 promotion rates by nearly 20 percentage points, while also decreasing subgroup gaps and increasing schoolwide graduation and college access rates. In 2021, the RISE Network was honored to receive the Carnegie Foundation’s annual Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement recognition. Increasingly, RISE is pursuing opportunities to scale its impact through research publications, consulting partnerships, professional development experiences, and other avenues to drive excellent student outcomes.

Perks and Benefits

RISE is committed to being a great place to work! Here’s what you can expect as a member of the RISE team:

• A hybrid workplace with flexibility to work where and when it makes the most sense for employees to thrive personally and professionally. Remote work is available for tech specific jobs.
• Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision insurance, and full coverage of the premiums for our employee-only base plans.
• Paid Time Off plans in addition to 12 organizational holidays and 3 personal days.
• Paid parental and family leave plans, as well as compassionate leave for staff who experience the loss or serious illness of a loved one or their own extended illness.
• A 401k plan with a 5% matching contribution that vests immediately.
• Employer-provided equipment, including laptop and cellphone with mobile hotspot as well as funds to help set up your office, at home or at work.
• Investment in continued professional development and learning, through ongoing coaching and development, internal training, funds for external learning opportunities, and a tuition reimbursement program.
• A collaborative and warm work environment, with opportunities to have fun with and get to know your colleagues at quarterly all-staff meetings, semi-annual team-building off-sites and an annual all-staff retreat.