Design and Coaching Specialist, Math (Los Angeles)

About the Role

As a Design and Coaching Specialist with Leading Educators, you'll partner with 10-12 middle and high schools across Los Angeles Unified School District's North and West regions to build durable, coherent instructional support systems that measurably impact student learning. This is more than a coaching role—it's an opportunity to shape how instructional leaders develop teacher practices and create the conditions for excellence at scale.

You'll be the trusted expert and primary point of contact for school-based instructional leaders, guiding them through the complexities of implementing standards-aligned curriculum while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Your deep knowledge of culturally responsive instruction, combined with master-level coaching skills, will enable you to facilitate meaningful adult learning grounded in real classroom evidence. You'll work with teachers, teacher leaders, and school leaders to translate data into action and aspirations into reality.

This role uniquely integrates design and coaching—two functions that are rarely done well together. You'll use classroom observations, student work, survey data, and leadership artifacts to inform both your coaching conversations and your professional learning design decisions. Your ability to see patterns, synthesize insights, and create targeted learning experiences will directly influence how schools implement high-quality mathematics curriculum and strengthen instructional practice across multiple grade levels and leadership structures.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively across multiple levels of leadership, navigating complex school systems and building genuine partnerships with teachers, instructional coaches, administrators, and district leaders
• Design and facilitate learning experiences that help adults deepen their craft, shift mindsets, and translate new understanding into classroom practice
• Get into classrooms and observe instruction, using evidence of practice to have courageous, data-driven coaching conversations that lead to measurable improvements in teaching and learning
• Continuously learn and grow, reflecting on your own practice, seeking feedback, and staying current with evolving approaches to curriculum implementation, adult facilitation, and instructional coaching

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience in education, including direct experience teaching, leading instructional practice, or supporting curriculum implementation
• Grade 6-Secondary mathematics content expertise required, with demonstrated ability to coach and support instruction across middle and high school levels
• Proven experience providing coaching to teachers, teacher leaders, or school leaders with documented impact on instructional practice
• Strong track record designing and facilitating professional learning aligned to curriculum, standards, and observable instructional practice
• Demonstrated ability to analyze student work, classroom observation data, and instructional artifacts and translate findings into coaching decisions and professional learning design
• Ability to manage school-based relationships with professionalism, reliability, and instructional credibility that earns the trust and respect of school leaders
• Practitioner-level AI fluency, with the ability to identify appropriate use cases, apply AI tools to improve work quality and efficiency, and exercise sound judgment about responsible AI use
• Willingness and ability to travel, including approximately 1-2 in-person visits per month to each of 10-12 schools in Los Angeles, plus participation in national organization retreats and professional development
• Residency requirement: Must live within a 90-minute drive or train ride from the Los Angeles metro area to facilitate consistent, meaningful school-based engagement

Travel Requirements

This is a location-specific position that requires monthly visits to schools in Los Angeles. The person in this role must live within a 90 minute drive/train ride from the Metro Los Angeles area. Travel may include:

• Approximately 1-2 in-person visits at each of the 10-12 schools per month
• Ongoing facilitation of professional learning sessions in person
• National travel for org retreats, programming, job related travel, or professional development

Outside of the above mentioned travel, this person will work from a home office within the city limits of Los Angeles, California.

Benefits

• Compensation: Base salary range is $100,320 to $127,680 per year. Most new hires enter at $114,000 based on meeting the minimum requirement of 7 years of relevant experience. If you have more than 7 years of directly relevant experience, starting salary may be adjusted higher within the range, up to a maximum starting salary of $119,863. The role includes a 10.80% geographic adjustment for Los Angeles, resulting in a salary range of approximately $111,154 to $141,469, with an entry point of $126,312 and a maximum entry salary of $132,808
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for individual employees. Additional premium costs are covered 60% by Leading Educators for partners and dependents on medical, dental, and vision plans
• 4% matching 401k plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical, childcare and commuter expenses
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Benefits are valued at or above $9,000 for employees
• Time Off: First three years of employment, full time staff accrue 22 days a year. Five additional days are accrued after the third and sixth year of employment
• 16 additional paid days off for various holidays, including three floating holidays staff may use at their discretion