Design and Coaching Specialist - Philadelphia

About the role

Imagine being the catalyst for transformative instructional change across Philadelphia schools. As a Design and Coaching Specialist at Leading Educators, you'll work at the intersection of expert coaching and strategic professional learning design—two powerful forces that directly shape teacher practice and, ultimately, student success.

Responsibilities

• Partner with school leaders, teachers, and instructional teams to implement Illustrative Mathematics with precision and impact.
• Bleed deep content expertise with sophisticated coaching skills, moving fluidly between observing classrooms, analyzing student work, facilitating powerful professional learning experiences, and designing resources tailored to each school's unique context.
• Use data—classroom observations, student work, feedback, and assessment metrics—to inform every decision you make.
• Build genuine, trust-based relationships with educators and school leaders, and take pride in consistent follow-through and reliability.
• Analyze complex data from multiple sources—observations, student work, surveys, artifacts—to surface patterns and translate them into actionable insights.
• Create PLCs, learning labs, and leadership experiences that feel fresh, relevant, and directly connected to what's happening in real classrooms.
• Use AI to improve work quality and impact, identify appropriate use cases, and exercise sound judgment about responsible application.
• Travel frequently, including bi-weekly local travel to schools and district meetings, plus occasional national travel for organizational retreats and professional development.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience in education, including teaching, leading instructional practice, or supporting curriculum implementation.
• Demonstrated expertise in Grade 6–Secondary mathematics content, with foundational knowledge of K–5 standards.
• Proven experience providing coaching to teachers, teacher leaders, or school leaders with documented impact on practice.
• Strong skills in designing and facilitating professional learning aligned to curriculum, standards, and observable instructional practice.
• Ability to analyze student work, classroom observation data, and instructional artifacts to inform coaching and professional learning decisions.
• Established credibility as an instructional leader with the ability to manage school-based relationships with professionalism, reliability, and expertise.
• Active practitioner-level fluency with artificial intelligence tools—you use AI to improve work quality and impact, identify appropriate use cases, and exercise sound judgment about responsible application.

Qualifications

• Expertise in making mathematics come alive for students and teachers alike.
• Experience coaching conversations that spark real change.
• Designing professional learning that educators actually want to attend.
• Building genuine, trust-based relationships with educators and school leaders, and taking pride in consistent follow-through and reliability.
• Analyzing complex data from multiple sources—observations, student work, surveys, artifacts—to surface patterns and translate them into actionable insights.
• Designing and adapting resources, tools, and learning experiences that feel responsive to a school's specific context and needs.
• Growing continuously through feedback, reflection, and new learning about coaching practice, adult facilitation, and curriculum implementation.

Skills

• Expertise in Grade 6–Secondary mathematics content, with foundational knowledge of K–5 standards.
• Proven experience providing coaching to teachers, teacher leaders, or school leaders with documented impact on practice.
• Strong skills in designing and facilitating professional learning aligned to curriculum, standards, and observable instructional practice.
• Ability to analyze student work, classroom observation data, and instructional artifacts to inform coaching and professional learning decisions.
• Established credibility as an instructional leader with the ability to manage school-based relationships with professionalism, reliability, and expertise.
• Active practitioner-level fluency with artificial intelligence tools.

Benefits

• Compensation: Base salary range is $100,320 to $127,680 per year.
• Benefits: 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, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 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.
• Additional paid days off for various holidays, including three floating holidays staff may use at their discretion.

Pay

Base salary range is $100,320 to $127,680 per year.

Schedule

This remote position requires frequent travel including bi-weekly local travel to schools and district meetings, and occasional national travel for organizational retreats, program related work, job related responsibilities, and professional development.