Director of Implementation, Design, and Coaching - ELA

About the role

At Leading Educators (LE), we know that excellent teaching is the most important driver of student success. The moment a student steps foot in the classroom, their opportunity to learn depends on how prepared their teacher is to translate complex content knowledge, standards, and their knowledge of that student into lessons that help them learn deeply and apply their thinking to the real world. As a national nonprofit, we partner with school systems to overcome persistent instructional challenges, foster intentional collaboration and adult learning by design, and ignite new possibilities through systemic solutions at the intersection of teaching, talent, and technology. We work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with educators at every level of the education system to strengthen their instructional and leadership practices, bring a vision for excellent instruction to life with consistency, and ensure every student reaches their full potential.

Leading Educators is seeking a Director of Implementation, Design, and Coaching – ELA to serve as the strategic lead driving instructional transformation across seven schools in the San Mateo‑Foster City and Ravenswood City School Districts. In this role, you'll own the full lifecycle of ELA implementation—from launch through measurable impact—while building the capacity of school and district leaders to sustain excellence in literacy instruction. This is a hybrid leadership position that demands equal expertise in instructional coaching, professional learning design, and strategic client partnership. You'll work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with teachers, instructional leaders, and district teams to translate complex literacy science into coherent, executable practice that reaches every student.

Responsibilities

• Navigate competing priorities, surface implementation risks before they derail progress, and make real‑time adjustments that keep projects on track while maintaining fidelity to high‑quality instruction.
• Translate data into actionable insights and communicate those insights clearly to diverse stakeholders, directly influencing how thousands of students experience literacy instruction.
• Design and facilitate job‑embedded professional learning cycles that stick; conduct learning walks that reveal truth; debrief with precision so leaders see exactly what's working and what needs attention.
• Serve as a thought partner to district leadership, surfacing opportunities and risks from school‑level implementation and contributing to strategic decisions that shape the partnership.
• Coach principals through difficult feedback conversations, design professional learning sessions that shift teacher practice, and analyze student work data to refine instructional strategy—bringing rigor and humanity to every interaction.
• Drive leadership work that directly impacts teaching quality and student outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in education, instructional leadership, curriculum implementation, or district‑level instructional support.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex implementation efforts across multiple schools or at the district level.