Senior Director, Professional Learning Systems – Middle School Math Initiative

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Instruction Partners

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51 - 200 employees

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

Instruction Partners is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing educational outcomes by transforming the way schools, school systems, and state agencies develop and support instructional leaders. The organization collaborates closely with educational leaders to bolster teacher support, focusing on equipping them to provide excellent daily instruction in subjects like ELA, early literacy, math, and science. They aim to ensure all students, particularly those from marginalized communities, succeed academically. Instruction Partners offers practical tools and resources and partners with state and regional entities to foster equitable access to quality education.

📋 Description

• Leads the design of professional learning (PL) experiences that are research-driven and scalable. • Translates complex research and district data into multi-year learning arcs that equip educators and leaders to improve student math outcomes and identity development. • Ensures quality, scalability, and measurable student outcomes in professional learning experiences. • Reports to the Executive Director of Middle School Math Initiative and supervises a team of directors, managers, and facilitators. • Defines and leads the vision for multi-year professional learning across districts, grades, and schools, ensuring coherence between curriculum, leadership & teacher development, assessment, and facilitation. • Collaborates proactively with internal teams to ensure implementation decisions support organizational strategy and long-term student outcomes.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience designing, facilitating, or overseeing professional learning for teachers, school leaders, and district leaders • Secondary Mathematics Expertise: Deep knowledge of secondary mathematics (grades 3–12), including math content knowledge (MCK), math knowledge for teaching (MKT), and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) to foster student math identity and improve instructional practice • Research & Design Expertise: Demonstrated ability to translate complex research into multi-year learning arcs that develop both teacher expertise and leader capacity to scale improvements • Systems Leadership: Strong ability to navigate complex, interconnected systems (districts/schools) to drive measurable improvements in math teaching and student outcomes at scale • Implementation Oversight: Experience establishing expectations for facilitator protocols and feedback loops; expertise in monitoring fidelity and adaptation across multiple schools or workstreams • Data-Driven Decision Making: Proven skill using teacher, leader, and student data—as well as formative evaluation results—to inform program design and strategic improvements • Team Leadership: Experience leading and coaching teams of facilitators or school leaders; ability to identify patterns and recurring challenges to guide a team toward strategic solutions • Communication & Trust: Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trust and rapport with educators, leaders, and colleagues across multiple teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive benefits and private retirement investment options • Generous vacation policy