[Hiring] Design and Coaching Specialist @Leading Educators Careers

Role Description

Leading Educators is seeking a Design and Coaching Specialist - ELA to drive measurable improvements in K-8 literacy instruction across New York City schools. In this dual-focused role, you'll combine school-based coaching with instructional design to ensure our programming translates directly into stronger teacher practice and student outcomes.

• Serve as the main point of contact for school leaders, coaches, teacher leaders, and instructional leadership teams.
• Act as the project's expert in instructional coaching, adult learning, and classroom assessment.
• Provide direct coaching to teachers and leaders while designing professional learning tools and resources tailored to each school's unique context and needs.
• Integrate design and coaching seamlessly using classroom observations, student work, and leadership data.
• Strengthen Professional Learning Communities, build distributed leadership, and create conditions for sustainable instructional improvement.
• Work in close partnership with the Director of Implementation, Design, and Coaching to ensure alignment with district priorities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in education, including experience teaching, leading instructional practice, or supporting curriculum implementation.
• K-8 literacy content expertise required, including familiarity with core and intervention curricula such as HMH Into Reading, HMH Into Literature, Wit & Wisdom, EL Education, Fishtank, SPIRE, SPIRE Sound Sensible, Phonics for Reading, and REWARDS.
• Demonstrated experience providing coaching to teachers, teacher leaders, or school leaders.
• Experience designing and facilitating professional learning aligned to curriculum, standards, and observable instructional practice.
• Experience analyzing student work, classroom observation data, and instructional artifacts to inform coaching and professional learning decisions.
• Ability to manage school-based relationships with professionalism, reliability, and instructional credibility.
• Practitioner-level AI fluency: ability to identify appropriate use cases, apply AI to improve efficiency and quality, exercise judgment about responsible use, and integrate AI into existing workflows.
• Ability to travel; based in New York City.
• Authorization to work for any employer in the United States.

Requirements

• Conduct classroom observations and co-observations to assess instruction and provide actionable, growth-oriented feedback grounded in literacy best practices.
• Facilitate learning walks, grade team meetings, and Professional Learning Communities that strengthen instructional leadership capacity in ELA.
• Integrate design and coaching to create coherent cycles of learning that deepen teacher knowledge and shift literacy practice.
• Analyze ongoing evidence of student learning, teacher practice, and PLC leader development to monitor and refine program impact.

Benefits

• Compensation: Base salary range is $100,320 to $127,680 per year.
• Standard starting salary is $114,000, based on meeting the minimum requirement of 7 years of relevant experience.
• Location specific: New York City.
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for individual employees.
• 60% coverage 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: Full-time staff accrue 22 days a year for the first three years, with additional days accrued after the third and sixth year of employment.
• 16 additional paid days off for various holidays, including three floating holidays.