[Hiring] Design and Coaching Specialist @Leading Educators Careers

Role Description

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. This role is built on a compelling premise: excellent teaching is the most important driver of student achievement, and teachers don't have to figure it out alone.

• Partner with school leaders, teachers, and instructional teams to implement Illustrative Mathematics with precision and impact.
• Blend deep content expertise with sophisticated coaching skills.
• Observe classrooms, analyze student work, facilitate professional learning experiences, and design resources tailored to each school's unique context.
• Build trusting relationships, ask powerful questions, and co-design solutions with educators.
• Use data—classroom observations, student work, feedback, and assessment metrics—to inform decisions.
• Continuously learn, adapt, and model what it means to be a committed professional learner.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently, including bi-weekly local travel to schools and district meetings, plus occasional national travel for organizational retreats and professional development.

Requirements

• Expertise in making mathematics come alive for students and teachers alike.
• Mastery of coaching conversations that spark real change.
• Ability to design professional learning that educators actually want to attend.
• Fluency in harnessing AI to amplify impact.
• Enjoy building genuine, trust-based relationships with educators and school leaders.
• Synthesize complex data from multiple sources to surface patterns and translate them into actionable insights.
• Design and adapt resources, tools, and learning experiences responsive to a school's specific context and needs.
• Grow continuously through feedback, reflection, and new learning about coaching practice, adult facilitation, and curriculum implementation.

Benefits

• Base salary range: $100,320 to $127,680 per year.
• Standard starting salary: $114,000, adjusted higher for additional relevant experience.
• 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.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Time Off: 22 days accrued per year for the first three years, plus additional days after the third and sixth year.
• 16 additional paid days off for various holidays, including three floating holidays.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Leading Educators is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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