Senior Director of AI-Enabled Instruction, Math

What We Do

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.

 

That’s a big lift, and it often happens alone. 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.

Through direct support, strategic advising, innovation pilots, and best-in-class research, we help educators work toward a future where every student is ready to thrive. Learn more about our work at leadingeducators.org.

 

Internal & External Candidate Application Deadline: 5/4/26

 

Position

As the Senior Director of AI-Enabled Instruction, Math, you will lead the national strategy of Leading Educators' groundbreaking approach to integrating AI into math curriculum support, coaching, and instructional leadership across multiple district partnerships. This is not a role confined to theory—you'll be translating emerging AI tools and practices into powerful, instructionally sound strategies that directly accelerate student learning. You'll manage a team of three Directors of AI-Enabled Instruction, Math, ensuring fidelity to Leading Educators' model while fostering the localized innovation that meets each partnership's unique needs.

You'll lead Year 2 of the Math AI Impact Network, a research pilot designed to intentionally test the impact of AI-enabled professional learning on math instruction and student outcomes. Building on critical Year 1 learning about implementation conditions, tool design, and district readiness, you'll scale this work across three established district partnerships and new sites participating in a randomized control trial. Research integrity, study fidelity, and robust data collection systems are core to your success. This role demands someone who can bridge the gap between vision and implementation—someone who understands that the most powerful innovations happen at the intersection of rigorous research and real-world execution.

As a strategic thought partner to district and system leaders, you'll ensure scopes of work align with broader instructional priorities while building the conditions for long-term sustainability. You'll collaborate across internal teams and learning networks to surface insights, monitor progress through evaluation strategies, and scale the bright spots that blend technology and pedagogy to advance student success. Over time, as the current portfolio matures, this role will evolve to lead both ongoing implementation and the design of next-generation pilots in AI-enabled math—continuing to generate and test new bets that advance Leading Educators' learning agenda and deepen impact.

Do you have expertise in…

• Leading research-driven pilots or innovation initiatives where learning and organizational impact are simultaneous goals, with demonstrated understanding of research integrity, hypothesis-testing, and working in a learning model?
• Math content, adult learning design, facilitation best practices, and content-based teacher development—with deep knowledge of math curriculum-specific implementation (Illustrative Mathematics and/or Eureka)?
• AI-powered tools in education, including instructional tools designed for teacher and leader use, tools districts are independently adopting, and emerging tools across the EdTech landscape?
• Building and sustaining trusting relationships across diverse stakeholders—from senior district leadership to classroom teachers—while navigating complex, rapidly evolving contexts with structured decision-making?

 

Do you enjoy…

• Coaching and developing others—both team members and system-level stakeholders—with a track record of building distributed leadership capacity across multiple sites?
• Using implementation data, partner feedback, and continuous improvement routines to refine strategies while maintaining alignment with research requirements and instructional integrity?
• Identifying signals in the field and designing pilots that test original hypotheses about where AI-enabled instruction is headed?
• Codifying promising practices into resources, playbooks, and recommendations that influence organizational strategy and scale impact across the sector?

If you've answered affirmatively to these questions and meet the following prerequisites, we urge you to seize this opportunity. 

This role calls for the following:

• At least 10 years of leadership experience in a school, school system, or education nonprofit organization, with increasing responsibility for content-specific instructional improvement
• Demonstrated success leading a team and managing distributed leadership across multiple sites or functions
• Deep knowledge and successful application of standards-based instruction, assessment, and math curriculum implementation
• Strong planning, project management, and strategic decision-making skills, including the ability to build and sustain implementation infrastructure across multiple sites simultaneously
• Experience leading professional learning, integrating AI tools into instructional routines, and supporting systemic instructional improvement at scale
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and leading in complex, rapidly evolving contexts, approaching uncertainty with inquiry and bringing structured tradeoff analysis to contested decisions
• Familiarity with possibilities for integrating AI into coherent district support models, instructional routines, coaching, and professional learning

 

Travel Requirements

• This is a remote position that requires travel 2-3 times a month.
• National travel for organization retreats, programming, partnership meetings, and professional development.
• Outside of this travel, the Senior Director will work from a home office located anywhere within the U.S.

 

Questions? We’re here to help.

If you have questions about this role or about our hiring process at any point, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at talent@leadingeducators.org. This inbox is monitored regularly, and we aim to respond within two business days. To ensure your question receives a thoughtful and timely response, we kindly ask that you refrain from emailing individual staff members or members of our HR team directly. The best way to connect with us is always through talent@leadingeducators.org.

 

Why Work at Leading Educators? 

Imagine being part of an organization where your ideas and perspectives are highly valued. At Leading Educators, we believe in fostering individual strengths, encouraging personal growth, and embracing innovative ideas. If you thrive in a remote working environment, with the added excitement of travel, we're the perfect fit for you. By joining us, you become part of a powerful community of peers nationwide. Regardless of your location, you possess the power to make a significant impact on both students and teachers who rely on us daily. Join Leading Educators and become an integral part of driving progress in education. 

 

Learn About Our Mission & Values:

Mission: Leading Educators partners with school systems to sustain the teaching, leadership, and conditions for every student to succeed in school and in life.

Values:

• Build on strengths: We affirm and begin with the unique and collective talents, experiences, and wisdom of ourselves and others.Continuously learn: We develop ourselves and others. We apply new learning and deepened self-awareness to our relationships and practices.
• Prioritize people: We build trust and reflect on the impact of different perspectives and experiences.
• Champion success for all: We re-imagine structures, habits, and mindsets to ensure every learner has access to evidence-based learning opportunities.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hiring

• We use artificial intelligence–enabled tools throughout our hiring process, from the moment a candidate applies through the offer stage, to support administrative tasks and organize candidate materials. These tools help us organize, analyze, and surface relevant information efficiently, but they do not make hiring decisions.

• All candidate materials—including applications, resumes, assessments, and interview feedback—are reviewed and evaluated by people. All hiring decisions, including interview selection, advancement, and offers of employment, are made by humans.

• We use AI solely as a support tool to assist with early-stage reviews and process efficiency. We do not use AI in ways that discriminate based on protected characteristics, nor do we use ZIP codes or similar data to target or exclude protected groups. Our hiring practices are designed to be fair, consistent, and aligned with equal employment opportunity standards.

 

Benefits

• Compensation: 
  • If hired for this position, the base salary range is $127,487 to $172,483 per year. Most new hires enter the range at a specific point based on their qualifications and the role level. For this position, the standard starting salary is $149,985, which is based on meeting the minimum requirement of 10 years of relevant experience.If you have more than 10 years of directly relevant experience, your starting salary may be adjusted higher within the range, up to a maximum starting salary of $159,627. This approach ensures that candidates with additional experience beyond the minimum are recognized in the initial salary offer.
• 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). Benefits are valued at or above $9,000 for employees.
• 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.
  • Leading Educators also offer 22 additional paid days off for various holidays, including three floating holidays staff may use at their discretion.

 

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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