SchoolKit
Director, Program
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $120K - $130K
💻 Project Management
🗓️ July 2nd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
SchoolKit is hiring a Director, Program. This role leads a portfolio of projects focused on improving student learning through high-quality instructional materials, working directly with K-12 clients while managing projects and coaching educational leaders. The Director also contributes to service development, business growth, and team leadership to support SchoolKit's mission of enhancing instruction and leadership in schools.
Highlights
- Lead contracts and projects with schools, districts, and states to improve instruction using high-quality instructional materials.
- Develop project visions, strategic plans, and manage progress towards benchmarks.
- Coach school and district leaders, facilitate adult learning, and support change management.
- Collaborate on developing service tools and contribute to business development strategies.
- Manage project teams and build collaborative client relationships.
- Require 10+ years in education with at least 3 years in state or district-level leadership roles.
- Experience with instructional leadership, project management, and implementation of college and career-ready standards.
- Preferred Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education or related field.
- Compensation range: $120,000 - $130,000 plus annual discretionary bonus, comprehensive health benefits, 401(k), and generous paid leave.
- Travel expected: 20-30%, supporting remote work with reimbursements for home office expenses.
Director, Program Full Description
Director, Program
Summary
Title: | Director, Program
Description
ABOUT SCHOOLKIT
We are a team of experienced educators who train and support schools, districts, and states to help all students meet college and career-ready standards. We believe that excellent teaching is the foundation of equitable schools. Working in partnership with local educators, we help improve instruction and leadership through content and curriculum-specific training, coaching, and strategic planning. Together, we build schools and systems that help all students succeed. More information about our current and past work is available at www.schoolkitgroup.com.
THE ROLE
The Director, Program reports to the Senior Director, Program or the Managing Director, Program. In this role, you will work directly with our clients to lead a portfolio of projects focused on the use of high-quality instructional materials to improve student learning as well as support the development of our service models and our business development efforts. This role requires effective relationship development skills, superb project and people management, and the ability to coach leaders and facilitate adult learning for K - 12 educators.
A successful candidate will possess strong instructional leadership instincts, experience across content areas, and knowledge of college and career-ready standards and high-quality instructional materials. This position can be based from a home office anywhere in the U.S. Depending on location, expected travel time is 20 - 30%.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Service Delivery (70%)
We are a team of experienced educators who train and support schools, districts, and states to help all students meet college and career-ready standards. We believe that excellent teaching is the foundation of equitable schools. Working in partnership with local educators, we help improve instruction and leadership through content and curriculum-specific training, coaching, and strategic planning. Together, we build schools and systems that help all students succeed. More information about our current and past work is available at www.schoolkitgroup.com.
THE ROLE
The Director, Program reports to the Senior Director, Program or the Managing Director, Program. In this role, you will work directly with our clients to lead a portfolio of projects focused on the use of high-quality instructional materials to improve student learning as well as support the development of our service models and our business development efforts. This role requires effective relationship development skills, superb project and people management, and the ability to coach leaders and facilitate adult learning for K - 12 educators.
A successful candidate will possess strong instructional leadership instincts, experience across content areas, and knowledge of college and career-ready standards and high-quality instructional materials. This position can be based from a home office anywhere in the U.S. Depending on location, expected travel time is 20 - 30%.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Service Delivery (70%)
- Lead contracts with schools, districts, and states that improve instruction in core academic subjects and support student growth
- Develop a vision and theory of action for achieving project goals with clients, with a focus on adopting or deepening use of high-quality instructional materials
- Create project plans characterized by actionable strategic timelines and manage work towards completing key benchmarks
- Support school, district, and state leaders in managing change and adjusting course when needed
- Facilitate adult learning experiences for school, district, and state leaders
- Directly coach school or district leaders to build capacity and support implementation of high quality instructional materials or evidence-based instructional practices
- Coordinate project logistics among SchoolKit team members, clients, and partner organizations as needed on projects
Strategy and Service Development (15%)
- Collaborate with teammates to create tools, techniques, and training to develop our internal capacity to deliver our services with integrity to our clients
- Support development of new services through sharing and learning from common challenges, best practices, and collaborating across teams
- Contribute to our business development strategy for new and existing clients and partner with the President to grow and deepen existing relationships
Leadership and Management (15%)
- Build positive and collaborative relationships with clients, including state, district, and school leaders, and other project stakeholders
- Manage project teams and coach staff to lead engagement with clients
EXPERIENCE
- 10+ years of experience in the education sector with at least 3 years of this experience in a district or state-level leadership or school leadership role (principal equivalent, not coach or AP)
- Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and workstreams; experience with project management software is preferred, but not required.
- A successful track record of leading instructional initiatives in partnership with multiple stakeholders
- Experience with implementation of high-quality instructional materials aligned to college and career-ready standards
- Knowledge of and experience providing recommendations on the full range of decisions that leaders can make at the school level to improve instruction
- Knowledge of best practices and experience coaching instructional leaders
- A bachelor’s degree, Masters degree in education or related field preferred
SKILLS
- An entrepreneurial spirit; you bring a creative and solution-oriented approach to solving problems
- Values diversity, equity, and inclusion-centered approaches to leading projects and people
- An “all hands-on deck” colleague who is willing to dig into details
- Highly responsive to client and colleague feedback
- Superb writing and communication skills
COMPENSATION
Our compensation philosophy is centered on supporting your overall well-being—professionally, personally, and financially.
The starting salary band for this position will be between $120,000 - $130,000 and is highly dependent on experience. Salaries are reviewed annually and adjusted based on cost-of-living adjustments. SchoolKit also offers employees an annual discretionary bonus.
We provide a full suite of health benefits, covering 100% of the cost for employee medical, dental, and vision insurance. Additional benefits include a 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, generous paid time off, paid holidays, and a robust parental leave policy. We are also committed to continuously evolving our benefits to meet the needs of our team—such as adding fertility benefits to promote inclusivity and long-term support.
For remote team members, we also offer reimbursement for work-related expenses like technology and home office equipment, ensuring you have everything you need to do your best work.
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your resume that includes your qualifications for this position and answer the following short response questions in the Apply Now section.
SchoolKit is an equal opportunity employer that deeply values all of the differences that make our people unique. These differences help us create an organization that celebrates diversity and strives to create equitable and inclusive spaces where everyone is encouraged to bring their authentic self. In turn, we are committed to leveraging the perspectives of our people to best support and serve our partners.
SchoolKit selects personnel on the basis of ability without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or veteran status.
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