Assistant Director, Educator Development & Talent

Region 4 Education Service Center; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 104,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Region 4 Education Service Center seeks an experienced Assistant Director to lead Talent Training & Support. The role oversees educator development initiatives, including the Region 4 Inspire Texas EPP, ensuring high-quality professional learning, coaching, and talent development aligned with HB 2 and TEA priorities.

The position requires a Master’s in Education and Texas certification, with extensive leadership, coaching, and program management experience.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Education, Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, or a related field.
• Valid Texas teacher and principal or equivalent administrator certificate.
• Valid Texas T-TESS and T-PESS certifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for regional educator development initiatives aligned to HB 2, TEA priorities, and Region 4 goals.
• Lead planning, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of grant-funded and TEA-aligned initiatives.
• Establish clear implementation plans, timelines, performance indicators, and quarterly milestones.
• Monitor program progress, identify barriers and opportunities, and implement timely adjustments.
• Coordinate multiple projects across programs, departments, and external partners.
• Develop and maintain systems to monitor program quality, fidelity, and outcomes.
• Prepare regular progress reports, executive updates, and stakeholder presentations.
• Ensure grant deliverables and milestones are completed on schedule.
• Lead design and implementation of professional learning that strengthens teacher effectiveness.
• Coordinate professional learning delivered by Region 4 experts and external partners, including TLAC.
• Ensure learning is practice-based, curriculum-embedded, and job-embedded.
• Support HQIM implementation, especially in literacy and mathematics.
• Coordinate learning experiences on lesson prep, student culture, and engagement.
• Build systems so educators apply learning in authentic settings.
• Develop professional learning pathways for teachers and leaders.
• Evaluate learning effectiveness through feedback and data.
• Strengthen coaching systems for leaders using research-based frameworks.
• Support Texas Mentorship Training for mentors and coaches.
• Provide resources for coaches and instructional leaders to develop educators.
• Establish coaching, observation, and feedback processes.
• Support leaders in using data to guide development.
• Facilitate data-informed coaching and improvement.
• Build instructional leadership capacity across campuses and districts.
• Develop leaders' ability to lead practice-based professional learning.
• Support leaders in facilitating lesson preparation and internalization.
• Build capacity to use observation and feedback to accelerate development.
• Help leaders analyze instructional data and student work.
• Create tools to sustain effective professional learning across organizations.
• Region 4 Inspire Texas EPP Support collaboration to strengthen preservice and early educator development.
• Align educator development with HB 2 and TEA expectations.
• Identify opportunities to improve candidate readiness and retention.
• Collaborate with EPP staff and partners on needs.

Skills

Project management

Relationship building

Communication

Data analysis

Continuous improvement

Educator development

Instructional leadership

Coaching

Education

Master's degree in Education or related field

Job description

Region 4 Education Service Center seeks an experienced Assistant Director to lead Talent Training & Support. The role oversees educator development initiatives, including the Region 4 Inspire Texas EPP, ensuring high-quality professional learning, coaching, and talent development aligned with HB 2 and TEA priorities.

The position requires a Master’s in Education and Texas certification, with extensive leadership, coaching, and program management experience.