Director, Program Implementation (TN) – RTI²-A+B

Blue Engine; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 87,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Six weeks PTO

401(k) with employer matching

FSA plan

Commuter benefits

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Blue Engine seeks a Director of Program Implementation – Tennessee to lead high-impact technical assistance and drive RTI²-A+B implementation across Tennessee Grand Divisions. You will partner with LEAs, schools, and educators, diagnosing needs, shaping support plans, and guiding professional learning and coaching cycles.

You will also supervise contractors to ensure timely, evidence-based support that aligns with state requirements and Blue Engine standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years of K–12 teaching experience with demonstrated impact on student outcomes, plus 2+ years of instructional coaching, school leadership, or related implementation leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability to deepen educators’ and leaders’ skills and shift behaviors and mindsets through technical and adaptive coaching.
• Ability to navigate varied school and district contexts, build trusted relationships, and cultivate investment and engagement among stakeholders across roles and identities.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and manage complex work across multiple partners and priorities, maintain a dynamic schedule, coordinate resources and stakeholders, and reliably meet commitments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical assistance provider for a portfolio of LEAs, with particular ownership of complex, high-priority engagements.
• Conduct enabling-conditions diagnostics and use multiple forms of evidence to identify strengths, root causes, barriers, and priorities at the district, school, team, and classroom levels.
• Co-develop clear support plans with LEA and school leaders, including intended outcomes, roles, milestones, evidence of progress, and sustainability strategies.
• Design and facilitate professional learning, collaborative professional communities, consultation sessions, strategic planning, and other technical assistance responsive to local context.
• Design and adapt practical tools, resources, and professional learning materials that translate RTI²-A+B guidance and evidence-based practices into supports responsive to LEA and school needs.
• Conduct coaching cycles with district leaders, school leaders, instructional coaches, interventionists, and educators that produce observable changes in systems and practice.
• Help partners strengthen the relationship among Tier I core instruction, Tier II and Tier III supports, academic and behavioral intervention, and access to rigorous grade-level learning.
• Support leaders to use student, implementation, perception, and practice data to make decisions, monitor progress, and adjust supports.
• Build partner capacity to sustain effective RTI²-A+B implementation with decreasing dependence on Blue Engine over time.

Skills

K–12 experience

Coaching

Project management

Root-cause analysis

Influencing

Setting expectations

Functional expertise (RTI/MTSS)

Bachelor’s degree

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Blue Engine seeks a Director of Program Implementation – Tennessee to lead high-impact technical assistance and drive RTI²-A+B implementation across Tennessee Grand Divisions. You will partner with LEAs, schools, and educators, diagnosing needs, shaping support plans, and guiding professional learning and coaching cycles.

You will also supervise contractors to ensure timely, evidence-based support that aligns with state requirements and Blue Engine standards.