ELA Implementation & Coaching Director

Leading Educators; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k with matching

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Job summary

Leading Educators is seeking a Director of Implementation, Design, and Coaching – ELA to lead literacy transformation across seven schools in the San Mateo‑Foster City and Ravenswood districts. The role requires managing the full lifecycle of ELA implementation, coaching district leaders, and designing job-embedded professional learning to ensure high-quality instruction.

You will collaborate with teachers and district teams to translate literacy science into practical, scalable practices and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in education, instructional leadership, curriculum implementation, or district-level instructional support.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex implementation efforts across multiple schools or at the district level.
• Proven track record designing high-quality professional learning aligned to standards and measurable instructional outcomes.
• Direct experience providing coaching to school or district leaders and translating that coaching into observable changes in practice.
• Experience serving as a primary client or partner relationship owner within a district or multi-school context, managing expectations and maintaining accountability for outcomes.
• Experience managing and developing staff or team members, with clear responsibility for the quality of their execution.
• Practitioner-level competency with artificial intelligence tools and a willingness to leverage them for efficiency and insight.
• Ability to travel regularly to school sites (typically weekly) within the San Mateo-Foster City and Ravenswood City School Districts, with occasional national travel for organizational events and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Drive instructional transformation across seven schools in the San Mateo-Foster City and Ravenswood districts from launch through measurable impact.
• Own full lifecycle of ELA implementation and build capacity of school and district leaders to sustain excellence in literacy instruction.
• Design and facilitate job-embedded professional learning cycles and conduct learning walks to reveal what's working and what needs attention.
• Partner with district leadership to surface opportunities and risks and inform strategic decisions in the partnership.

Skills

Instructional leadership

ELA literacy instruction

CA ELD Standards

District-wide implementation

Stakeholder partnerships

Data-driven decisions

Coaching leaders

AI tools in hiring

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Leading Educators is seeking a Director of Implementation, Design, and Coaching – ELA to lead literacy transformation across seven schools in the San Mateo‑Foster City and Ravenswood districts. The role requires managing the full lifecycle of ELA implementation, coaching district leaders, and designing job-embedded professional learning to ensure high-quality instruction.

You will collaborate with teachers and district teams to translate literacy science into practical, scalable practices and