Remote ECE Literacy Lead & Coach

Heritage Oak Private Education; California; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental, and vision

401(k) with company match

Flexible spending accounts (FSA)

Tuition remission for employees’ kids

Continued education tuition savings

Job summary

Spring Education Group is seeking an Early Childhood Education Manager to support its IK12 Division. This remote role requires CA residency and periodic travel to the Home Office and campuses, reporting to the Senior Director as the division’s principal early childhood literacy expert.

You will lead phonics-based literacy resource development, align materials with Links to Learning, and deliver onboarding and ongoing professional development to teachers and school leaders across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; degree in Early Childhood Education, Literacy, Reading Specialist, or related field strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in early literacy instruction, including phonics-based and developmentally appropriate approaches.
• Kindergarten teaching or instructional leadership experience strongly preferred.
• Experience designing and delivering professional learning for adult educators (virtual and in-person).
• Strong communication and coaching skills across multiple school sites and regions.
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects across diverse school environments.
• Experience with curriculum frameworks or developing instructional resources preferred.
• Ability to analyze instructional needs and use data to inform development of resources and training.
• Comfortable working independently in a remote setting, while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Willingness and availability to travel periodically to school sites and the California-based Home Office.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead expert on early childhood literacy for the IK12 Education Team.
• Identify and update phonics-based literacy resources aligned with the Links to Learning curriculum.
• Promote and communicate literacy resources across IK12 schools, leveraging regional directors, on-campus leader mentors, and instructional mentor teachers.
• Review, develop, and pilot new literacy resources over time.
• Create and deliver onboarding and ongoing professional development for teachers and school leaders — both in-person and online.
• Guide and coordinate the work of four IK12 ECE Leader Mentors.
• Collaborate with regional directors and principals to select and manage a cohort of 30 Links to Learning Instructional Mentor Teachers (IMTs).
• Support the implementation of Academic Pre-K, a programmatic shift launching in the 2026–27 school year in approximately 15 pre‑kindergarten classrooms that will augment the Links to Learning curriculum with direct instruction in academic skills, including phonics‑based reading instruction and foundational mathematics.
• Facilitate a cohort of Academic Pre-K mentor teachers.

Skills

Early literacy instruction

Phonics-based instruction

Curriculum development

Professional learning delivery

Stakeholder collaboration

Data-driven instruction

Remote work coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Early Childhood Education

Literacy / Reading Specialist

Job description

Spring Education Group is seeking an Early Childhood Education Manager to support its IK12 Division. This remote role requires CA residency and periodic travel to the Home Office and campuses, reporting to the Senior Director as the division’s principal early childhood literacy expert.

You will lead phonics-based literacy resource development, align materials with Links to Learning, and deliver onboarding and ongoing professional development to teachers and school leaders across multiple sites.