Director of Instruction and Student Experience

Position Summary

Director of Instruction & Student Experience

The Instructional & Student Experience Specialist serves as a bridge across both Intergenerational School campuses, connecting instructional systems and resources, coaching and staff development practices, student experience initiatives, and state compliance systems to ensure coherence, consistency, and impact. This role advances a network-wide approach to instructional excellence, educator development, student belonging, and regulatory compliance while honoring the unique identity of each school.

This is a non-supervisory role that works through collaboration, influence, and systems leadership to strengthen alignment and improve outcomes and culture across campuses. The position is shared and reports to the CEO. This is a full-time year-round position.

Key Responsibilities

Instructional Systems Alignment and Improvement

• Using the Educational Plan, Vision for Education at the IG's, and School Improvement Plans as foundational documents, communicate and support a shared vision for high-quality instruction across both schools.
• Identify gaps and inconsistencies in educational practices across campuses and streamline systems
• Facilitate alignment of curricular and instructional resources, assessments, data protocols and practices, and report card enhancements for mastery-based learning across the model.
• Partner with Curriculum Specialists/Instructional Coaches to strengthen instruction through co-planning, observation and feedback, data reflection, co-teaching, and demonstration teaching wherever needed to ensure all staff are participating in coaching cycles.
• Help to build and organize teacher resources that can be shared across schools and create structures for sharing best practices between them.
• Leverage stipended model-wide lead/lab teachers to share and implement best practices across the model. Identify needs and facilitate connections to lead/lab teachers for specific guidance.
• Working with Principals, design, source, manage, and evaluate high-quality professional development that is model aligned, differentiated to current needs, and practical. Support Principals in implementation and follow up plans after teachers receive PD.
• Help to provide feedback and instructional support to community/project-based learning experiences within Intergenerational programs.
• Support leadership team in using and analyzing data to inform decisions and improve outcomes
  
  

Student Belonging & Culture

• Design and implement a network-wide framework for student belonging.
• Work with Assistant Principals and Principals to align behavior systems with Responsive Classroom and trauma-informed practices. Help ensure that common language is used and training and resources are received when needed.
• Support initiatives that elevate student voice, identity, and engagement as part of the IG mission of "spirited citizens."
• Lead or support cross-campus student leadership and engagement opportunities
  
  

Compliance, Evaluation & State Reporting

• Lead state educational reporting and compliance processes, including tracking required submissions and deadlines (e.g., ODEW One Plan, CCIP, TIDE/state testing, RIMPS, KRAs, Dyslexia and ELL screening, Reading Improvement Plans). Ensure accurate and timely completion of required reporting in partnership with Assistant Principals and other staff.
• Interpret state mandates, policy updates, and new requirements, providing guidance and training to leadership and staff
• Support OPES and OTES setup, implementation, and ongoing monitoring as needed (may include OTES certification and assisting Principals in evaluations)
• Ensure compliance with Preventative Services, Restraint and Seclusion, and other required annual surveys
• Oversee Resident Educator Program compliance, documentation, and reporting
• With Principals, help to ensure school Special Education teams are operating in compliance, collecting appropriate consent forms, tracking due dates, etc. Occasionally conduct internal audits to prepare for outside audits
• Support in communicating audit responses, sponsor applications, compliance reviews, and educational corrective action planning with leadership teams
• Help to gather and interpret key educational datapoints and information on educational initiatives for grant writing and advancement materials
  
  

Qualifications

Required

• Master's degree in education, Educational Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction, or related field
• Valid Ohio administrative or teaching license (or eligibility for licensure)
• Minimum of 5–8 years of experience in education, including classroom teaching and instructional leadership responsibilities
• Demonstrated experience with curriculum development, instructional coaching, and/or teacher professional development
• Strong working knowledge of Ohio state reporting requirements and compliance systems (e.g., ODEW reporting, state testing systems, etc.)
• Experience supporting data-driven instruction, PLCs/TBTs, and continuous improvement systems
• Proven ability to design and facilitate high-quality professional learning for adults
• Experience supporting or leading instructional systems across multiple grade levels, teams, or campuses
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work across diverse stakeholder groups
  
  

Preferred

• Experience in a network, charter, or multi-site school setting
• Experience with mastery-based or competency-based learning systems
• Prior leadership in OTES/OPES implementation or teacher evaluation systems, OTES certification is a plus
• Experience with project-based learning (PBL) or community-based instructional models
• Experience supporting school culture systems and student belonging initiatives
• Experience working directly with state audits, compliance reviews, or corrective action plans
• Coaching certification or formal training in instructional coaching frameworks
• Experience designing and delivering adult learning systems at scale
  
  

Core Competencies (Highly Important for Success in This Role)

• Systems thinking and ability to connect instruction, culture, and compliance
• Strong instructional judgment and content/grade-level credibility
• Ability to influence without formal supervisory authority
• Comfort working across ambiguity and building systems from the ground up
• High attention to detail (especially in compliance and reporting work)
• Collaborative leadership style with strong relational skills
• Data literacy and ability to translate data into actionable instructional improvements