What are the responsibilities and job description for the Educational Technology Specialist, Grades 5-12 position at Trinity School, NYC?
Trinity School, a co-educational, K-12 institution located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, seeks a full-time Educational Technology Specialist, Grades 5-12 starting July 1, 2026. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the 5-12 Educational Technology Specialist is a key member of the Technology Department and serves as a pedagogical thought partner and expert practitioner. At Trinity, the conversation between student and teacher is the heart of our school; this role is designed to nourish that relationship by ensuring technology serves as a bridge to deep learning.
The Specialist balances hands-on faculty support with the management of divisional initiatives - specifically focusing on Al literacy, digital citizenship, and data privacy- to ensure technology remains a tool for exploration and innovation.
Primary Responsibilities
Instructional Coaching and Faculty Support
Interested candidates should post a resume as well as a cover letter outlining their readiness for this position.
Starting Salary Range: $85,000 - $125,000 (salary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience and expertise)
The Specialist balances hands-on faculty support with the management of divisional initiatives - specifically focusing on Al literacy, digital citizenship, and data privacy- to ensure technology remains a tool for exploration and innovation.
Primary Responsibilities
Instructional Coaching and Faculty Support
- Serve as a dedicated instructional partner for Middle and Upper School faculty, engaging in pedagogical conversations to connect technology tools to classroom practice.
- Provide personalized, hands-on educational technology support to help teachers overcome technical hurdles and identify tools that align with specific curricular goals.
- Design and lead divisional professional development sessions and workshops on emerging tools that align with Trinity's pedagogical practices.
- Develop and maintain a library of tutorials, "how-to" guides, and best-practice exemplars for faculty and students.
- Co-lead the school's engagement with Artificial Intelligence (Al) and emerging tools, including co-facilitating an Al Working Group to develop Al literacy that balances skepticism and curiosity.
- In collaboration with Librarians and the Lower School team, oversee the Digital Citizenship scope and sequence (K-12) to ensure ethical discernment and critical media literacy.
- Maintain a rigorous vetting process for all 5-12 software to ensure strict adherence to student data privacy standards and school safety protocols.
- Assist the CIO in executing the 5-12 portion of the school's strategic technology plan, ensuring classroom needs inform school-wide goals.
- Partner with the technology team to ensure that 5-12 hardware (laptops, iPads) and platforms (LMS/Google Workspace) meet daily operational needs.
- Support the technology team during school breaks and during the summer with the auditing and preparation of 5-12 student and faculty devices, ensuring all devices are ready for a seamless start to the academic year.
- A Bachelor's degree is required; a Master's degree in educational technology, instructional design, or a related field is highly preferred.
- A minimum of 3-5 years of successful classroom teaching experience (ideally grades 5-12) and 2 years of experience in an edtech coaching or leadership role.
- The ability to center the student-teacher relationship. Technology for its own sake is not valued - technology that enables us to deepen our work with students is.
- Expert-level knowledge of Google Workspace for Education and deep experience with Learning Management Systems (e.g., Blackbaud, Google Classroom).
- An ability to balance self-management with a patient, collaborative approach, providing 'push-in' support to faculty with varying levels of technical comfort; a sense of humor is a definite plus.
- Complex decision-making skills and sound judgment.
- A strong commitment to the school's mission and motto, Labore et Virtute, acting with integrity to lift others up.
Interested candidates should post a resume as well as a cover letter outlining their readiness for this position.
Starting Salary Range: $85,000 - $125,000 (salary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience and expertise)
Salary : $85,000 - $125,000