Education Lead

The Education Lead will play a central role in translating ARK Educate’s vision into coherent, meaningful experiences for students and educators. This person will help shape and strengthen the content and progression of ARK’s educational offerings, support teachers in bringing them to life, and work closely with school partners to ensure that the work is both ambitious in purpose and effective in practice.

The role combines educational judgment with operational discipline. The Education Lead will lead key aspects of partner implementation and maintain the systems, documentation, timelines, and follow-through that move high-quality work from idea to practice.

Working closely with ARK Educate’s Managing Director, Heads of Education, and broader team, the Education Lead will engage confidently with educators and school leaders while moving fluidly between strategic thinking and hands-on execution. The strongest candidate will be collaborative, warm, direct, highly organized, and intellectually curious.

Core Responsibilities

Learning Design and Educational Content

• Create, refine, and organize curriculum, learning experiences, teacher resources, and implementation materials, ensuring quality, consistency, accuracy, usability, and alignment with ARK Educate’s educational approach.
• Integrate relevant academic standards creatively without compromising the integrity of ARK Educate’s innovation and Mindset practices.
• Conduct research and needs analyses and translate findings, including advances in education and technology, into relevant student-centered experiences and practical recommendations.
• Develop procedures, guides, and tools that help teachers implement ARK Educate’s programs with confidence and fidelity.

Teacher Learning and Instructional Support

• Plan and facilitate teacher preparation, professional learning, and ongoing coaching in virtual and in-person settings.
• Conduct classroom observations and provide individualized, timely, and actionable coaching and support tied to shared goals.
• Identify teacher needs, patterns, and opportunities for improvement and ensure appropriate documentation, resources, and follow-through across trainings, observations, and coaching cycles.

School Partnerships and Program Implementation

• Serve as a trusted point of contact for a portfolio of school and district partners, working with school leaders and educators to understand their needs, adapt implementation appropriately, and define indicators of success.
• Coordinate implementation plans, partner timelines, deliverables, reporting, meetings, and follow-up so commitments are met and potential risks are surfaced early.
• Represent ARK Educate externally with a voice and values consistent with the organization’s mission, educational approach, and professional standards.
• Support program evaluation by gathering feedback, tracking progress, documenting outcomes, and contributing to partner reports and annual summaries.
• Travel to partner schools, trainings, classroom observations, conferences, and other program activities as needed.

Systems, Project Management, and Team Operations

• Maintain ARK Educate’s Teacher Resource System and shared resource libraries so materials remain current, organized, consistent, functional, and easy to use.
• Build and manage practical project plans across multiple partners and projects, defining responsibilities, milestones, deliverables, and deadlines; tracking progress; and communicating obstacles before they affect delivery.
• Partner across functions to turn input from subject-matter experts, stakeholders, and students into polished, engaging deliverables across online, in-person, and print formats.
• Contribute research, program narratives, data, and supporting materials for grant proposals and reports, as needed.
• Participate actively in regularly scheduled team meetings, annual planning, and special projects.

Qualifications

• Typically 5+ years of relevant experience in education, curriculum and learning design, educator development, school partnerships, program implementation, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing or implementing high-quality educational content, learning experiences, or instructional resources and supporting educators through professional learning, coaching, or instructional support.
• Strong project-management skills, judgment, and organizational discipline, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, partners, timelines, and deliverables while moving comfortably between big-picture thinking and hands-on execution.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with teachers, school leaders, colleagues, and external partners.
• Ability to synthesize research, feedback, and complex information and translate it into clear, practical resources and recommendations.
• Collaborative, adaptable, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment where programs and systems continue to evolve.
• Comfortable working independently in a remote environment and traveling periodically, both domestically and internationally, to support partner schools and programs.

Additional Experience We Value

• Experience with problem-based or inquiry-based learning, STEM, educational technology, or innovation-focused education.
• Experience supporting multiple schools, districts, or geographically distributed programs and using qualitative and quantitative data to understand program progress and outcomes.
• Experience contributing to grant proposals, grant reports, or other funder-facing materials.
• Experience designing for both in-person and virtual learning environments and familiarity with emerging technologies and their implications for teaching, learning, and the future of education.

Commitment to Learning

Because ARK Educate works at the intersection of education, technology, and social change, every team member pursues ongoing professional growth and participates in regularly scheduled pedagogical and strategic conversations.

The Education Lead will be motivated to engage with scholarship and current thinking related to problem-first learning, disruptive innovation, emerging technology, instructional practice, and other fields relevant to our mission.

Position Details

Employment: Full-time
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Travel: Periodic domestic and international travel is required to support partner schools, trainings, classroom observations, conferences, and other program activities, including occasional overnight travel.
Compensation: $90,000–$110,000 annually, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications.

ARK Educate offers a thoughtful benefits package that supports our team’s health, well-being, and professional growth, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, and support for ongoing professional development and learning.

Equal Opportunity

ARK Educate is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.