Type of Vacancy: Salaried, full-time

Start date: August-September 2025

Location: New York, NY

Report to: Senior Manager, Program

Supervises: Dependent on the project, the Manager, Program may be a Project Leader with project team supervision and leadership development responsibilities

Compensation: The full salary range for this position is $80,000 - $121,007 annually. This range represents the full earning potential for the role, including opportunities for salary growth over time based on performance, tenure, and organizational budget. The anticipated hiring range for this position is $80,000 - $105,529. Teaching Lab will generally cap salaries for new employees at 105% of the midpoint of the full salary range ($105,529) to allow for continued growth in the role over time. There are two types of experience being considered for this role: Experience that is directly relevant to the role and Total Working Experience, in all fields. This includes: internships, part-time work, and consulting work. In collaboration with the hiring manager, the People and Culture team calculates experience based on the candidate’s most current resume. When calculating the offer, consideration is given to candidates who possess additional qualifications (i.e., desired qualifications). 

Areas of Expertise: Instructional Design: Designing and facilitating effective and engaging professional learning experiences for adults. Teacher Coaching: Improving student outcomes by engaging in coaching inquiry cycles with teachers. Instructional Expertise: Deep knowledge of the science of reading and grades PK-2 ELA HQIM.

 

 

Teaching Lab is a nonprofit organization with a mission to fundamentally shift the paradigm of teacher professional learning. We envision a world where teachers and students thrive together in communities that enable life-long learning and meaningful lives. In partnership with teachers, we transform professional learning from the ground up to dramatically improve student outcomes. We also work with school, district, and state leaders to create the instructional systems necessary to support these changes. To learn more about Teaching Lab, explore our website at www.teachinglab.org.

 

The Manager, Program collaborates with others within the Program division and across the organization to meet Teaching Lab’s programmatic goals, takes ownership of the organization’s systems and processes, and implements them consistently and successfully. This role is critical in Teaching Lab’s mission to positively impact educator practice in service of increased student learning. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary responsibilities for the Manager, Program include:

• Implement excellent programmatic services 
  • Implement programmatic projects to successfully meet the goals of the projects; projects include but are not limited to: professional learning content development projects, professional learning implementation with state and district systems, direct-to-teacher or direct-to-leader coaching, etc.
  • Acts as a content area expert aligned with organizational needs, i.e., has some area of content expertise (like subject-area expertise in ELA, math, science, or social studies curriculum and/or instructional expertise, or general expertise in coaching for continuous improvement or state/system level leadership development, etc.) that they bring to bear on aligned projects as well as support team members to build their content expertise
  • Often hold the role of a Coach Developer, Client Partnership Manager, Instructional Designer, Subject Matter Expert, or Coach/Facilitator on project teams. However, given time, capacity, competencies, skills, and interests, the Senior Manager, Program could hold multiple other roles on project teams (e.g., Project Lead.)
  • Implement and maintain the project plans for assigned projects; if needed, identify needs for consultant support to complete projects on time and with high-quality
  • Demonstrate strong organizational skills, time management, and workflow management while attending to the diverse needs of partners and keeping a radically responsive orientation
  • Support the development of systems, tools, and processes to support effective and efficient implementation of services to scale Teaching Lab’s partnerships and impact over time
  • Maintain positive and responsive relationships with clients and other project team members
  • Support with contract renewals to sustain impact on teacher and student learning; support business development as needed 

• Design high-quality, research-based, user-centered professional learning content, services, and tools/resources 
  • Create materials and content for programmatic partnerships and courses
  • Engage in Teaching Lab’s user-centered design processes (engaging with Teacher Advisory Board, supporting pilot partnerships, developing rapid prototypes) and use learning and insights to inform design
  • Engage in Teaching Lab’s design process to develop content, including drafting, feedback cycles, pilot partnerships (as applicable), and finalization steps (e.g., adhere to Teaching Lab’s style and branding guidelines when developing new content)
  • Apply best practices for virtual and in-person adult learning in the design of professional learning content

• If applicable, engage in efficient and effective project management as a Project Lead
  • Implement and support other team members to implement the project plans for assigned projects; if needed, identify needs for consultant support to complete projects on time and with high quality; supervise consultants 
  • Maintain partner project plans that track the execution of services related to scopes of work, and support other team members to maintain individual partner project plans for each project
  • Demonstrate strong organizational skills, time management, and workflow management while attending to the diverse needs of partners and keeping a radically responsive orientation
  • Develop systems, tools, and processes to support effective and efficient implementation of services to scale Teaching Lab’s partnerships and impact over time
  • Maintain contracts and invoices for each partner; collaborate with other team members and the Finance department to ensure accurate invoices are billed and collected

• If applicable, provide vision, direction, and oversight of direct reports as a Home Manager
  • Model the people manager-specific competency and implement actions that support a positive work culture and increase productivity (e.g., providing feedback, coaching, counseling, training, development, etc.)
  • Provide coaching and support to direct reports on their projects and/or assignments, including identifying and addressing development needs and supports
  • Monitor workloads and capacity to ensure effectiveness and productivity while promoting time management and prioritization of assignments
  • Provide frequent values-based feedback and recognition to direct reports
  • Ensure the successful completion of direct reports’ annual goals as well as those of their direct reports
  • Conduct annual evaluations for direct reports
  • Complete internal tasks related to people management in a timely manner
  • Participate in the hiring process for open Program department roles

• Engage in cross-functional collaboration
  • Collaborate with Program department team members to continuously refine and develop high-quality professional learning content and implement professional learning
  • Work with Teaching Lab team members to identify and engage new and existing school system partners on scopes of work that drive towards impact and outcomes for teachers and students
  • Collaborate with the Learning & Research department to adapt and improve Teaching Lab’s high-quality data collection and impact evaluation processes
  • Engage in internal project flex teams to support non-client-facing, but critical programmatic projects 

• Engage in continuous learning
  • Stay abreast of key research and guidance in the field, attend learning experiences to build skills and competencies in project management, client management, coaching, and adult facilitation
  • Engage in personal and organized learning opportunities as a team member at a values-based and mission-focused organization.
  • Create and deliver training to other team members on core skills or competencies within the Senior Manager, Program role which is also transferable and critical for other roles

• Perform other duties as assigned by Program department leadership and/or Executive Team.

 

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND KEY SUCCESS INDICATORS (KSIs)

• The Manager, Program (Early Childhood Instructional Design & Coaching) is accountable for achieving goals set in collaboration with their manager, aligned with annual goals, and especially, Key Success Indicators (KSI). Below are examples of measured outcomes for Key Success Indicators (KSI). Additional information will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.
• As applicable, within the role, model the radical commitments for our values.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Education, Work Experience, and Knowledge
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Five (5) or more years combined experience working in PK-2 education, with a minimum of two years experience teaching PK-2 students from traditionally underserved backgrounds with demonstrated evidence of impact
  • Two (2)  or more years combined experience working with partners outside of their organization to manage workflow or deliver services
  • Two (2) or more years of combined experience planning and implementing projects
  • Two (2) or more years combined experience leading or coaching the implementation of HQIM (in any subject area)
  • Deep knowledge and experience with College- and Career-Ready math or ELA content and practice standards
  • Experience designing impactful professional learning for educators
  • Experience facilitating impactful professional learning or coaching for educators
  • Experience managing relationships with clients and stakeholders in an education context
  • Experience teaching or coaching at least one of the following curricula:  ELA (Amplify ELA, ARC (American Reading Company) Core, Benchmark Advance, Bluebonnet, Bookworms, CKLA, Developing Core Literacy Proficiencies, EL Education, EngageNY, Fundations, Guidebooks, Heggerty, HMH Into Reading, HMH Into Literature, McGraw Hill StudySync ELA, Odell, Orton Gillingham, Savvas, Skyline, Springboard, UFLI, Wilson, Wit and Wisdom)

• Values, Skills, and Competencies
  • Strong commitment to growth mindset for both adults and students, and a desire to work collaboratively to grow team skills and capabilities 
  • Compelling communication and influence skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills, able to build rapport quickly
  • Strong organizational skills

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree
• Deep understanding of the specified curriculum, including its design and component parts
• Experience providing professional learning support and services in and for consultative organizations

WORKING CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work a flexible schedule to support operational needs
• Ability to perform the essential project, duties and responsibilities with or without accommodation
• All team members are expected to support program/project needs which could mean that you play multiple roles at Teaching Lab (i.e., project lead, support, subject matter expert, etc.). 
• Travel could be required for the role.  Travel is determined based on business needs and can vary depending on partnership/contract requirements.