Program Director - CEISMC

Job Title:

Program Director - CEISMC,

Location:

Atlanta, Georgia, Regular/Temporary:
Regular, Full/Part Time:
Full-Time, Job

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation.

We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship.

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts.

Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Manage and lead in planning, development, budgeting, implementation, and evaluation of precollege science, mathematics, engineering, and technology programs for teachers/students. Provide program leadership in the administration of state and district education partnerships. May be responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance and providing feedback, and making pay recommendations.

Interact with faculty, staff, students, K-12 state education officials (superintendents, principals, teachers).

Job Duty 1 - Manage and lead in the planning, development, budgeting, implementation and evaluation of programs and/or state and district education partnerships.

Job Duty 2 - Hire and supervise program staff and establish positive working relationships and communications with clients, internal and external staff and consultants.

Job Duty 3 - Develop and assess curriculum according to state and national science, mathematics, and technology standards. Provide professional development for teachers on the content and method of science and math instruction.

Job Duty 4 - Develop and assist in the development of proposals to external funding sources including private, state, and federal agencies.

Job Duty 5 - Perform other duties as assigned

Educational Requirements

Master's Degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Other Required Qualifications

Weekends and evenings may be required for special events, dinners, football games, etc; some travel

Required Experience

Eight to ten years job related experience

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Ability to coordinate activities among diverse groups and stakeholders is preferred Fluency in a second language may be preferred

Preferred Educational Qualifications

Master's Degree in Education

• Demonstrated expertise in computer science and AI education, including curriculum design and implementation.
• Experience with robotics platforms (e.g., VEX and similar systems) in teaching and learning environments.
• Hands-on experience with Arduino/ Rasberry Pi and microcontroller-based instructional applications.
• Proficiency in educational technology tools that support blended, hybrid, and experiential STEM learning.
• Working knowledge of CNC routers, digital fabrication, and makerspace technologies.
• Experience leading rural STEM/CS initiatives or programs focused on expanding access.
• Ability to integrate computational thinking, AI literacy, and engineering design into K-12 learning environments.

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