Director of Educational Technology

Overview

From our campus to the wilderness, Sun Valley Community School inspires students to think critically, engage confidently, embrace challenges, and lead impactful, purposeful lives.

Sun Valley Community School seeks a Director of Educational Technology and Innovation beginning July 1, 2026
, to creatively and thoughtfully guide the future of how our school community uses technology in support of teaching and learning.

This is a designing, training, teaching, and learning–focused role
, centered on educational technology, pedagogy, and learning design rather than technical operations or hardware management. The Director will strategically plan, implement, and steward educational technology systems across the school while collaborating closely with faculty to leverage technology for powerful, student-centered learning experiences. This role emphasizes helping students become capable, ethical, and creative digital thinkers and makers.

The Director serves as a member of the school’s leadership team, reports to the Head of School, and plays a vital role in shaping academic programs across the division. This is a full-time position with benefits. For the right candidate, the position may include housing support. Sun Valley Community School maintains access to rental housing units throughout the Wood River Valley and may assist relocating candidates based on availability, family size, and other factors.

Housing details will be discussed during the final stage of the search.

A successful candidate will appreciate the art and craft of education, embrace challenges and experimentation, cultivate a full life beyond school, and find deep satisfaction in collaborative work with colleagues and students. Educating is demanding, joyful, and deeply meaningful work, and Sun Valley Community School is a highly collaborative community where strong communication and partnership with teachers, students, and families are essential.

• Collaborate with school leadership and faculty to develop and implement a K–12 educational technology vision aligned with the school’s mission, guiding principles, and strategic plan
• Partner with academic leaders and teachers to evaluate, select, and adopt AI tools and other educational technologies that enhance engagement, deepen learning, and support innovative pedagogical practices
• Provide leadership around the ethical, intentional, and developmentally appropriate integration of AI and emerging technologies, including articulating guiding principles, instructional use cases, and faculty and student expectations
• Stay current with research, trends, and best practices in educational technology, learning sciences, and emerging tools, translating that knowledge into actionable strategy
• Manage the educational technology budget in alignment with programmatic priorities and strategic goals
• Lead the selection, evaluation, and ongoing review of instructional tools and digital resources to support accessibility and strong learning outcomes
• Use qualitative and quantitative feedback to assess the impact of instructional technology initiatives and guide continuous improvement

• Design and facilitate professional learning experiences focused on instructional technology integration, emerging tools, and future-ready teaching practices, including:
• Individualized coaching
• Departmental, divisional, and all-staff workshops
• Ongoing professional learning communities
• Curated resource libraries (tutorials, videos, and guides)
• Partner with faculty to pilot, implement, and refine innovative educational technologies
• Collaborate with the Teaching & Learning team to strengthen technology coaching and support onboarding and professional growth for new faculty
• Collaborate with faculty to design and steward a K–12 technology scope and sequence aligned with developmental stages, including maker education, design thinking, computational thinking, computer science, digital literacy, AI fluency, and digital citizenship
• Serve as a thought partner to teachers and administrators around instructional design, assessment,…