Director, Program Implementation - East
Listed on 2026-08-28
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Education / Teaching
Professional Development, Education Administration, Training Instructor / Specialist
Title:
Director, Program Implementation
- East Tennessee
Location:
East Tennessee Grand Division (e.g., Chattanooga, Knoxville, or any community within East Tennessee), with up to 60% travel throughout the assigned Grand Division and the broader state required.
Job Band:
Level 3
Reports to:
Vice President, Program
- Tennessee
Start Date:
Rolling, with a target start by November 2026
Blue Engine is an education non-profit focused on ending the long-standing pattern of disproportionate student outcomes by shifting the paradigm of “typical teaching.” Blue Engine partners with schools and systems to elevate educators' mindsets and skills, ensuring all students can access and engage in grade-level learning in every lesson. We support educators in effectively teaching to learner variability by supporting the development of
1) inclusive mindsets & practices,
2) effective co-teaching and educator collaboration, and
3) data-driven teacher development systems. Our product offerings support school and system leaders in system and school-level planning and design, instructional leader development, and content-driven teacher development.
The Director of Program Implementation – Tennessee is an expert technical assistance provider who leads implementation and drives impact within one Tennessee Grand Division.
As Blue Engine launches its statewide technical assistance partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education, the Director helps establish and deliver high-quality RTI²-A+B support within their region.
The Director spends most weeks working directly with LEAs, schools, educators, and leaders. They diagnose implementation needs, develop support plans, facilitate professional learning and collaborative communities, and conduct coaching cycles that strengthen RTI²-A+B systems and inclusive instruction.
The Director also manages and develops the contractors assigned to the Grand Division. They ensure technical assistance is timely, coherent, evidence-based, and aligned with Tennessee requirements and Blue Engine's standards.
Primary Responsibilities & OutcomesI. Partner Implementation and Impact | 75%
- Serve as the primary technical assistance provider for a portfolio of LEAs, with particular ownership of complex, high-priority engagements.
- Conduct enabling-conditions diagnostics and use multiple forms of evidence to identify strengths, root causes, barriers, and priorities at the district, school, team, and classroom levels.
- Co‑develop clear support plans with LEA and school leaders, including intended outcomes, roles, milestones, evidence of progress, and sustainability strategies.
- Design and facilitate professional learning, collaborative professional communities, consultation sessions, strategic planning, and other technical assistance responsive to local context.
- Design and adapt practical tools, resources, and professional learning materials that translate RTI²‑A+B guidance and evidence‑based practices into supports responsive to LEA and school needs.
- Conduct coaching cycles with district leaders, school leaders, instructional coaches, interventionists, and educators that produce observable changes in systems and practice.
- Help partners strengthen the relationship among Tier I core instruction, Tier II and Tier III supports, academic and behavioral intervention, and access to rigorous grade-level learning.
- Support leaders to use student, implementation, perception, and practice data to make decisions, monitor progress, and adjust supports.
- Build partner capacity to sustain effective RTI²‑A+B implementation with decreasing dependence on Blue Engine over time.
- Coordinate the work of technical assistance contractors assigned to the Grand Division, including onboarding, LEA assignments, priorities, schedules, and role expectations.
- Set clear standards for technical assistance quality, documentation, responsiveness, evidence use, and alignment with Tennessee's RTI²‑A+B framework and Blue Engine's implementation approach.
- Observe contractor practice, review coaching and support…
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