Head of Program Implementation

Originally founded in 1991 as Harlem RBI, DREAM has grown to annually serve more than 2,500 youth across East Harlem and the South Bronx through a network of seven PreK-12, extended-day, extended-year DREAM Charter Schools and community sports-based youth development programs. Through our commitment to rigorous academics, social-emotional learning, deep family and community engagement, and health and wellness, we create lifelong learners who are equipped to fulfill their vision of success in and out of the classroom.

We dream big, as well, with an aggressive five-year plan to expand to serve 3,500 students across seven schools—growing our organization’s impact and leveling the playing field for all children. To learn more, visit wearedream.org.

DREAM will develop and scale AI-enabled teaching and learning models designed to expand opportunity for students across the Bronx. Over the next three years, we will partner with 15 schools in the Bronx to help them implement an AI literacy curriculum, use AI tools to accelerate learning, and pursue new school models that prioritize real-world learning and future-ready skills. We will recruit partner schools, provide training and embedded coaching to leaders and teachers, and help educators implement and adapt these practices, curriculum, and tools in their own classrooms.

Through rigorous evaluation and continuous improvement, this new initiative aims to improve academic outcomes while creating more time for collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and other future-ready skills.

The Head of Program Implementation, Innovation Team, will lead the training, development, coaching, and implementation support required to bring DREAM’s Innovation programming to partner schools and school systems. This leader will manage the Innovation Program Implementation Team, supporting school and system leaders and teachers, leading high-quality professional development, setting the quality bar for AI and future-ready leadership and teaching, and building the guides, playbooks, and systems that enable strong implementation at scale.

This is an exciting opportunity for an education and school-system leader with a background in teaching and school leadership, expertise in adult professional learning and coaching, a record of supporting model dissemination or consulting across schools, and excitement about AI and future-ready skills in education.

• Manage and develop the team responsible for facilitating training, development, and coaching partner school teachers and leaders implementing DREAM’s AI and future-ready skills programming (a two-person team for now, with the potential for growth);
• Set and maintain the quality bar for excellence in AI and future-ready skills leadership and teaching;
• Oversee the creation of guides and playbooks for how to implement DREAM’s AI and future-ready skills model at the school and school-system level;
• Design and facilitate excellent professional development experiences for leaders and teachers who are implementing DREAM’s AI and future-ready skills curriculum and programming, modeling the highest standards of execution for the team;
• Provide high-quality feedback to PD developers and facilitators, ensuring learning experiences meet a high standard of quality;
• Establish metrics, monitor outcomes, and use data to assess impact, drive continuous improvement, and inform strategic decision-making;
• Stay up-to-the-minute on AI and future-ready skills in education, including peer-reviewed research, identified best practices, and relevant political influences, translating that knowledge into implementation design and strategy.

• Coach and…