Head of Program Design, Innovation Team

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.

About This Work The Head of Program Design, Innovation Team will lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of DREAM’s disseminated innovation curriculum and related curricular products. This leader will manage the Innovation Program Design team, setting a clear vision for the use of DREAM’s innovation curriculum, and ensuring that materials are rigorous, polished, branded, and ready for implementation by external partners. The curricular products will include AI fluency, project-based and experiential learning, AI edtech design, and durable skill-building.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced curriculum leader with a strong background in teaching and school leadership, expertise in curriculum development, a record of leading complex cross-functional initiatives, excitement about the evolving field of AI in education, and the ability to translate research and data into strong learning experiences.

Responsibilities AI Curriculum and Team Leadership

• Manage and develop the team responsible for designing DREAM’s disseminated AI and future-ready skills curriculum;
• Provide high-level oversight and feedback on standards, branding, packaging of curricular products to the team, for turnkey-readiness to external partners;
• Write AI and future-ready skills curriculum, modeling the highest standards of execution for the team;
• Establish metrics, monitor outcomes, and use data to assess impact, drive continuous improvement, and inform strategic decision-making.
• Teach and model how to use DREAM’s AI and future-ready skills curriculum in the classroom;
• Communicate a clear vision for the use of our AI and future-ready skills curriculum;
• 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 curriculum design and strategy.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with technology developers throughout the product design and development process;
• Collaborate with the Implementation Team to integrate curricular content into Convening playbooks and learning experiences for our AI partners;
• Coordinate with external academic researchers to study the effectiveness of DREAM’s AI and future-ready skills implementation and apply findings to curriculum and program improvement.

Qualifications Other responsibilities related to the role as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in Education or a related field preferred;
• Minimum 8 years of experience in education, including experience as a teacher, required;
• Minimum 4 years of experience in people and team leadership on a Network Curriculum Team at a large Charter Management Organization or at a corporate curriculum provider, required;
• Experience producing high quality curriculum at scale, req…