School Design and AI Senior Coach

Position Vacancy - School Design and AI Senior Coach (Full-Time)

Bank Street Education Center

Bank Street College of Education

610 West 112th Street, New York NY 10025

To: The College Community

From: Office of Human Resources

Date: March 2026

Subject: Position Vacancy - School Design and AI Senior Coach to support the AI Lab and Responsive Design Portfolio within the Bank Street Education Center (the Ed Center)

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)

Reports to: Senior Director, AI Strategy & Partnerships

Position Summary: Bank Street Education Center seeks a School Design & AI Senior Coach to support schools and educational partners in rethinking teaching, learning, and school design through the thoughtful integration of artificial intelligence and responsive design.

This role sits at the intersection of school design, instructional innovation, leadership development, responsive design, and responsible AI implementation. A significant portion of the role will support Bank Street's emerging work with innovative secondary schools to explore how AI can support next-generation school models and help sustain and scale innovative, student-centered teaching and learning. The School Design & AI Senior Coach will partner with school teams and their leadership, as well as internal project teams, to design and facilitate professional learning, support change processes, develop implementation tools and resources, and advance practical, mission-aligned adoption of AI-enabled and responsive design practices.

In this role, the successful candidate will serve as a trusted strategic partner to school teams and their leadership, helping them move from curiosity to capacity and from early experimentation to coherent implementation. In addition to project-based and partner-facing work, this role will also contribute to internal, college-wide learning and capacity-building efforts across Bank Street's divisions.

Key Relationships: The School Design & AI Senior Coach will report directly to the Senior Director, AI Learning Lab, and will work closely with the Director, AI Integration & Innovation, the Executive Director of Responsive Design, and Bank Street Education Center senior leadership to support the design and implementation of AI Learning Lab priorities and responsive design initiatives. This role will also collaborate with colleagues across the College, school teams and their leadership, external partners, and project stakeholders across the AI Learning Lab and Responsive Design portfolios.

Responsibilities:

In collaboration with the Senior Director, AI Learning Lab, the AI Learning Lab team, and colleagues across the Responsive Design portfolio and the Bank Street Education Center, the School Design & AI Senior Coach will be responsible for supporting school teams and their leadership, internal colleagues, and external partners through the following key functions:

Qualifications:

School Design, Coaching & Implementation

• Serve as a trusted strategic partner to school teams and their leadership in identifying high-leverage opportunities for AI integration across instruction, operations, planning, and professional learning
• Support school teams in moving from exploration and experimentation to coherent, mission-aligned implementation of AI-enabled and responsive design practices
• Provide coaching on change management, implementation planning, and responsible AI adoption, including support for school design, redesign, and whole-school integration

Support the design of school models, pilot structures, and organizational routines that strengthen sustainable and responsible use of AI

Professional Learning & Resource Development

• Design and facilitate high-impact professional learning experiences for school and district partners, including workshops, planning sessions, leadership institutes, and collaborative learning experiences
• Build foundational AI literacy and help school teams identify practical, mission-aligned entry points for AI integration
• Develop practical tools, frameworks, facilitation materials, and implementation resources to support school design, responsive design, and AI integration
• Document emerging patterns, lessons learned, and promising practices to strengthen future partner support and internal learning

Partnership, Project Management & Cross-School Learning

• Build and maintain deep, trusted relationships with school teams, their leadership, and external partners across projects and portfolios
• Support planning and coordination for cohort-based learning, school-based engagements, partner communications, and cross-functional project meetings
• Bring insights from the field back to the AI Learning Lab and Responsive Design teams to strengthen tools, resources, and future project design
• Track coaching interactions, project milestones, and emerging learnings using appropriate tools to support reflection, accountability, and continuous improvement

Internal Capacity Building & Cross-Divisional Support

• Support internal professional learning, coaching, and capacity-building efforts related to AI across Bank Street's three divisions
• Partner with colleagues across the Education Center, School for Children, and Graduate School to build shared understanding of responsible, developmentally grounded, and equity-centered AI use
• Collaborate across teams to identify emerging needs and adapt supports as the AI Learning Lab evolves
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned in support of the evolving priorities of the AI Learning Lab, Responsive Design portfolio, and the Bank Street Education Center

Skills & Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of school systems, school design, responsive design, instructional leadership, and organizational change, including experience with school design and redesign processes, ideally in secondary or high school settings
• Demonstrated ability to design and facilitate professional learning for adult learners and to coach school teams and their leadership in implementing new practices
• Demonstrated AI literacy and hands-on experience using AI tools in educator-facing and organizational contexts, including the ability to apply AI thoughtfully to planning, communication, resource development, professional learning, and operational workflows
• Demonstrated ability to support schools and teams in the responsible, strategic, and mission-aligned integration of AI across teaching, learning, and organizational practice
• Strong writing, documentation, project management, organization, and communication skills
• Strong understanding of and commitment to progressive, whole-child, development-focused education
• Proficiency with Google Workspace and other collaboration/documentation tools

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Leadership, Organizational Development, Instructional Technology, or a related field required; Master's degree strongly preferred
• Minimum of 8-10 years of relevant professional experience in school leadership, school design/redesign, instructional leadership or coaching, professional learning design, school improvement, and/or educational innovation
• Demonstrated experience serving in a school-level leadership role and/or in a senior coaching, consulting, or design role supporting school or system-level change
• Demonstrated experience designing or redesigning schools, programs, or instructional models; experience supporting secondary or high school redesign is strongly preferred
• Experience with school redesign frameworks and tools, including familiarity with XQ or similar approaches, is strongly preferred

Mindsets & Professional Dispositions:

• Flexibility in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment with changing priorities and tight deadlines
• A collaborative, service-oriented, team-first mindset with strong follow-through and responsiveness
• An intersectional, anti-racist lens and strengths-based approach to equity work
• A reflective, learner-centered stance that values collaboration and continuous growth

Work Schedule & Travel Expectations

• This role is designed to support school teams and their leadership, as well as external partners, in ways that are responsive to school and teacher schedules. As a result, occasional evening and/or weekend work may be required
• This role may require local and occasional regional travel for site visits, partner meetings, workshops, and other in-person learning experiences

Salary Range: $115,000- $135,000

Application Information:

• After June 2027, this position is contingent upon the availability of additional funds.
• Please apply online by submitting a cover letter and resume for the position in the "Job Opportunities" section on Bank Street's website: bankstreet.edu/job-opportunities
• Please address cover letters to:

Tracy Fray-Oliver

Senior Associate Vice President, Bank Street Education Center

Bank Street College

610 West 112th Street

New York, NY 10025

• In your cover letter, please include where you came across this job posting.

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