Implementation Manager - Midwest

The Organization

What if K-12 education were designed to help all students develop lives of meaning and purpose? Wayfinder was founded at the Stanford d.school to answer this question. Our goal is to double our impact each year for the coming years. Our vision is to become the preeminent SEL curriculum company in the world — leading the global movement of purpose, meaning, and belonging-based education worldwide. 

What We Value

You’ll be joining a team of incredibly motivated and dedicated staff members committed to living our organization's values. We work collaboratively across teams, and we feel and act like a purpose-driven organization. To the best of our abilities, each person’s role aligns with their own sense of purpose, which feeds into Wayfinder’s larger sense of purpose.

Read this article about our workplace culture in Conscious Company.

We value access, equity, diversity, and belonging, and these values are represented in our product, our team, and our school partners.

Product: We develop our learning tools using human-centered design principles. We work with grade-level experts to ensure our curriculum is developmentally appropriate and engaging at all levels. Every Wayfinder lesson is supported by relevant research, prototyped in classrooms, and vetted by teachers over rounds of feedback and iteration. We use Universal Design for Learning principles to give every student an equal opportunity to succeed.

Team: Our team is composed of people from all different backgrounds and walks of life. We intentionally recruit, hire, and work with people of diverse identities + experiences. We focus on belonging: being connected, accepted, and valued by the people around us. 

School Partners: We intentionally target a wide array of educational partners, from traditional to non-traditional, that work with a range of students from different socioeconomic groups. We’ve taught our curriculum in high-need schools in the Bronx, independent schools in Silicon Valley, and after-school programs in San Antonio.

The Role

The Implementation Manager will work closely with Account Managers on a portfolio of districts to support partners in driving the successful implementation of Wayfinder. 

We strongly encourage people from traditionally underrepresented populations in tech - such as women, People of Color, People with Disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people, etc - to apply!

Responsibilities

Implementation Strategy for District Partners

• Provide support to district-level teams, including implementation strategy, best practices, and thought partnerships to drive product usage and fidelity
• Provide support to site-based teams to lead successful implementation at the school level
• Coach site-based teams on best practices in supporting educator buy-in, product adoption, efficacy, and continuous improvement
• Meet regularly with Account Managers to identify barriers to product usage and implementation fidelity and deploy appropriate interventions at the district and site level

Professional Learning 

• Lead and/or co-lead school introductory trainings (virtual and in-person) and supplemental professional learning opportunities 
• Lead and/or co-lead (virtual and in-person) Adult SEL sessions to strengthen educator social-emotional competencies 
• Support in the design and development of customized training content and materials for district partners

Communications + Outreach

• Participate in stakeholder information events such as family engagement sessions and committee presentations
• Contribute to content creation such as Wayfinder blogs and articles in education publications 
• Participates in the creation of promotional and content-based videos through on-camera activities such as script reading, storytelling, and interviews

Sales Support

• Support lead generation through facilitating in-person workshops, virtual webinars, and various speaking engagements

Requirements

Below, we have listed some things we are looking for; you do not necessarily need to check all these boxes t