Director of Learning & Teaching

Job Posting Title

Director of Learning & Teaching

Employee Type

Regular

Recruiting Start Date

07-23-2025

Job Exempt?

Yes

Recruiting End Date

08-03-2025

Aloha mai!  Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools.  If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ʻohana!

Kamehameha Schools (KS) is searching for a Director of Learning & Teaching to join our Maui Campus team. The ideal candidate is a dynamic and inspirational leader with proven experience managing teams and driving a cohesive vision for K-12 curriculum. They bring deep expertise in curriculum and instruction, are skilled at mentoring teachers, and excel in developing standards-based, research-informed curriculum that aligns with Hawaiian culture-based education and the latest in educational best practices. This individual thrives on collaboration, communicates impact with clarity, and brings an adaptive mindset to ever-evolving instructional challenges. If you're passionate about shaping the future of education and leading others at the cutting edge of teaching and learning, we encourage you to apply!

Job Summary

Senior-level campus administrator responsible for administrative oversight for building and implementing a comprehensive personalized HCBE competency-based learning ecosystem for E Ola! including learner growth and evaluation systems and related professional development. Co-leads strategic planning and implementation and reporting. Works with campus executive and senior leaders to plan, implement, monitor and assess the short- and long-range strategic direction of the learning and teaching program. Works collaboratively with campus and instructional leaders to develop strategic priorities including the implementation and oversight of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to ensure K-12 alignment. Provides leadership, strategic planning, oversight, and supervision of K-12 learner outcomes, teacher evaluation, and professional development. In the absence of the Associate Head of School, is responsible for designated responsibilities.

Essential Responsibilities

Leadership, Strategy and Planning

• Serves as a member of the campus executive and senior leadership teams.
• Leads the design and implementation of a comprehensive personalized HCBE competency-based learning ecosystem for E Ola!
• Provides administrative oversight for all-school tasks which are related to curriculum, instruction and assessment.
• Supports the implementation of research-based and culture-based instructional design and strategies.
• Provides leadership in design, direction and implementation of the K-12 teacher growth process and professional development activities aligned to campus priorities. Including identifying training/learning needs and setting professional development priorities.
• In partnership with principals and other instructional leaders, builds agreements and resources for an effective teacher evaluation and growth system. This includes leading collaborative processes for defining teacher competencies and expectations, building leadership capacity for effective teacher supervision, and ensuring high-quality data, including student voice and outcomes, is a part of teacher evaluation and learning.
• Directly supervises staff and provides supervisory oversight for various positions and programs for the campus. Evaluates selected campus positions, including key positions supporting campus-wide learning and teaching initiatives. Supervises and oversees the goal-setting work and may set campus, unit or teacher learning and achievement goals.
• Facilitates and models a cohesive learning community to support campus and school leaders to improve student achievement and the 21st century ‘ōiwi learner and models a high level of instructional leadership that enhances effective instruction and high student achievement.
• Drafts annual strategic plan and quarterly and annual reports for learning and teaching initiatives and related areas and reports progress and outcomes to multiple audiences including education group and enterprise leadership.
• Leads the development, monitoring and evaluation of data informed, research-based and integrated processes to guide recommendations, decision-making, and implementation of short- and long-term plans for learning and teaching and related areas. Assists in conducting due diligence that includes t