Director of Programs, Teaching and Learning

Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development is a top-ranked college that focuses on cross-disciplinary research, experiential learning, and community engagement. We seek to empower our students, faculty, and staff to reshape the systems that impact learning and human development, more firmly centering them in justice, diversity, and belonging. To learn more about our college, visit www.bu.edu/wheelock.

BU Wheelock is one of the 17 schools and colleges that are part of Boston University, one of the leading private research and teaching institutions in the world today. With more than 37,000 students from all 50 states and 145+ countries, BU is among the largest independent universities in the United States. To learn more about Boston University, visit www.bu.edu.

About the Role

The Center for STEM Professional Learning at Scale is a research-informed innovation hub within BU Wheelock. The Center advances convergence education by connecting science learning to real-world questions, engaging educators as co-designers of innovation, and helping young people build the agency to shape their communities and futures.

The Center operates three interconnected platforms: NGSS Phenomena, a national innovation and discovery space with more than 5.3 million views across 100+ countries; NGSX, the Center’s flagship professional learning system, which has reached more than 17,000 educators across 29 states through a network of 400+ trained facilitators; and Project Resilience, which connects this work to durable outcomes for learners and communities. Together, these platforms create a continuous cycle of discovery, capacity-building, and impact, moving ideas from research into practice and from practice back into the field.

The Director of Programs directs program development, coordination, and implementation across the Center’s initiatives, while supporting partnership and proposal development in collaboration with the Center Director. This position will organize program activities, engage the facilitator network, coordinate partner-facing work, assist with proposal development, and develop tools and processes that strengthen the Center’s operations and external projects.

Position Logistics

This is a full-time, 40 hours per week position with access to the University’s comprehensive benefits plan. This position is expected to be remote, though occasional travel may be required for partner meetings, facilitator network activities, conferences, and other Center-related needs.

This is a one-year, term-limited position with the possibility of extension based on performance, ongoing institutional need, and available funding.

Essential Functions

This job description and the essential functions listed below are intended to provide a general overview of the role, and are not a comprehensive list of day-to-day tasks.

Partnership Support (40%)

• In collaboration with the Center Director, manage partnership development activities, including preparing materials, coordinating meetings, documenting follow-up, and maintaining the partnership pipeline.
• Assist the Center Director with cultivation and coordination of institutional, nonprofit, industry, funder, school/district, and research partnerships that support Center initiatives.
• Prepare partner-facing materials, including presentations, scopes of work, concept notes, briefing documents, summaries, and implementation plans.
• Oversee contracted-service, sponsored-project, grant-funded, and philanthropic opportunity development by coordinating timelines, drafting materials, gathering inputs, and working with appropriate BU offices.

Facilitator Network Coordination (25%)

• Implement strategies to activate and engage the Center’s 400+ member NGSX facilitator network as a professional learning community.
• Coordinate facilitator network activities, including communications, meeting logistics, participation tracking, scheduling, materials, and follow-up.
• Oversee facilitator-led initiatives by coordinating timelines, deliverables, materials, communications, and documentation.
• Maintain quality standards, procedures, templates, and support tools for facilitator-delivered programming.
• Gather facilitator feedback and track engagement, retention, geographic reach, programming activity, and participation data.

Program Implementation and Resource Development (35%)

• Coordinate planning and implementation of Center initiatives across NGSS Phenomena, NGSX, Project Resilience, and related professional learning or AI-enabled teaching tool projects.
• Translate Center priorities into project plans, timelines, deliverables, workflows, and implementation supports in collaboration with the Center Director.
• Help develop professional learning pathways, educator-facing resources, partner-facing materials, and implementation tools based on research findings and field implementation learning.
• Coordinate across Center staff, BU Wheelock colleagues, affiliated faculty, facilitators, consultants, and external partners to support timely completion of project activities.
• Track project progress, gather feedback, maintain documentation, identify implementation needs or risks, and prepare updates for the Center Director.