Education Success & Partnerships Lead
Job Summary
Education Success & Partnerships Lead
Location: Toronto/GTA preferred with flexibility to consider candidates elsewhere in Canada. This position is fully remote with opportunities to collaborate in person.
English Islands () is looking for a former elementary teacher who is excited to bring their direct classroom experience to a small growing education technology company.
This is a broad hands-on role for someone who wants to learn quickly take ownership and grow alongside the company. Youll work closely with our CEO to directly support educators and admin using English Islands help more schools discover and successfully adopt the product and use what you learn to help shape where the product goes next.
This role is well suited to someone who enjoys variety is comfortable figuring things out and wants meaningful responsibility rather than a narrowly defined job.
What youll do
Help schools get the most out of English Islands
Youll become a key point of contact for educators and school leaders using English Islands. Youll help schools get set up support teachers through onboarding and implementation answer questions and stay in touch with admin to ensure high satisfaction.
A big part of the role is being able to put yourself in the shoes of a busy teacher who is trying to support their students while juggling everything else on their plate. Youll look for ways to make English Islands easier to adopt easier to use and more valuable to schools.
Over time youll take increasing ownership of the school/district experience including onboarding resources communication support and renewal follow-up.
Help us reach more schools and districts
As you develop a strong understanding of our partner schools/districts and product youll work hand-in-hand with the CEO to introduce English Islands to more schools and districts across Canada.
This will include identifying potential schools and district partners reaching out to principals and district administrators following up with interested leads and helping move conversations forward. You may also contribute to website blog social media and other marketing initiatives as opportunities emerge. You wont be expected to arrive as a salesperson or marketer. Were looking for someone who understands educators communicates well is comfortable learning new skills and is motivated to help start conversations with schools that could benefit from what we offer.
Help shape what we build next
Your experience as a teacher combined with what you learn from working directly with our partner schools and districts will also help inform how English Islands evolves. Youll work closely with the CEO to identify opportunities to expand and improve our product offering review and develop educational content and think about how we can serve more students teachers grades and school systems over time.
Who were looking for
You are a former elementary teacher who wants to use your classroom experience to help students across North America become confident readers. You care deeply about literacy enjoy technology and are excited by the opportunity to help build something.
You should have:
- Minimum 3 years of K-6 teaching experience including some in K-3 specifically
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organization and attention to detail
- Curiosity and the ability to learn unfamiliar tools and skills quickly
- Comfort working independently and taking ownership in a small-team environment
- Strong interest in education technology and improving literacy outcomes
Experience in customer success sales marketing or technology is helpful but not required. We care more about finding someone who is thoughtful capable curious and eager to learn.
Why this role is different
This is not a role where youll stay inside one narrow function. Youll start by developing a deep understanding of our partner schools/districts and their needs then use that knowledge to help us grow our relationships with schools and ultimately influence the direction of our product.
Youll work closely with the CEO have significant visibility into how a growing company operates and have the opportunity to take on more responsibility as both the role and English Islands evolve.
If youre curious about this role but dont think you fit every box wed still encourage you to reach out.