Director of Digital Learning & Innovation

Position/Title: Director of Digital Learning & Innovation

Reports To: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Anticipated Start Date: July 2026

Laurel School seeks talented faculty and staff who will put our students first and strive to make a difference in their lives. We seek to attract faculty and staff who thrive on being engaged participants in our community and are committed to developing young women as authentic learners and leaders. The most successful candidates are solutions-driven are willing to listen to learn embrace iteration and practice as a necessary part of the product see opportunities before problems and thrive in a fast-paced forward-thinking educational environment. Laurel lives our mission: to inspire each girl to fulfill her promise and to better the world.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) the Director of Digital Learning & Innovation drives the strategic vision for how technology and creative making enhance the learning experience K-12 at Laurel School. This role manages the Educational Technology Pillar of the Technology & Library Services Department providing direct leadership to the Schools educational technology program. The Director balances administrative leadership with active teaching and the operational management of the Collaboratory (Makerspace).

Duties and responsibilities include:

1. Strategic Leadership & Management

• Vision & Alignment: Design and align the K-12 use of educational technology to support and challenge the learner setting and developing the Schools strategic priorities for emerging technologies in concert with the CTO.
• AI & Policy Development: Manage the schools day-to-day approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) developing literacy and guidance that align with ethical leadership and critical thinking in coordination with the AI steering committee and the Chief Technology Officer.
• Tool Vetting & Compliance: Maintain systems for vetting educational tools for cost safety and COPPA/FERPA compliance while sunsetting outdated platforms.

2. Instructional Innovation & Faculty Coaching

• Faculty Catalyst: Act as a just-in-time coach and collaborator helping faculty connect digital tools to pedagogy instructional design and differentiated instruction.
• Professional Development: Design and lead training sessions to enhance experiential learning including summer onboarding for new faculty.
• Curricular Integration: Research and bring innovative technologies and project-based methodologies (e.g. TPACK SAMR) into classrooms school-wide.

3. Makerspace (Collaboratory) & Technical Operations

• Studio Management: Oversee the daily operations safety and organization of the Collaboratory makerspace.
• Equipment Stewardship: Manage the maintenance supplies and safe operation of 3D printers laser cutters robotics kits and digital fabrication tools.
• Certification Programs: Conceptualize and execute training/certification for students and faculty on makerspace technologies.
• 1:1 Program Oversight: Provide joint oversight of the schools K-12 1:1 laptop/iPad program including student onboarding.

4. Teaching & Student Engagement

• Computer Science & Technology Education: May teach Computer Science technology or design electives to Middle School and/or Upper School students and lead student engagement activities such as overseeing the robotics program leading and developing maker activities and mentoring students on Passion Projects through drop-in programs.
• Digital Citizenship: Collaborate with the Library and Wellness teams to develop and coordinate school-wide digital citizenship and media literacy curricula.

Education: Masters degree in Instructional Technology Education Engineering or a related field is desired.
Experience: A minimum of 57 years of teaching experience with at least 3 years in an educational leadership or integrator capacity.
Technical Proficiency:

• Advanced knowledge of Google Workspace for Education and Learning Management Systems (LMS).
• Design Thinking and CAD/CAM software (e.g. Fusion 360 Tinkercad).
  Fluency in Computer Science concepts and languages relevant to K-12 education

Laurel School is a dynamic forward-thinking K-12 girls school with a co-ed early childhood division where every child is well known.

Laurel enjoys an outstanding local and national reputation and is home to the Laurel Center for Research on a highly competitive school landscape Laurel is fortunate to be a school of choice in Cleveland. Our emphasis on the whole child and our legacy of excellence in the teaching of girls set us apart. Located in Shaker Heights OH (15 minutes from downtown Cleveland) with an additional rural campus 17 minutes away the school has a suburban/rural advantage. The work environment is noted for being family-friendly and flexible. The feeling in the school is joyous collaborative and innovative. Our curricular philosophy emphasizes community-based interdisciplinary and experiential learning. Collaboration and reflective practice are key to pedagogy at Laurel. The school is fully committed to a culturally diverse faculty and student body.

Laurel School is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all personnel and applicants for employment without regard to race; color; religion; sex; gender identity; national origin; handicap or disability; sexual orientation; or status as a veteran Vietnam era or special disabled veteran.