Amplify Leadership Consultant, Literacy or STEM (Part-Time) (Contractor)

About this role

About Amplify

Amplify helps teachers bring delight and rigor to students every day. We have become a leader in K–12 literacy, biliteracy, math, and science by building inspiring teaching and learning experiences based on research. The Amplify Classroom platform combines curriculum, assessment, and supplemental learning into one coherent high-quality instructional system. A pioneer in education since 2000, Amplify has developed deep relationships in states and districts by partnering with educators to drive implementation quality and improved outcomes. Today, Amplify serves more than 18 million students and teachers across all 50 states and on six continents. For more information, visit Amplify.com http://amplify.com.

Job Description:

Amplify is seeking part-time Leadership Consultants with experience leading instructional improvement, curriculum implementation, organizational change, and district strategy. Leadership Consultants partner with district leaders to translate ambitious goals into practical decisions, implementation plans, and sustained action that improves outcomes for educators and students.

This role is an opportunity for experienced education leaders, strategy consultants, implementation experts, and senior professional learning leaders to serve as trusted thought partners to district leadership teams. Leadership Consultants bring strategic perspective, instructional expertise, facilitation skill, and the ability to navigate complex systems with credibility and care.

Essential Responsibilities:

Leadership Consultants will lead high-value engagements with district leaders, helping partners build the conditions for coherent, impactful and sustainable implementation.

In this role, you will:

- Advise district and school-system leaders on implementation strategy, instructional priorities, and organizational change related to Amplify CKLA 2nd Edition or 3rd Edition (PreK-5th grade), Amplify Desmos Math (K-12), or Amplify Science (PreK-8th grade)-.

- Facilitate executive-level working sessions that result in clear decisions, aligned direction, and defined next steps.

- Diagnose partner needs in real time and tailor recommendations to the district’s context, readiness, priorities, and constraints.

- Connect research-aligned instructional frameworks—including the Improvement Science, Change Management, Science of Reading, Science of Writing, and Multi-Tiered System of Supports—to implementation goals.

- Help leaders anticipate and address implementation barriers such as capacity building, stakeholder buy-in, competing initiatives, pacing, and sustainability.

- Use district-level data, including imperfect or incomplete data, to create urgency, focus priorities, and guide action planning.

- Connect professional learning and implementation support to system-wide goals, resource decisions, student outcomes, and short & long-term strategy.

- Navigate complex stakeholder dynamics with tact, political awareness, and attention to how decisions will be understood across the system.

- Provide practical tools, examples, and implementation guidance grounded in firsthand experience with schools, districts, or education systems.

- Prepare for engagements and complete related administrative deliverables accurately and on time.

- Participate in onboarding, calibration, coaching, and ongoing development to maintain consulting quality and deepen knowledge of Amplify’s programs and services.

- Represent Amplify with professionalism and build trusted, productive relationships with partners and internal teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in education, organizational leadership, public policy, business, or a related field.

- 10+ years in K–12 education, district or network leadership, instructional improvement, curriculum implementation, education consulting, or senior professional learning.

- Held leadership roles supporting implementation across multiple schools, a district, or another complex education system.

- Experience with change-management planning, implementation monitoring, continuous improvement, and systems-level coherence.

- Strong knowledge of research-aligned instructional practices and frameworks, such as the Science of Reading, Science of Writing, and/or Multi-Tiered System of Supports.

- Demonstrated ability to advise and communicate with senior district or school-system leaders as a credible, peer-level thought partner.

- Experience facilitating complex conversations that produce decisions, alignment, commitments, or actionable next steps.

- Ability to interpret data, identify meaningful implications, and connect evidence to priorities and actions.

- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate with brevity, clarity, and precision.

- Demonstrated judgment, adaptability, and comfort navigating ambiguity, competing priorities, and sensitive stakeholder dynamics.

- Strong organizational skills and proficiency with technology-based productivity and collaboration tools, including Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and video-conferencing platforms.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Advanced degree in education, organizational leadership, public policy, business, or a related field.

- Experience with full-cycle curriculum adoption, from selection and rollout through sustained implementation.

- Experience working with district cabinet members, superintendents, principals, instructional leadership teams, boards, or community stakeholders.

- Experience connecting instructional strategy to district goals such as student achievement, equitable access, budget priorities, and organizational capacity.

- Experience working across diverse school and district contexts and with communities serving varied student populations.

- Experience with Amplify products, programs, and professional learning offerings.

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