Director of Academic Excellence, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) - $400,000/year USD
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About the Role
2 Hour Learning is seeking a Director of Academic Excellence to lead academic strategy, harmonize execution across school sites, and serve as the public advocate for an AI-driven learning model.
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Responsibilities
- Designing academic structures that transform learning science into actionable direction for curriculum development, student motivation frameworks, and application architecture
- Conducting academic performance reviews with Heads of Academics to ensure school teams remain aligned, accountable, and outcome focused
- Integrating data analysis, stakeholder interviews, and field observation into comprehensive academic ecosystem assessments
- Ensuring strategic coherence through planning cycles, feedback mechanisms, and progress monitoring
- Serving as 2 Hour Learning's principal representative at senior forums, including keynote platforms and engagements with Ministries of Education
Requirements
- Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D) in Learning Science, Educational Psychology, Instructional Design, or a related field
- At least 7 years in academic or EdTech leadership roles, leading a team of staff/employees
- Experience driving learning outcomes for students and upholding student performance standards
- Experience applying AI or emerging technologies to improve education
- Experience managing academic teams of 50+ people
- Experience interacting directly with students, teachers, or school leaders in a professional setting
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Role Overview
- 2 Hour Learning is seeking its chief academic architect to lead a transformative academic vision.
- The role involves harmonizing execution across varied school environments, elevating academic leadership standards, and serving as the authoritative voice for a movement rooted in evidence based learning science.
What You Will Be Doing
- Designing academic structures that transform learning science into actionable direction for curriculum development, student motivation frameworks, and application architecture.
- Conducting academic performance reviews with Heads of Academics to ensure school teams remain aligned, accountable, and outcome focused.
- Integrating data analysis, stakeholder interviews, and field observation into comprehensive academic ecosystem assessments that identify the most critical obstacles to accelerated learning and recommend concrete interventions.
- Ensuring strategic coherence through planning cycles, feedback mechanisms, and progress monitoring to sustain focus on student learning objectives.
- Serving as 2 Hour Learning's principal representative at senior forums, including keynote platforms and engagements with Ministries of Education, to influence systemic transformation in global education paradigms.
What You Won’t Be Doing
- Engaging in isolated curriculum initiatives that lack systemic impact.
- Producing theoretical research disconnected from measurable student outcomes or operational execution.
- Transferring accountability for performance to mid level managers or external consultants.
- Depending on institutional prestige or conceptual frameworks to convince critical stakeholders.
Basic Requirements
- Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D) in Learning Science, Educational Psychology, Instructional Design, or a related field
- At least 7 years in academic or EdTech leadership roles, leading a team of staff/employees (not an informal peer leader role, such as grade level lead); you must have been responsible for hiring, monitoring performance, coaching, and making termination decisions
- Experience driving learning outcomes for students and upholding student performance standards
- Experience applying AI or emerging technologies to improve education, such as through personalized learning, adaptive learning, AI agents, etc.
- Experience managing academic teams of 50+ people (e.g., the teams you managed directly executed curriculum, instruction, or assessment)
- Experience interacting directly with students, teachers, or school leaders in a professional setting
About 2 Hour Learning
- Education is broken, but 2 Hour Learning is proving it doesn’t have to be.
- They’re tearing down the outdated one size fits all model and replacing it with AI driven personalized learning that helps kids master academics in just two hours a day.
- With students consistently ranking in the top 1 2% nationally and the top 20% achieving an astonishing 6.5x growth, they’re proving that smarter learning is possible.
Working with us
- This is a full time (40 hours per week), long term position.
- The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record.
- The compensation level for this role is $200 USD/hour, which equates to $400,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year.
- The payment period is weekly.
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