Job Title: Director of STEM EducationType: Full-timeStart: October 2026Solar One seeks a Director of STEM Education to lead various projects and programming for our K-12 Education team. The Director of STEM Education will administer, train, and manage STEM Educators and oversee STEM programs.
Main job responsibilities: - Hire, train, and manage a team of educators (3-4)
- Hold regular 1:1 and team meetings.
- Observe educators and provide evaluative feedback.
- Promote educator upskilling and professional development.
- Work with peer Directors to staff across other education programs.
- Director is responsible for managing the STEM budget
- Reaching or exceeding revenue targets related to in-school programming and out-of-school time programming for youth.
- Managing programming expenses
- Managing STEM program design, including goal setting, logic models, and tracking deliverables.
- Marketing in-school and summer programs to school audiences.
- Maintaining partnerships and relationships with funders, including reporting and tracking metrics.
- Lead Solar One's professional development training series for teachers in NYC and NYS.
- Oversee coordination of programs with schools and other community partners. This includes planning programs, coordinating materials, scheduling, and developing proposals.
- Partnership development for mission-aligned programs.
- Assisting with grant writing and tracking.
- Collaborating with other internal education programs.
- Ensuring staff has adequate program supplies, maintaining inventory.
- Managing curriculum resources for STEM program, ensuring resources are up-to-date and appropriate for teachers and students. This curriculum should support teacher training. Curriculum should be standards-aligned and connected to changing graduation requirements.
- Attending network meetings for NYCSTEM Network, EEAC, or other comparable professional network to stay abreast of changes or trends in the field.
- Post-program reporting and evaluation.
Required Education and Experience - Five years of experience teaching K-12 students content aligned with STEM, climate action, and/or environmental sustainability. Classroom experience is strongly preferred.
- Five years of experience delivering professional development training to teachers.
- Experience managing an education team.
- Experience with curriculum development.
- Experience managing a programmatic budget.
- Knowledge of anti-racist and culturally responsive pedagogy is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success in communicating with partner organizations and individuals to build and maintain strong partnerships.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Strong organization skills and attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel PowerPoint, Outlook, and/or Google Suite, including Calendar, Docs, Spreadsheet, and Drive.
- Bachelor's Degree required. Master's preferred in education or related fields.
Pay and BenefitsThis position is Full Time / Exempt
Paying $88,000-$94,000 per year (salary based on experience)
Solar One's full-time employment benefits include: - Health care and well-being programs, including medical, dental, vision, EAP
- 4 weeks of paid time off that increases with tenure
- Life and disability insurance
- Paid Holidays
- 401(k) retirement savings
