Director of Academic Excellence, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) - $400,000/year USD
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This role offers a base pay of $200.00/hr ($400,000 per year). Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience.
About the Company
2 Hour Learning is changing education by offering AI-driven, mastery-based learning in only two hours a day. Students routinely rank in the top 1‑2% nationally, with significant growth results.
What You Will Be Doing
- Design academic frameworks that apply learning science to inform curriculum development, motivation architecture, and application design.
- Conduct academic execution reviews with Heads of Academics to confirm school teams are coordinated, accountable, and achieving outcomes.
- Integrate data, stakeholder interviews, and direct observation into comprehensive academic ecosystem assessments that identify high‑impact barriers to accelerated learning and recommend concrete interventions.
- Ensure strategic alignment via planning, continuous feedback, and milestone monitoring to sustain focus on student learning objectives.
- Serve as the external representative of 2 Hour Learning at senior forums, including keynote addresses and engagements with ministries of education, advancing systemic transformation.
What You Won’t Be Doing
- Working on disconnected curriculum initiatives that fail to produce systemic impact.
- Producing theoretical research detached from student outcomes or operational execution.
- Passing off performance accountability to middle‑tier managers or external consultants.
- Relying on institutional credibility or abstract theory to persuade stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Expand and strengthen 2 Hour Learning's validated academic model by aligning execution across school sites, raising leadership performance standards, and emerging as the authoritative public voice of a movement built on rigorous science and demonstrated results.
Basic Requirements
- Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in Learning Science, Educational Psychology, Instructional Design, or a related field.
- 7+ years leading academic or EdTech teams with evidence of exceptional learning outcomes.
- Proven experience applying AI or technology to accelerate learning.
- Track record of public thought leadership such as media, keynotes, books, or advising.
- Strong performance management skills with the ability to hold elite peers to a high bar.
- Fluent in interpreting data to diagnose learning issues and direct interventions.
- Comfortable engaging directly with students, parents, and school leaders.
Nice‑to‑have Requirements
- Founded or led an innovative school model, lab school, or high‑performing EdTech venture.
- Experience navigating cultural, political, or international education contexts.
- Deep familiarity with Bloom's 2 Sigma research and other mastery learning frameworks.
General Information
- Seniority Level: Executive
- Employment Type: Full‑time
- Job Function: Education, Project Management, Strategy/Planning
- Industries: Education Administration Programs, E‑Learning Providers, Non‑profit Organizations
Contract and Compensation
This is a full‑time (40 hours per week) independent contractor role. The compensation is $200 USD per hour, funding $400,000 USD per year for a 40‑hour week and 50 weeks per year. Payment is made weekly. For more details, consult
Crossover Job Code: LJ‑5595-US‑Washingt‑DirectorofAcad1.005
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