Director, Program Implementation - West Tennessee

As Blue Engine launches its statewide technical assistance partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education, the Director helps establish and deliver high-quality RTI²-A+B support within their region.

The Director spends most weeks working directly with LEAs, schools, educators, and leaders. They diagnose implementation needs, develop support plans, facilitate professional learning and collaborative communities, and conduct coaching cycles that strengthen RTI²-A+B systems and inclusive instruction.

The Director also manages and develops the contractors assigned to the Grand Division. They ensure technical assistance is timely, coherent, evidence-based, and aligned with Tennessee requirements and Blue Engine's standards.

1. Serve as the primary technical assistance provider for a portfolio of LEAs, with particular ownership of complex, high-priority engagements.

2. Conduct enabling-conditions diagnostics and use multiple forms of evidence to identify strengths, root causes, barriers, and priorities at the district, school, team, and classroom levels.

3. Co-develop clear support plans with LEA and school leaders, including intended outcomes, roles, milestones, evidence of progress, and sustainability strategies.

4. Design and facilitate professional learning, collaborative professional communities, consultation sessions, strategic planning, and other technical assistance responsive to local context.

5. Design and adapt practical tools, resources, and professional learning materials that translate RTI²-A+B guidance and evidence-based practices into supports responsive to LEA and school needs.

6. Conduct coaching cycles with district leaders, school leaders, instructional coaches, interventionists, and educators that produce observable changes in systems and practice.

7. Help partners strengthen the relationship among Tier I core instruction, Tier II and Tier III supports, academic and behavioral intervention, and access to rigorous grade-level learning.

8. Support leaders to use student, implementation, perception, and practice data to make decisions, monitor progress, and adjust supports.

9. Build partner capacity to sustain effective RTI²-A+B implementation with decreasing dependence on Blue Engine over time.

1. Coordinate the work of technical assistance contractors assigned to the Grand Division, including onboarding, LEA assignments, priorities, schedules, and role expectations.

2. Set clear standards for technical assistance quality, documentation, responsiveness, evidence use, and alignment with Tennessee's RTI²-A+B framework and Blue Engine's implementation approach.

3. Observe contractor practice, review coaching and support artifacts, gather stakeholder feedback, and provide timely, direct feedback that improves performance.

4. Maintain an accurate view of active referrals, LEA support plans, contractor assignments, service delivery, milestones, risks, and required follow-up across the Grand Division.

5. Review Grand Division evidence to identify patterns, disparities, emerging needs, and opportunities to adjust technical assistance.

6. Coordinate with other Grand Division Directors and statewide leaders, so partners experience a coherent service model across regions.

1. Pilot product updates in authentic partner contexts.

2. Provide specific, evidence-based feedback on product usability, feasibility, contextual relevance, and impact.

3. Identify patterns across partnerships that may warrant product improvement or additional implementation guidance.

1. Participate in statewide calibration, planning, and learning structures that strengthen the Tennessee technical assistance model.

2. Collaborate with Program, Product, and Partnership Development colleagues to solve implementation challenges and improve partner outcomes.

3. Share lessons, effective practices, and implementation risks across partnerships.

4. Participate actively in required team and organization-wide collaboration structures.

5. Support the development of shared tools, routines, and standards that improve implementation quality.

1. Give and receive candid, constructive feedback across roles and levels.

2. Follow through on commitments and contribute to a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement.

3. Maintain a students-first orientation while recognizing the needs and perspectives of the educators and communities Blue Engine serves.

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