Executive Director of Quality and Learning

Title: Executive Director of Quality and Learning

State Role Title: Education Administrator III

Hiring Range: $130,000-$158,000

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Dept of Ed Central Operations

Location: Richmond, Virginia

Agency Website: doe.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: Agency Employee Only - A

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Education is recruiting for a Executive Director of Quality and Learning to provide strategic and executive leadership for the Office of Early Childhood Quality and Learning within the Division of Early Childhood Care and Education.

This role directs the statewide development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Virginia’s birth to five uniform measurement and improvement system (VQB5).

The Executive Director of Quality and Learning will be expected to perform the following duties:

• Ensure that expectations are clear, well communicated, and relate to the goals and objectives of the department and that staff receive frequent, constructive feedback, including interim evaluations as appropriate.
  
• Set the statewide vision for Virginia’s birth to five uniform measurement and improvement system and oversee its design, build out, implementation, and continuous refinement.
  
• Provide expert recommendations to senior leadership, the Early Childhood Advisory Council, and the Board of Education on quality measurement policy.
  
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to strengthen data collection practices, improve the reliability and usefulness of quality measurement data, and balance accuracy, affordability, and field capacity.
  
• Ensure alignment between VQB5 and the state’s learning standards, curriculum guidance, and assessment strategy so they collectively reinforce instructional quality and child learning.
  
• Develop and manage processes supporting General Assembly and state budget engagement related to early childhood quality and learning, including analysis, reporting, and identification of funding needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of birth-to-five early childhood quality measurement and improvement systems and early childhood development.
  
• Demonstrated expertise in the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) and other early childhood classroom observation measures.
  
• Demonstrated knowledge of early learning and development standards, curriculum and assessment strategy for birth-to-five learners.
  
• Demonstrated ability to lead, supervise and develop subject matter expert level staff and integrate multiple program areas into a single strategy.
  
• Demonstrated experience designing policy and procedures for statewide implementation projects and communicating policy to diverse audiences.
  
• Demonstrated ability to effectively present technical and complex information to various audiences.
  

Additional Considerations

• Graduation from an accredited college or university.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

A résumé will be accepted in lieu of a completed state application. Applications submitted via e-mail, postal service, fax or hand-delivered will not be considered. Successful candidates must pass a criminal background check. Commonwealth of Virginia employees may have teleworking options available. Final teleworking agreements will be reviewed and approved upon hire.

This role will require completion of a Statement of Economic Interests (SOEI), which is filed annual with the General Assembly.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview process. For assistance call: (804) 225-2021, [TTY: 786-8389]

Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply. The Virginia Department of Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages diversity within its workforce.

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Email: humanresources@doe.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Advertised: 16 Oct 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 21 Oct 2026 Eastern Daylight Time

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