Playlab

Playlab

Learning Partner - Washington State

Washington State · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
LLMsA/B TestingLeadershipMentoring

About the role

  • This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who knows Washington's education landscape and is excited to help define the future of AI in education across the state.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as Playlab's on-the-ground lead in Washington - the day-to-day relationship owner for partner schools, districts, Gonzaga, and the nine ESDs.
  • Recruit a diverse cohort of ~10 school and district partners across eastern and western Washington, and support the application, review, and selection process alongside Gonzaga and the ESDs.
  • Help plan and facilitate the three in-person convenings at Gonzaga (Launch, Showcase, and Capstone), and support partners through the AI Innovation Index pre/mid/post assessment.
  • Partner with the ESDs so that what works in cohort schools is disseminated to the districts they serve across the state.
  • Are passionate about helping educators and students not only use AI, but understand it, critique it, and create with it.
  • Are a relationship-builder who can navigate complex school systems and build trust across diverse communities and regions of the state.
  • Real impact: Lead the effort to bring AI literacy and innovation into schools across Washington.

Requirements

  • School leadership and teaching experience. (Required)

Skills

  • Playlab is a tech non-profit dedicated to helping educators and students become critical consumers and creators of AI.
  • Over 40,000 educators have published apps on Playlab - and the impact is growing every day.

Compensation

  • Competitive pay and benefits: Salary, healthcare, retirement, generous time off, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

  • Salary, healthcare, retirement, generous time off, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Join a small, passionate group committed to equity, creativity, and joyful learning.
  • Design and deliver high-quality professional learning - school-based trainings, PLCs, and coaching that build educator capacity in both AI literacy and app-building with Playlab.
  • Coach and co-design with educators and school teams, helping them create AI tools and learning experiences aligned to their pedagogy, curricula, and context.
  • Support strategic AI adoption at the system level, helping school and district leaders identify high-leverage entry points for AI across teaching, learning, and operations.
  • Bring insights from the field back to the Playlab team to improve learning resources, platform features, and partnership strategy.
  • Have experience working in or with K-12 schools in Washington, and care deeply about equity, innovation, and educator empowerment.
  • Are a skilled facilitator who knows how to lead engaging, inclusive, outcomes-driven adult learning.
  • Are flexible, strategic, and thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven work.
  • BONUS POINTS FOR...
  • Existing relationships with Washington ESDs, Gonzaga University, or statewide education networks and nonprofits.
  • Creative leadership: Co-create and execute a statewide strategy for transformative professional learning and implementation.
  • Flexible work: A remote-first role with autonomy and a strong culture of collaboration.

This listing is sourced directly from Playlab's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.