Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School (HIES) is seeking a Lower School Innovation & Digital Learning Specialist. The Innovation & Digital Learning Specialist reports to the Lower School Principal and works directly with grade level teachers and co-curriculars to design and facilitate engaging learning experiences. The program integrates design thinking, maker education, computational thinking, and digital literacy while supporting responsible, ethical, and balanced technology use.

This full-time teaching role supports a Lower School program that emphasizes creativity, design thinking, and responsible technology use through hands-on, student-centered learning experiences. Students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building foundational competencies in emerging technologies, digital citizenship, and ethical innovation. The program fosters curiosity, collaboration, and student agency while promoting a balanced and developmentally appropriate approach to technology.

HIES is the largest Episcopal parish day school in the country, offering a fully accredited college preparatory program for students age three through 12th grade. The school is located north of downtown Atlanta between I-75 and GA 400.

Typical Duties

• Design and teach innovation and digital learning experiences using robotics, iPads, maker tools, programming platforms, and emerging technologies.

• Provide hands-on learning that promotes creativity, inquiry, collaboration, and real-world problem solving.

• Teach developmentally appropriate technology skills that foster student agency and responsible technology use.

• Implement a technology curriculum that includes:

  • digital citizenship and online safety

  • age-appropriate artificial intelligence awareness and responsible use

  • coding and computational thinking

  • robotics and engineering design

  • media creation and communication

  • internet literacy and research skills

  • digital portfolios and reflection

• Facilitate design thinking experiences emphasizing empathy, ideation, prototyping, and iteration.

• Collaborate with classroom teachers to integrate technology across disciplines.

• Support faculty in purposeful and developmentally appropriate technology integration.

• Maintain innovation lab resources, devices, and learning platforms.

• Communicate student progress effectively with students, parents, and faculty.

• Demonstrate innovation, creativity, and professional growth in emerging educational technologies.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in education, STEM, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred