Careers · Partnership Development
Open the doors. The results walk through them.
Coordinator of Educational Partnership Development. Per diem plus commission. Regional territories: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West. Most education sales roles ask you to sell promises. This one hands you source-verified results and asks you to open the right doors. If you can build trust with a superintendent and run a territory with discipline, read on.
You will never sell a product
Per diem + commission
Verified results as your pitch
About the Organization
Who we are
The Center for Student Achievement Solutions is a K–12 literacy consulting firm and NYC Reads partner serving 87 partner schools across 12 districts and 49,000 students, delivering 300+ coaching days a year. We equip school leaders and teachers to analyze, adapt, and grow, so every child has the opportunity to flourish. Our results are verified against benchmark source data, the standard we publish for ourselves and hold for every role on this team. Growth at CSAS is consultative by design: our partnership team opens doors with source-verified results, never products.
Position summary
The Coordinator of Educational Partnership Development builds and grows consultative partnerships between CSAS and K–12 districts, states, and schools within a regional territory. The role owns the full partnership arc: identifying opportunities, running needs conversations that respect the buyer, delivering executive presentations, navigating multi-stakeholder procurement, connecting district goals to funding, and growing existing partnerships year over year against defined revenue goals.
The Standard
Growth for a firm that grows readers.
We are deliberate about who represents CSAS at a district’s door, because the first conversation sets the standard for the partnership. Four things must be true of you.
You are consultative, never transactional.
You will never sell a district a product. You open partnerships for a professional services team whose results are verified against benchmark source data. Your job is to find the leaders who need us and earn the first thirty minutes.
You have lived the district side as an educator or administrator, or sold into it successfully for years. You know how decisions really move: the stakeholders, the budget calendars, the procurement steps, and the difference between a meeting and a commitment.
You run a territory like an operator.
Strategic territory plans, disciplined pipelines, flawless follow-through, and honest forecasting, all managed independently from a home office. You surface funding paths too: Title I and Title II, state literacy initiatives, and local grant opportunities that make partnerships possible.
Excellence is your habit, not your aspiration.
Our core value is excellence in everything we do, and our people exceed expectations as a matter of routine. You hold your own bar higher than any quota.
The Work
What you will do
Identify and develop new partnership opportunities with states, districts, and schools in your territory, building relationships through outreach, referrals, conferences, and presence.
Run needs conversations that respect the buyer: assess a district’s literacy priorities and benchmark picture, then recommend the right scope with our consultant team, or say honestly when we are not the fit.
Deliver strategic presentations and virtual demonstrations to superintendents, principals, and cabinet-level decision makers, navigating multi-step procurement with multiple stakeholders.
Grow current partnerships: manage renewals and expansion for existing partner districts, keeping the relationship as strong in year three as day one.
Connect goals to funding: identify federal, state, and local funding opportunities that support district literacy initiatives.
Meet or exceed revenue goals for your territory, with clean pipeline records and honest reporting.
Qualifications
Required and preferred qualifications
Required
Three or more years of successful sales experience, or three or more years as a PreK–12 educator or administrator
Demonstrated ability to build trust with superintendents and cabinet-level decision makers
Excellent project management, pipeline discipline, and follow-through, managed independently from a home office
Strong understanding of the change process in schools and districts
Outstanding oral and written communication and presentation skills
Willingness to travel up to 50% within your territory
Preferred
Bachelor’s degree
Experience in the Northeast and West Coast regions
Working knowledge of K–12 funding streams, including Title I and Title II and state literacy initiatives
Experience with CRM systems and disciplined pipeline reporting
Existing relationships with district and state education leaders
Compensation & Benefits
What we offer
Competitive per diem compensation plus a commission share of the partnerships you open, agreed during the interview process. Territory goals and performance metrics defined up front. Training on the full CSAS service portfolio. And the advantage no other education growth role offers: you open doors with source-verified results, including a district where all 11 partner schools improved for three consecutive years.
Our Hiring Process
Five steps, clearly communicated
Every application is reviewed by our leadership team against the standards in this description. Acknowledgment within ten business days.
A thirty-minute call on your experience, your core values, and mutual fit.
A deeper conversation with leadership, including a practical demonstration relevant to the role.
We speak with your three professional references. Finalists provide official transcripts where applicable.
A written offer, followed by structured onboarding and calibration with the CSAS team.
Apply
Read it twice. Then apply once, thoroughly.
If this description reads like you, we want to meet you. Submit your application online with: a detailed cover letter that names your core values and maps your experience to this role, your resume or CV, and contact information for three professional references. No phone calls, please; we respond to finalist candidates.
The Center for Student Achievement Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusive practices. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process may contact admin@c4sas.com. Requisition CSAS-2026-PD-01 · posted July 2026 · open on an ongoing basis.