Position Overview

We are looking for a thoughtful and forward-thinking Technology Integration Specialist who will work alongside teachers to meaningfully integrate technology into learning across the school.
At AHIS, the goal is not simply for students to learn technology, but to learn with technology. Technology is used as a medium for exploration, inquiry, creativity, and problem solving.
Rather than focusing on teaching tools in isolation, this role centers on partnering with teachers to design learning experiences where technology deepens thinking, expands possibilities, and supports authentic inquiry.
A central focus of this role is helping students develop critical awareness of AI and emerging technologies. Students should learn to lead these tools rather than be led by them, using them intentionally while maintaining ownership of their thinking.
Technology education at AHIS includes AI literacy, digital citizenship, design thinking, computational thinking, and reflection on the cognitive, ethical, and social implications of emerging technologies.

Guiding Principle: Human Thinking First

At AHIS, we believe that powerful tools have the potential to amplify human thinking, but not replace it. Students are encouraged to use AI as a thinking partner, not a thinking substitute, developing the confidence and discernment to direct technology rather than be directed by it.

Students learn to use AI and digital tools in ways that:

• Strengthen curiosity, reasoning, and creativity

• Preserve effort, struggle, and deep thinking as essential parts of learning

• Encourage questioning and verification rather than passive acceptance

• Maintain human judgment, agency, and responsibility

Key Responsibilities

Classroom Integration & Teacher Partnership

Work alongside teachers to integrate technology meaningfully into classroom learning.
This includes:

• Co-planning learning experiences where technology supports inquiry, creativity, and problem solving

• Helping teachers design activities where technology enhances thinking rather than replacing it

• Modeling and facilitating lessons in collaboration with classroom teachers

• Supporting teachers in selecting tools that align with pedagogical goals

• Helping build teacher confidence in experimenting with emerging technologies

Curriculum Development

Co-design a vertically aligned approach to technology and AI literacy that:

• Teaches AI literacy intentionally and developmentally

• Develops critical thinking about the capabilities and limitations of AI

• Builds computational thinking and design thinking skills

• Encourages students to interrogate tools rather than passively use them

• Integrates technology across disciplines

• Creates structured opportunities for tinkering, experimentation, and reflection

Student Learning

Support students in developing thoughtful and responsible relationships with technology by helping them:

• Ask purposeful and strategic questions of AI tools

• Evaluate AI outputs critically for accuracy, bias, and reliability

• Recognize the limitations and blind spots of automated systems

• Reflect on their own cognitive processes when using technology

• Understand when technology supports learning and when it may undermine deeper thinking

• Explore the ethical and social implications of digital tools

School-Wide Development

Help build a culture of thoughtful technology use across the school.
This includes:

• Supporting teachers in integrating technology intentionally

• Facilitating small workshops or coaching sessions for staff

• Staying current with emerging technologies while maintaining pedagogical integrity

• Modeling reflective practice around technology use

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strong understanding of AI, emerging technologies, and digital systems

• Experience supporting educators with technology integration

• Experience teaching technology, computer science, or digital literacy to children

• Deep interest in cognitive development and learning science

• Comfortable discussing the limitations, risks, and tradeoffs of AI

• Values struggle, friction, and effort as important parts of learning

• Curious, experimental, and collaborative

• Excited to help build a new school from the ground up

What Makes This Role Unique at AHIS

• Technology is framed as a tool for inquiry and thinking, not consumption

• Students learn to lead technology rather than be led by it

• AI literacy includes critical examination of its limitations and impact on human thinking

• The role involves close collaboration with teachers across disciplines

• The specialist will help shape the school’s technology philosophy and curriculum architecture from the beginning