Campaign for Grade-Level Reading: Chief Learning Officer, Foundations

Posted by Foundations Inc on November 25, 2025

About the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) brings together and supports a nationwide network of local coalitions, community organizations, and state partners committed to assuring more hopeful futures for children growing up in families facing economic and social challenges.

Founded in 2010, CGLR focuses on two key goals: helping children stay on track in their learning and development by the end of kindergarten and ensuring they read at grade level by the end of third grade. Both are powerful predictors of future school success and long-term opportunity.

CGLR advances this work through its long-standing focus on school readiness, attendance, and summer learning, along with new priorities emerging from the pandemic. Current efforts emphasize accelerating learning recovery, expanding digital connectivity, strengthening family engagement, and embracing the belief that learning happens everywhere: in classrooms, homes, and communities. It also leads the Learning and Engagement Opportunities (LEO) framework, which connects leaders, funders, educators, and partners nationwide through webinars, online peer exchanges, and resources that share strategies to improve learning and development for children and families.

Position Summary

The Chief Learning Officer (CLO) leads CGLR’s learning and engagement agenda, guiding the strategy and operations of the Learning and Engagement Opportunities (LEO) framework. This includes GLR Learning Tuesdays, monthly constituency-focused series, and the annual GLR Week online convening.

Reporting to the Managing Director, the CLO mobilizes and connects CGLR’s nationwide network, ensuring that each session informs, inspires, and supports action for early school success. This leader shapes the vision and manages the day-to-day work for approximately 65 live sessions each year featuring nearly 400 presenters. The CLO also manages a team of staff and consultants and helps position CGLR as a trusted national hub for learning, collaboration, and impact.

This is an opportunity for a mission-driven leader to shape how a national network learns, connects, and grows, amplifying local innovation and highlighting research and emerging innovations to advance early school success on a national scale.

The priority application deadline is December 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis after the priority deadline until the position is filled.

Learn more and apply here.