Career at Expert IEP
Career at Expert IEP
Career at Expert IEP
Transforming Special Education Through AI + Equity
Transforming Special Education Through AI + Equity
why join us?
why join us?
why join us?
why join us?
Expert IEP is the $1M Black Ambition Grand Prize-winning edtech startup transforming special education through AI and equity. Founded by cognitive scientist Dr. Antoinette Banks, we've developed the first AI-powered platform that helps families and schools collaborate before IEP meetings, ensuring every child with learning differences gets the support they deserve.
What started as a mother's prototype to help her own autistic daughter has evolved into a platform that's reshaping how Individualized Education Programs are created, communicated, and executed. We're not just building technology—we're building bridges between families and schools, turning adversarial IEP meetings into collaborative planning sessions.
Expert IEP is the $1M Black Ambition Grand Prize-winning edtech startup transforming special education through AI and equity. Founded by cognitive scientist Dr. Antoinette Banks, we've developed the first AI-powered platform that helps families and schools collaborate before IEP meetings, ensuring every child with learning differences gets the support they deserve.
What started as a mother's prototype to help her own autistic daughter has evolved into a platform that's reshaping how Individualized Education Programs are created, communicated, and executed. We're not just building technology—we're building bridges between families and schools, turning adversarial IEP meetings into collaborative planning sessions.
Expert IEP is the $1M Black Ambition Grand Prize-winning edtech startup transforming special education through AI and equity. Founded by cognitive scientist Dr. Antoinette Banks, we've developed the first AI-powered platform that helps families and schools collaborate before IEP meetings, ensuring every child with learning differences gets the support they deserve.
What started as a mother's prototype to help her own autistic daughter has evolved into a platform that's reshaping how Individualized Education Programs are created, communicated, and executed. We're not just building technology—we're building bridges between families and schools, turning adversarial IEP meetings into collaborative planning sessions.
Expert IEP is the $1M Black Ambition Grand Prize-winning edtech startup transforming special education through AI and equity. Founded by cognitive scientist Dr. Antoinette Banks, we've developed the first AI-powered platform that helps families and schools collaborate before IEP meetings, ensuring every child with learning differences gets the support they deserve.
What started as a mother's prototype to help her own autistic daughter has evolved into a platform that's reshaping how Individualized Education Programs are created, communicated, and executed. We're not just building technology—we're building bridges between families and schools, turning adversarial IEP meetings into collaborative planning sessions.
Our Impact
Our Impact
Supporting K-12 students with learning differences through neurodiversity-affirming AI technology
Supporting K-12 students with learning differences through neurodiversity-affirming AI technology
Pivoting from direct family support to transforming how school districts engage with parents
Pivoting from direct family support to transforming how school districts engage with parents
Expanding internationally to markets like Dubai and Australia where our IEP model aligns with local systems
Expanding internationally to markets like Dubai and Australia where our IEP model aligns with local systems
Led by a Ford Fellow and nationally recognized edtech innovator
Led by a Ford Fellow and nationally recognized edtech innovator
Recognized by the United Nations and awarded Pharrell Williams' Black Ambition $1M Grand Prize
Recognized by the United Nations and awarded Pharrell Williams' Black Ambition $1M Grand Prize
We're building with urgency and purpose—and we're looking for people who want to grow with us in reshaping special education for the 7 million students with disabilities in America.
We're building with urgency and purpose—and we're looking for people who want to grow with us in reshaping special education for the 7 million students with disabilities in America.
Current Opportunities
Fall 2025 Intership
Fall 2025 Intership
We're a small, mission-driven team at the intersection of education, equity, and AI. Our work combines neuroscience, lived experience, and technology to empower families and reform outdated IEP systems. Interns at Expert IEP are trusted contributors with real ownership—not task-fillers. You'll work closely with leadership, gain skills you can take anywhere, and contribute to meaningful, equity-focused work.
We're a small, mission-driven team at the intersection of education, equity, and AI. Our work combines neuroscience, lived experience, and technology to empower families and reform outdated IEP systems. Interns at Expert IEP are trusted contributors with real ownership—not task-fillers. You'll work closely with leadership, gain skills you can take anywhere, and contribute to meaningful, equity-focused work.
Technical Generalist
Technical Generalist
Data & Systems
Data & Systems
Build the foundation for how Expert IEP collects and stores information, creating the groundwork for future research and impact. You'll work on systems that help us scale from individual family support to district-wide parent engagement platforms.
Build the foundation for how Expert IEP collects and stores information, creating the groundwork for future research and impact. You'll work on systems that help us scale from individual family support to district-wide parent engagement platforms.
Technical Generalist
Technical Generalist
Instrumentation + Outreach
Instrumentation + Outreach
Improve our funnels and outreach by making sure our systems are clean, user-friendly, and capture the right signals. Help us scale our pivot from direct family services to school district partnerships.
Improve our funnels and outreach by making sure our systems are clean, user-friendly, and capture the right signals. Help us scale our pivot from direct family services to school district partnerships.
Media
Media
Social Media & Content Intern
Social Media & Content Intern
Shape the public voice of Expert IEP and grow a national conversation on special education. Help amplify our mission of putting "Black and Brown kids with learning differences back in the forefront" and getting "people thinking deeply about solving the problems in special education."
Shape the public voice of Expert IEP and grow a national conversation on special education. Help amplify our mission of putting "Black and Brown kids with learning differences back in the forefront" and getting "people thinking deeply about solving the problems in special education."
Why This Internship is Different
Why This Internship is Different
Real ownership
Real ownership
Build systems and stories that matter, not fetch coffee
Build systems and stories that matter, not fetch coffee
Flexible & Remote
Flexible & Remote
10–15 hrs/week, work from anywhere
10–15 hrs/week, work from anywhere
Growth potential
Growth potential
Strong performers may be considered for extended or part-time roles in 2026
Strong performers may be considered for extended or part-time roles in 2026
High-visibility mentorship
High-visibility mentorship
Work directly with CEO, a Ford Fellow and nationally recognized Edtech innovator
Work directly with CEO, a Ford Fellow and nationally recognized Edtech innovator
Mission-driven
Mission-driven
Support families navigating special education while working on AI technology that "streamlines the IEP management process for parents, empowering them to better advocate for their children's development"
Support families navigating special education while working on AI technology that "streamlines the IEP management process for parents, empowering them to better advocate for their children's development"
Internship Detail
Date
September–December 2025
Compensation
$300 (Sept onboarding) + $500/month (Oct–Dec)
Commitment
10–15 hours/week
Format
Remote, with optional in-person in Sacramento, Berkeley, NY, or MD
Fractional / Strategic Roles
We're seeking experienced operators
We're seeking experienced operators
We're seeking experienced operators
We're seeking experienced operators
Help us build the next phase of Expert IEP's growth engine.
We're pivoting from working directly with families to helping school districts with parent engagement, and we need strategic partners who understand both edtech scaling and social impact.
Help us build the next phase of Expert IEP's growth engine.
We're pivoting from working directly with families to helping school districts with parent engagement, and we need strategic partners who understand both edtech scaling and social impact.
Help us build the next phase of Expert IEP's growth engine.
We're pivoting from working directly with families to helping school districts with parent engagement, and we need strategic partners who understand both edtech scaling and social impact.
TIming
We're at an inflection point
We're at an inflection point
We're at an inflection point
We're at an inflection point
We're at an inflection point—transitioning from our Black Ambition Prize win into scaling district partnerships, with significant contract opportunities expected in Q1 2026. This is the perfect time to join and help build the systems that will support our next phase of growth.
These are 90-day pilot roles designed to test fit and impact, with clear outcomes and step-up paths.
We're at an inflection point—transitioning from our Black Ambition Prize win into scaling district partnerships, with significant contract opportunities expected in Q1 2026. This is the perfect time to join and help build the systems that will support our next phase of growth.
These are 90-day pilot roles designed to test fit and impact, with clear outcomes and step-up paths.
We're at an inflection point—transitioning from our Black Ambition Prize win into scaling district partnerships, with significant contract opportunities expected in Q1 2026. This is the perfect time to join and help build the systems that will support our next phase of growth.
These are 90-day pilot roles designed to test fit and impact, with clear outcomes and step-up paths.
Fractional RevOps & Growth Partner
Fractional RevOps & Growth Partner
Pilot 90 Days, ≤20 hrs/week
Pilot 90 Days, ≤20 hrs/week
Pipeline clean + inspectable (≥50 qualified targets)
≥8–10 qualified meetings + ≥1 pilot contract/proposal
Draft procurement/pricing playbook delivered
Intern pod onboarded & running cadence
Funding milestone ($100K grant or equivalent revenue secured)
Pipeline clean + inspectable (≥50 qualified targets)
≥8–10 qualified meetings + ≥1 pilot contract/proposal
Draft procurement/pricing playbook delivered
Intern pod onboarded & running cadence
Funding milestone ($100K grant or equivalent revenue secured)
Step-Up (Post-Pilot)
Step-Up (Post-Pilot)
Compensation up to $5K/month
Ongoing equity vesting (0.25–0.35%)
Expanded scope in state entry, growth strategy, and long-term RevOps system
Compensation up to $5K/month
Ongoing equity vesting (0.25–0.35%)
Expanded scope in state entry, growth strategy, and long-term RevOps system
Perfect for:
Perfect for:
Experienced RevOps, sales strategy, or growth operators who want to design scalable systems from the ground up in the intersection of AI, education, and social justice.
Experienced RevOps, sales strategy, or growth operators who want to design scalable systems from the ground up in the intersection of AI, education, and social justice.
Business Development Partner
Business Development Partner
Pilot 90 Days, ≤20 hrs/week
Pilot 90 Days, ≤20 hrs/week
Research and build a target list of 50+ qualified districts/organizations
Conduct initial outreach and hold first-touch sales calls
Qualify opportunities and document them in pipeline (CRM)
Ensure ≥8–10 qualified meetings are booked
Deliver weekly pipeline status reports
Research and build a target list of 50+ qualified districts/organizations
Conduct initial outreach and hold first-touch sales calls
Qualify opportunities and document them in pipeline (CRM)
Ensure ≥8–10 qualified meetings are booked
Deliver weekly pipeline status reports
Step-Up (Post-Pilot)
Step-Up (Post-Pilot)
$1K/month base
15% commission on closed deals (school/district contracts, advocacy org pilots)
Step-up potential after 90 days based on pipeline strength and conversions
$1K/month base
15% commission on closed deals (school/district contracts, advocacy org pilots)
Step-up potential after 90 days based on pipeline strength and conversions
Perfect for:
Perfect for:
Relationship-builders who thrive on opening doors in the education space, managing sales conversations with school districts that need compliance solutions, and turning qualified leads into partnerships that solve real legal and operational problems.
Relationship-builders who thrive on opening doors in the education space, managing sales conversations with school districts that need compliance solutions, and turning qualified leads into partnerships that solve real legal and operational problems.
How To Apply
"Black Ambition is a feeling, it's an overwhelming drive to show up consistently in excellence to create lasting, unapologetic impact. For so long Black and Brown kids with learning differences have been underestimated and forgotten. Earning this $1M prize puts our kids back in the forefront, it gets people thinking deeply about solving the problems in special education."
"Black Ambition is a feeling, it's an overwhelming drive to show up consistently in excellence to create lasting, unapologetic impact. For so long Black and Brown kids with learning differences have been underestimated and forgotten. Earning this $1M prize puts our kids back in the forefront, it gets people thinking deeply about solving the problems in special education."
Antoinette Banks
Founder & CEO
Built by parents for parents
Built by parents for parents
Built by parents for parents
Built by parents for parents
Built by parents for parents