School districts across the United States continue to grapple with systemic educational inequities that are reinforced through anti-Blackness, white supremacy, and racist practices. The inequities keep high quality educational opportunities beyond the reach of our country's Black, Latinx, Indigenous, immigrant, and the many ethnically and linguistically diverse students that comprise our population. To address the problems that stem from persistent educational inequity districts are increasingly hiring new administrators into roles called "equity directors." The hiring of equity directors signals a new direction in how districts aim to confront persistent educational inequities. Although leadership for equity is not new, the role that equity directors play in advancing equity in K-12 districts is relatively uncharted. The authors outline some common ways the roles are designed and offer considerations that will help districts configure roles to best support the leaders that fill them. [This work was published in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin Institute for Urban Policy Research and Leadership for Learning at the University of Washington.]