Professional Development Specialist
CommonLit
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $80,000 - $100,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of CommonLit’s digital literacy program, instructional approach, and professional learning offerings
- Create and lead trainings for Professional Development facilitators across teams to ensure effective implementation of CommonLit’s live professional development
- Observe live PD sessions and provide timely, actionable feedback and coaching to contract facilitators
- Lead professional development with partners as needed, including traveling to lead on-site at schools, up to 20 days per calendar year
- Improve and execute systems to ensure smooth operations of PD facilitation coordination
- Collaborate with Sales and District Success teams to understand the needs of schools and districts
- Contribute to the ideation of new products and learning experiences that support CommonLit’s mission, vision, and strategy
- Contribute to the knowledge management, systems, and operations of the Professional Development team
- Contribute to larger department and organization strategy, supporting other teams with projects as needed
Requirements
- A measurable impact on student success as a teacher and/or instructional leader
- Exceptional ELA/literacy content knowledge and an understanding of how adults learn
- A track record of successful facilitation of professional development for teachers
- Experience working with underserved communities
- Strongly Preferred: Experience as an instructional coach
- Strong entrepreneurial spirit and eagerness to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strategic thinker, self-starter, with strong time management skills
- Strong attention to detail, the ability to balance several complex workstreams, and a desire for feedback
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA and FSA Plans, including Medical FSA, Limited FSA, and Dependent Care FSA options
- Company-sponsored basic life insurance, with additional options for supplemental life insurance
- Legal insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% safe harbor employer match
- Access to exclusive discounts, including pet insurance, hotel booking discounts, and more
- Remote work support, including a home office set-up stipend
- 16 paid holidays annually
- Paid time off accruals and sick leave
- Paid family leave, including caregiver leave, medical leave, and 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 2 floating holidays
- Volunteer and school visitation leave
- Jury duty leave
- Bereavement and compassionate leave
- Blood, bone marrow, and organ donation leave
- Flexible work options
- Low-stress weeks around Thanksgiving and in late December
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
professional development facilitationinstructional coachingdigital literacy program developmenttraining creation and leadershipfeedback and coachingknowledge managementsystem improvementcollaboration with sales teamsproduct ideationoperations coordination
Soft skills
strategic thinkingself-startertime managementattention to detailability to balance complex workstreamsentrepreneurial spiriteagerness to work in fast-paced environmenteffective communicationcollaborationadaptability