Opportunity Education Foundation Hiring for Professional Learning Specialist Job at Remote Full Time

Professional Learning Specialist (FT; remote)
Position Location: Florida

Summary
The Professional Learning Specialist helps educators successfully adopt Quest Forward Learning in their schools. The Specialist helps school personnel deeply understand the Quest Forward model and curriculum and transform both their own practices and school to better support student growth. Quest Forward Learning offers high quality secondary education in schools across the US.

Responsibilities
The Professional Learning Specialist is responsible for the following:

• Creates scalable and model-aligned professional learning systems and supports, both synchronous and asynchronous, for a growing network of Quest Forward Learning schools and individuals in Opportunity Education’s School Network.
• Provides remote or in-person coaching to teachers in the Opportunity Education’s School Network.
• Reviews school-level activity and performance data on a regular basis and identifies needs.
• Coordinates and facilitates ongoing staff development opportunities, in collaboration with Academic and internal Opportunity Education teams, that employ research-based practices for adult learning.
• Completes post-event reports to summarize key insights.
• Composes tailored professional learning opportunities and materials to mentors and school leaders.
• Identifies and develops training materials for educators and school staff implementing Quest Forward Learning.
• Collaborates with internal Opportunity Education teams to communicate curriculum resources and platform releases to active organizations. Serves as a primary liaison between internal teams and teachers.
• Participates actively in Opportunity Education team meetings, internal training, and check-ins.
• Represents Opportunity Education both regionally and nationally through publications, social media activity, meetups, and conferences.

Characteristics
We are looking for a professional who can confidently lead a variety of workshops and webinars for adult learners and who also has high-school classroom teaching experience. The ideal candidate can coach and manage engagements across multiple schools, enjoys teaching and learning, and is flexible and a team player.

The OE Quest Forward Learning Team is distributed across various US locations. To work effectively, the Specialist should display the following characteristics:

• Strong attention to detail
• High standard of quality and ability to evaluate your own work critically
• Comfort and experience with innovative classroom environments in grades 9 – 12
• Commitment to timeliness and deadlines established by the organization
• Ability to work very efficiently on their own, and know when to reach out and collaborate
• Willingness to work productively with interdisciplinary teams
• Eagerness to develop and share new ideas
• Ability and commitment to give and receive thoughtful and respectful feedback and critiques
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 5+ years of high school teaching, professional training and/or support experience
• Preferred: Math or Science teaching or support background
• Required Location: Central or South Florida, USA
• High level of facility and comfort with technology

Reporting
The Professional Learning Specialist reports to OE’s Director of Professional Learning and works closely with the Director of Opportunity Education’s Florida School Network.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Teaching/Training: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote