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Professional Learning Specialist

Discovery Education
🇺🇸In-Person - AL$69K–$76K/yr5h ago
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Role Snapshot

The Professional Learning Specialist creates and delivers engaging professional learning experiences that help K-12 educators, coaches, and administrators implement Discovery Education's products, services, and instructional practices. This remote role serves as a trusted partner to schools, supporting sustained instructional impact.

Key Responsibilities: Facilitate virtual and in-person professional learning, design and maintain learning content and resources, provide coaching and consultation, coordinate engagements, and collaborate with Partner Success, Sales, and Product teams. Travel up to 80% within Alabama is required.
Skills & Tools: Facilitation and presentation skills, instructional design, coaching and consultation, needs analysis, adult learning theory, and strong cross-functional communication and relationship-building. Ability to adapt delivery to participant and partner needs.
Qualifications: Demonstrated experience creating and/or facilitating professional learning for K-12 educators, coaching or supporting instructional implementation, and knowledge of evidence-based professional learning practices. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States and able to travel, including overnight.
Location: In-Person - AL
Compensation: $69K–$76K/yr

Job Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Professional Learning Specialist to create and deliver engaging professional learning experiences that help K-12 educators, coaches, and administrators effectively implement Discovery Education's products, services, and instructional practices. Depending on customer needs, business priorities, and assignment, individuals in this role may primarily focus on professional learning content and instructional design, facilitation and implementation, or a blend of both. The Professional Learning Specialist serves as a trusted partner to educators and school leaders and collaborates frequently with Partner Success, Sales, Product, and Professional Learning colleagues to ensure a consistent and impactful partner experience. While the primary mix of responsibilities may vary, all individuals in this role contribute across content, facilitation, coaching, consultation, and implementation when customer or business demands require support.
In This Role You Will:
Professional Learning Facilitation and Implementation

Deliver engaging professional learning experiences in virtual and in-person environments
Facilitate learning grounded in adult learning principles and support educators in translating learning into instructional practice
Adapt delivery, content, and implementation approaches based on participant, partner, and business needs

Content and Instructional Design

Design, create, and maintain professional learning experiences and supporting resources across multiple delivery formats
Use feedback, implementation insights, and data to improve existing content and inform new offerings
Ensure professional learning resources remain aligned to Discovery Education products, quality standards, and partner needs

Coaching and Consultation

Provide coaching and consultation that supports educators and school leaders in implementing effective instructional practices
Conduct needs-analysis conversations and recommend professional learning solutions aligned with partner goals
Monitor implementation progress and recommend adjustments that support sustained impact

Partner and Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate with Partner Success, Sales, Product, and Professional Learning colleagues to support partner outcomes
Communicate partner needs, progress, risks, and opportunities to internal and external stakeholders
Build trusted relationships that promote a consistent and impactful partner experience

Operational Excellence and Role Flexibility

Coordinate professional learning engagements, scheduling, and implementation activities as assigned
Maintain accurate records of partner interactions, activities, and implementation progress
Flex across content development, facilitation, coaching, consultation, and implementation based on customer demand and business priorities

Core Competencies for Success:

Facilitation Excellence &ndash

  • Ability to deliver engaging, learner-centered experiences in virtual and in-person environments and adjust approaches based on audience and partner needs
    Instructional and Learning Design &ndash
  • Ability to create meaningful professional learning experiences and resources grounded in adult learning principles and effective instructional practices
    Coaching and Consulting &ndash
  • Ability to support educators and school leaders through job-embedded coaching, needs analysis, consultation, observation, and feedback
    Customer Focus and Relationship Building &ndash
  • Ability to build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders while delivering a consistent and responsive partner experience
    Communication and Cross-Functional Collaboration &ndash
  • Ability to communicate clearly and work across teams to connect partner goals, content, delivery, and implementation support
    Data-Informed Decision Making &ndash
  • Ability to use feedback, implementation insights, and qualitative and quantitative data to strengthen professional learning content, delivery, and recommendations
    Organization, Adaptability, and Execution &ndash
  • Ability to manage competing priorities, navigate ambiguity, solve problems, and flex effectively as customer and business needs evolve

Credentials and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Education or a related field required

  • Master's degree preferred
    A minimum of 5 years of teaching or relevant K-12 education experience
    A minimum of 2 years of experience designing and/or delivering professional learning for K-12 educators
    Knowledge of adult learning theory, effective pedagogical practices, and evidence-based professional learning
    Demonstrated success creating professional learning content and/or facilitating professional learning in virtual and in-person environments
    Demonstrated success coaching educators or supporting instructional implementation through observation, feedback, consultation, or related models
    Ability to travel based on assignment, customer demand, and seasonal business needs
  • overnight travel may be required
    Legal right to work in the United States.

This is a remote position based in Alabama that requires up to 80% travel throughout the state, with occasional support for additional territories as business needs require.

The hiring range for this position is between $68,600 - $76,200 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Additionally, this position is eligible for an Annual Bonus.

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