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Savvas Learning Company seeks a part-time Curriculum Specialist to support their 6-12 Literacy program in the Southeast, emphasizing education standards and effective delivery of training and customer support.
Responsibilities: Deliver Program Activation trainings for customer accounts, maintain content expertise, manage client relationships, and provide ongoing customer service.
Skills: Deep knowledge of K-12 education, expertise in education theory and market trends, excellent communication and presentation skills, and proficiency in technology and multimedia tools.
Qualifications: A minimum of 3 years of K-12 education experience with a BS or BA degree; a Master’s degree and bilingual skills in English/Spanish preferred; experience in public speaking and presentations is desirable.
Location: Mississippi, USA
Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $25 - $40 per hour.
Savvas Learning Company is seeking a part-time Curriculum Specialist to support Program Activation of our 6-12 Literacy curriculum in the Southeast territory including Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Virginia. The part-time Curriculum Specialist is a(n):
- Education specialist with deep K-12 knowledge in the assigned content area.
- Expert in the delivery of introductory product orientation in-service for print, digital and blended programs who will partner with other specialists and share responsibilities in the assigned region(s).
- Self-starter with a passion for K-12 education and the ability to drive educators (at all levels) to make sound decisions regarding learning outcome choices for students and teachers.
- Expert on education standards, current education pedagogy, and market trends.
- Expert communicator with the skills to relate to all levels of state, regional or district K-12 employees from superintendent, administrator, teacher to para-professional.
This position will be required to attend on-site customer meetings in Alabama and Georgia.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver Program Activation trainings for new and on-going customer accounts.
- Providing customer feedback to sales, product, and marketing teams
- Maintaining content level expertise through the Savvas Learning Company certification process and agreed upon materials.
- Having a deep understanding and knowledge of Savvas Learning Company’s print and digital solutions.
- Maintaining positive on-going relationships with the customer during activation to provide support or re-direction to appropriate Savvas Learning Company teams to ensure client satisfaction.
- Providing excellent customer service at all times.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of K-12 education experience to include classroom teaching experience.
- BS or BA, Master’s degree preferred.
- Biliterate in English/Spanish preferred.
- Specialty training or advanced certification is preferred.
- Expert knowledge of education theory and market trends in 6-12 Literacy.
- Deep knowledge and passion for learning in K-12 education.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver winning presentations in large and small groups.
- Previous experience in selling and servicing in the education market is desirable.
- Experience in public speaking and creating engaging presentations for teachers, parents, district administrators, superintendents, or adoption committees.
- Demonstration of strong abilities with technology skills including abilities to use all presentation software and hardware (PC or Mac, including whiteboard technology and 1:1 devices) to develop and deliver multimedia presentations.
Other Requirements:
- Regional travel will be required; requests are sometimes made with short notice.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 20 lbs.
- Monitoring and controlling timekeeping and expenses in accordance with Savvas Learning Company Travel and Entertainment policies.
- Collaboration with team members and all departments including sales, services, and operations to escalate and address customer satisfaction issues in order to ensure customer success.
- Ability to have pointed conversations with school districts in the area of 6-12 Literacy.
- Understanding sales campaign strategy, market trends and the full continuum of Savvas Learning Company services to better understand the customer and audience.
