SMART is committed to enhancing instructional outcomes through professional learning and implementations that foster a thriving community of ambassadors and certified trainers who play a pivotal role in transforming learning.
As a Professional Development Specialist, you will be a vital part of our mission to improve instructional outcomes and facilitate learning transfer within the School District of Philadelphia. You will work to create a culture of inspired greatness, where teachers are engaged, excited, and eager to integrate technology to transform instructional experiences for students.
Key Responsibilities:
Training Design and Delivery:
- Develop and implement professional development that aligns with instructional goals and objectives for the School District of Philadelphia.
- Create engaging and innovative training materials, both in-person and virtually.
- Create and edit videos to support educators as they learn to integrate SMART & Lumio
Learning Transfer Facilitation:
- Design strategies and interventions to ensure effective learning transfer from training to practical application including an active social media presence.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and community members to identify challenges and provide ongoing support for application success.
- Be a liaison between account stakeholders and various SMART teams.
Community Building:
- Create regular social media content of tips, tricks, and spotlight great ideas.
- Identify, recruit, and onboard ambassadors and certified trainers within SDP.
- Nurture a sense of belonging and purpose among community members.
- Facilitate networking and collaboration opportunities to strengthen the community of practice within the School District of Philadelphia.
Monitoring and Assessment:
- Collect and analyze data to measure the impact of training programs and make necessary improvements.
- Monitor the progress of ambassadors and trainers, providing feedback and guidance.
Community Engagement and Events:
- Support events, conferences, and webinars to foster networking and knowledge sharing.
- Act as a liaison between the community and our organization, addressing concerns and needs.
Education and work experience
To be successful in this role, you must have:
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of individuals and teams both locally and remotely.
- High technical problem-solving skills with both hardware and software
- Experience and passion using ed-tech in a K-12 setting.
- Experience in training educators on instructional tools.
- A high degree of comfort presenting to large groups with diverse learning styles.
- Ability to present training material via webinars and other online methods
- Strong video and social media creation skills.
- Excellent knowledge of education standards, strong pedagogical knowledge of best practices
- Experience teaching adult learners.
- Strong pedagogical knowledge of best practices K-12
Education:
- At least 3 years of K-12 classroom experience
- Training Experience
- Degree in Education
Supervision
- This position does not have any direct reports
Additional Details
- Must live within the greater School District of Philadelphia area
- Ability to obtain and maintain a passport
- Ability to pass all district requirements to work with students, including criminal background checks
- Field-based opportunity -- must be able to maintain and keep a busy travel schedule
- Travel required -- beyond The School District of Philadelphia (limited to when The School District of Philadelphia is not needing support)
- Ability to work well in a team environment gaining input from a variety of stakeholders.
- Perform other duties as required to support the team and company objectives.
Preferred Certifications
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