Title: Professional Development Specialist –Duval County, FL
Location: United States
JobDescription:
WHO WE ARE
Edmentum is a dynamic educator and student-focused company dedicated to tech-enabled learning solutions. Our goal is to ensure that all students have access to flexible learning environments and educators have the tools they need to support their students. We are on a mission to create innovative, proven learning technology, partnering with educators to ignite student potential. We are a Remote First organization with a strong commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction.
Summary: Edmentum is committed to making it easier for educators to individualize learning for every student through simple technology, high-quality content, actionable data, and customer success. Founded in innovation, Edmentums powerful learning solutions blend technology with individual teaching approaches. We are dedicated to being educators’most trusted partner in creating successful student outcomes everywhere learning occurs. Our commitment is built off the emphasis we place on our core values: passion, people, respect, collaboration, and performance.
We hire mission-driven individuals who are eager to apply their educational expertise in a fast-paced environment that delivers the tools that educators need to bridge the divide between implementation and outcomes. If you constantly strive for excellence, are passionate about innovation, and want to work with a collaborative, energetic team –then Edmentum is for you.
As a Professional Development Specialist you will deliver high-quality professional services to increase client outcomes, drive utilization of Edmentum solutions and adoption of best practices. You will communicate with and take the lead from the Customer Success Manager to understand client needs. Most importantly, you will leverage data to drive programs forward, build capacity, increase fidelity, and ensure the achievement of student outcomes.
What you will do:
Develop deep knowledge of Edmentums products, implementation models, best practices, and key classroom trends, a prerequisite for providing world-class service to educators.
- Demonstrate deep working knowledge of State accountability plans, assessments, and curriculum requirements.
Communicate with the Customer Success Manager to understand client needs and account strategy.
Identify and escalate leads and renewal risks.
Review data to assess implementation quality and identify areas for optimization.
Actively coach clients to improve implementation outcomes.
- Partner with building level administration to leverage data in evaluating program success as well as identifying areas for targeted intervention and sharing of best practices.
- Coach teachers on how to implement Edmentum programs with fidelity and how to leverage the data to drive student learning growth.
- Drive adoption on Edmentum programs through school visits, check-ins, and ongoing communications that are centered around achieving district goals.
- Complete required administrative tasks ensuring communications, schedules, and customer records are updated in a timely manner and accurately maintained.
- Monitor and maintain high levels of partner satisfaction.
- Ability to travel up to 70%
What you will need:
- Masters degree in Education preferred
- 5+ years of combined experience delivering consulting services in an educational environment or leading education technology implementations
- Experience in a K-12 school, or district leadership role preferred
- Strong leadership skills, including a history of leadership responsibility in previous professional settings
- Strong analytic and problem-solving skills to help districts overcome barriers and maximize outcomes
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with audiences of all levels
- Strong listening and questioning skills to gain a strategic understanding of partner needs and challenges
- Proven competency in identifying value-based opportunities for district partners;advocating partners needs internally and externally
- Knowledge of current educational trends, research, and state-specific requirements
- Ability to communicate persuasively and effectively both verbally and in writing
- Proven effectiveness at leading professional development workshops
- Self-motivated, proactive individual who thrives on doing a job well, exhibits passion, enthusiasm, and a positive outlook
- Aptitude to stay current on industry and product trends and initiatives
- Confidence to identify and communicate implementation missteps with clients
- Ability to analyze client usage and performance data to make data-driven decisions
- Passion for driving change in education
- Experience using web conferencing software
Edmentum is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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