The Professional Learning Manager at Discovery Education is responsible for overseeing the life cycle of our professional learning facilitators (PLFs), ensuring they are well-prepared, supported, and engaged in their roles. This position involves strategic collaboration, system creation, recruitment, onboarding, coaching, and performance assessment to enhance the quality and impact of professional learning sessions. 

In This Role You Will: 

Leading Projects 

• Lifecycle Management: Leading the life cycle of Discovery Education’s professional learning facilitators (PLFs) to ensure our talent is prepared, supported, and engaged in the work
• Strategic Partnership: Collaborating with our team of PL implementation specialists on ways to improve the support we provide our PLFs
• Quality Monitoring: Developing and maintaining systems and processes to monitor and assess session quality, working directly with PL implementation specialists for feedback and support of PLFs
• Recruitment: Leading the recruitment process for contract workers including sourcing, interviewing, and hiring
• Onboarding: Designing and executing comprehensive onboarding programs for new PLFs
• Coaching Model: Creating a scalable coaching model, collaborating with the PL implementation specialists enhance performance
• Performance Metrics: Developing performance metrics in partnership with the Senior Director of Professional Learning to measure delivery success
• Data Driven Decisions: Using data in collaboration with regional implementation specialists and PL Ops team to drive decisions that support PLFs Cross-Team Collaboration: Working with Partnerships, Partner Success, and PL Ops teams to improve processes that positively impact the teachers Discovery Education serves 

Supporting Professional Learning Deliveries 

• Coaching and Mentoring: Providing support and coaching to a subset of PLFs
• Facilitation: Delivering professional learning sessions as needed

Core Competencies for Success: 

• Communication– speaks and writes clearly and concisely, breaking down complex ideas in a way that diverse audiences can understand; listens to understand
• Adaptability– embraces evolving processes, situations, and priorities without becoming overly frustrated
• Consistency– consistently meets deadlines and fulfills responsibilities without being reminded; follows through on promises and commitments within and across teams
• Collaboration– works across different teams and positively contributes regardless of diverse work styles and/or communication styles; builds strong and lasting relationships
• Ownership– takes credit for success but also admit to mistakes and shortcomings; seeks solutions

Credentials and Experience: 

• Degree in Education or equivalent work experience
• At least 5 years of experience teaching in a K-12 environment required
• Proven experience in coaching educators in a formal capacity
• Expertise in recruitment, onboarding, and upskilling adult learners
• Ability to develop and implement performance metrics
• Ability to travel up to 60% during peak seasons (Jun.-Sept.)
• Legal right to work in the United States

This role is designed to be remote, working across multiple time zones. You can expect to work mainly from your home office with travel up to 60% during peak seasons.   

At Discovery Education, we are fulfilling our mission of preparing learners for tomorrow by creating innovative classrooms connected to today’s world.

Serving more than 4.5 million educators and 45 million students, available in approximately half of U.S. classrooms and primary schools in the UK, and more than 140 countries around the globe; we are on a journey to transform teaching and learning though innovative partnerships with school districts, states, ministries of education, and other like-minded organizations.

We have built an award-winning and highly reputable organization because of talented and driven people who work together to accelerate student achievement by tapping into students’ natural curiosity and desire to learn by capturing their minds and imagination through the fascination of Discovery.

Why Join Discovery Education?

Discovery Education believes empowering each team member is vital to cultivating high performing, highly engaged teams. Being a part of our team means we partner together to achieve mutual goals. To this end, Discovery Education offers a robust and comprehensive insurance package. You can find a complete listing on our Career Page.

Along with traditional insurance offerings, our inclusive offerings center around:

• Career Development Ownership – Be the driver of your success!
• Continuing Education AND Tuition Reimbursement Programs
• Mentorship program and collaboration with veteran leaders
• Constant opportunities for cross-functional training and skill building
• Uncapped career growth

Team Member Wellness – When you feel great, you do great work!

• Leave for life’s moments including 7 recognized holidays
• Take PTO without the vacation guilt
• Up to 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Annual Winter Holiday Break (typically the last week of December)

This opportunity is perfect for people interested in joining a high-performing, collaborative team, who enjoy a dynamic industry, and are excited about high-impact, project-based work.

Inspired? We would love the opportunity to review your candidacy! Select the blue “Apply Now” button at the bottom left of the screen to begin your application.

Discovery Education is an equal opportunity employer. Discovery Education is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the communities we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, protected veteran status or disabled status, or genetic information.

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