FOSS Professional Learning Specialist (Remote) - School Specialty, LLC

People Passion Purpose
Everything School Specialty offers is designed for one purpose – to help students succeed. We believe every student can flourish in an environment where they feel safe and inspired to explore and grow.

We’re determined to positively impact the future, one child at a time. We need to talk if you share our passion:

Transforming more than classrooms.®

Benefits

School Specialty offers Medical, Dental, & Vision plans (Effective Day 1), Wellness programs, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, 401 (k), Unlimited PTO for Salaried Exempt employees, which can also be used for dedicated volunteer hours, Education Reimbursement, Paid Holidays, Fall & Winter Flexible Hours, Employee Discounts and much more!

Foss Professional Learning Specialist 

Successful curriculum implementations are the result of exceptional planning and service delivery execution. The FOSS (Full Option Science System) Professional Learning Specialist is responsible for providing high-quality professional learning and ongoing support for all FOSS districts and partners in their region. As a critical team player and content expert, this role will help support districts by designing high-quality professional learning experiences that will elevate teacher practice and create successful long-term implementations.

The base salary range for this role is $70,000-$95,000 Annually.  

Summary of Primary Responsibilities

• Communicate with customers to learn their unique contexts and design a professional learning plan that meets their needs.
• Deliver remote and onsite professional learning throughout the year.
• Maintain records of professional learning services and communications with customers in OneForce.
• Assign professional learning to the consultant team when required.
• Manage medium-sized on-site professional learning logistics and PL design.
• Review post-session survey data to identify trends in customer feedback.
• Participate in product and pedagogy training to elevate your own practice.
• Assist the FOSS Curriculum Specialist with projects throughout the year.
• Share observations of customers’ experiences with the product to inform development and training services.
• Engage in internal professional development, such as being observed, receiving feedback, and being coached to support your own development and consistency in professional learning delivery.
• Serve as a model for per-diem professional learning consultants.

Minimum Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in education or related field or comparable experience.
• A minimum of 3 years teaching or coaching with the FOSS science curriculum at the PreK, K-5, or 6-8 grade levels.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate professional development for teachers and/or instructional leaders, both remotely and in-person.
• Experience navigating remote meeting platforms (Zoom, Google Meets, Microsoft Teams, etc.)
• Demonstrated proficiency with technology-based productivity tools, including Microsoft Office, Google Applications, etc.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong digital organizational skills.
• Strong writing, project management and organizational skills
• candidate must work well independently with minimal supervision 

Travel

• This position requires 50-70% travel, which may include overnight travel.  

Disclaimers
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

• School Specialty, LLC. is a Drug Free Workplace. All applicants are subject to a drug screen and background check as a condition of employment.
• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
• If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Opportunities@SchoolSpecialty.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.