Professional Learning Specialist (PLS)
Job Type: Full-time
Description: CPM is seeking to recruit two Professional Learning Specialist (PLS) to support learning events and schools, one in the Great Lakes/Plains region and one in California. This position is full time and 100% remote with travel to events required. In person professional learning events and school visits may occur at work sites away from the home office up to 75% of the annualized work weeks with the other work time being conducted from a home office.
Who we are: CPM Educational Program is a non-profit educational company that writes and self-publishes mathematics curriculum for middle through high school and professional learning for educators and administrators. We also support mathematics education research. We are committed to providing meaningful math content along with purposeful teacher support to empower all students to become mathematically confident in the world today.
CPM Educational Program is committed to being an open-minded, inclusive organization that embraces diversity and values underrepresented voices and experiences. CPM Educational Program is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender, sexual identity, disability, or any other protected status.
CPM Educational Program knows that diversity generates better ideas, inspires creativity, and is essential to building a positive workplace. As an employer of choice we hire and retain the best employees by valuing differences, creating a collaborative work environment, and providing career development opportunities.
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Requirements: The Professional Learning Specialist will need to have at least 3 years of teaching experience using the CPM curriculum.
In this role, you will:
- Facilitate professional learning opportunities both in person and virtually;
- Conduct implementation support visits both in person and virtually;
- Provide both formal and informal coaching for teachers;
- Develop new professional learning resources and opportunities for teachers and leaders; and
- Consistently work as a team player with the goal of making CPM professional learning the absolute best it can be; and
- Contribute substantially to the mission of bringing more math to more people.
In this role, you will bring:
- A passion for supporting teachers and their pedagogy;
- An ability to teach adults and facilitation skills to further teacher learning;
- Experience using a student-centered, problem-based curriculum;
- Eagerness to coach teachers to consider equity in their classrooms;
- Commitment to collaborate with colleagues; and
- Willingness to work independently and as part of a team.
Salary Description: $39.44 – 53.49 hr DOE
