Career Opportunities at the Center


Senior Director of Professional Learning
Professional Development Associate


 
Title: Senior Director of Professional Learning


Reports to: President


Key objectives:

  • Identify, recruit, develop, assess and retain world-class professional developers whose abilities are consistent with the needs of the Center and Clients
  • Achieve individual performance goals.
  • Collaborate effectively on Center teams and projects outside of your specific responsibilities to ensure achievement of Center goals.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Review and revise rubric for evaluation and recruitment of Center Professional Development Associates (PDA's).
  • Collaborate with the Client Relations Team and Director Certification training for identification of:
    • Number of certified PDAs needed to meet corporate goals
    • Critical content areas for PDA depth, including certification
  • Monitor and manage Center norms for all PDA presentations:
    • Center materials
    • Professional conduct before, during and after presentations
    • Interactions with Center colleagues
    • Interactions with colleagues from other organizations
  • Create systematic and consistent method for insuring that all PDA's have all essential knowledge and skills before they present to a client.
    • Annually review and revise all PDA orientation materials.
    • Annually review and revise PDA orientation schedule.
    • Maintain a complete record of PDA's progress toward and completion of orientation.
    • Development and implement a performance assessment to verify understanding of Center procedures after orientation has been complete.
  • Review, revise, and implement an effective mentoring system for supporting PDAs.
    • Annual review to include:
      • Review of objective reports of all mentors.
      • Subjective feedback from mentors and mentees on the system.
    • Clearly define mentor job descriptions.
    • Recommend new mentors to begin July 1st, for a one-year term.
    • Collaborate with mentors to create mentor self-assessment system.
    • Assign PDAs to mentors annually.
    • Create virtual mentor meetings at least once per month.
    • Lead live mentor meetings three times during the year.
    • Collaborate with Center team members to identify and develop future mentors.
  • Annually review, revise and implement the PDA review system to assure quality review, reflecting both internal and external elements.
    • Collaborate with client relations and operations on internal elements.
    • Assure both client and participant data is collected on every engagement.
    • Develop tool that fosters PDA development and improvement of critical knowledge and skills.
    • Develop plan to communicate quality reviews to PDA's on a quarterly basis.
  • Collaborate with PDA website manager to:
    • Maintain all documents for orientation on the Center PDA web site
    • Identify orientation elements appropriate for video and develop for placement on Center PDA web site.
  • Maintain PDA field experience.
    • Provide 10 days during the fiscal year of service to clients and maintain exceptional quality indicators.
    • Maximize the use of field days to take place on large-scale presentations so that other professional developers are on a client site delivering services at the same time as Director.
  • Leadership Roles and Responsibilities
    • Participate in Center's Operations Committee and Executive Committee
    • Participate in planning and execution of Colloquy and retreats in PDA development.
    • Formulate annual PDA budget
    • Create professional development plan.
    • Attend two strategic national conferences for
      • professional development
      • talent scouting
    • Collaborate with colleagues to assure achievement of Center goals.


Key Qualifications:

  • Minimum of three years progressive experience as a Center Professional Development Associate or as a professional developer with a national or international professional development organization
  • Solid knowledge of all Center services and products and their interconnection.
  • Minimum one year experience as Certified Trainer in at least two Center certifications or similar experience with a national or international professional development organization
  • Maintenance of exceptional quality indicators.
  • Solid knowledge of PDA processes and requirements.
  • Masters Degree in Education or related field
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and implement effective strategic project plans.
  • Understanding of profit-loss calculations and basic business finance.
  • Team player and collaborator who can drive results through teams, interfacing with all disciplines at all levels.
  • Ability to lead through influence rather than authority.
  • Excellent writing and editing skills
  • Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook, and a clear focus on high quality service and business profit.
  • A natural planner who critically assesses his/her own performance and can work in concert with Executive Committee to measure his/her success in achieving designated organizational and personal objectives that support the company's goals and missions.
  • Mature, credible, and comfortable in dealing with senior executives.
  • Experienced in the use of MS Office including Excel, Word, Power Point, MS CRM.


Salary and Benefits: $90,000 -$95,000 plus revenue achievement bonuses based on longevity and productivity. Bonuses can be approximately 1/3rd of base salary. Excellent benefits package including employer-paid medical care, cafeteria plan (flexible spending accounts), 401(k) plan with employer match up to 4% of compensation, accumulation of up to three months of paid leave. With approval of supervisor and coordination with colleagues, employee may work one day per week from home provided that all performance objectives are met.


To Apply: Applicants must apply on-line. No fax or printed applications will be considered. Applications must include all of the following elements. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

  1. Letter of application, including a statement that "I agree that the job description, salary range and benefits are acceptable."
  2. Complete resume including full educational background and all work experience, with no omissions, since graduation from high school.
  3. Three references, including name, address, and telephone. Please include references with the original application, as applications without references will not be considered.

Please send the application by e-mail to HR@LeadandLearn.com.

 


Professional Development Associate
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Mission: The mission of The Leadership and Learning Center, formerly the Center for Performance Assessment, is to provide extraordinary performance through extraordinary learning. We improve student achievement by building the knowledge and skills of educators and school leaders, and we are the world's preeminent source of educator professional development in the areas of standards, assessment, and accountability.


Values: We value respect, reason, teamwork, fairness, and excellence.


Implications:

  1. Respect: Every person—our clients, our colleagues, ourselves—gives and receives respect. Respect is clear in every element of our communication, decision-making, and daily interaction with clients and colleagues. Respect is more important than revenue.
  2. Reason: We operate on facts, not opinion. We do not tolerate bigotry of any kind, whether applied to people or ideas. Allegations of bigotry are taken seriously and tested against the facts.
  3. Teamwork: Every colleague assumes personal responsibility for The Center’s mission, values, and commitments to clients. This sense of commitment is incompatible with clock-watching, excuse-making, and finger-pointing. We share information, opportunities, decision-making, rewards, and hassles. Every client engagement is a team effort.
  4. Fairness: The rewards and risks of our work are shared fairly with all colleagues. We are committed to being a collaborative organization that is owned and led by colleagues.
  5. Excellence: We represent high standards in everything we do, from letters and handouts to interoffice communication. Slovenly research, writing, organization, and behavior are not compatible with this value.


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