Georgia and North Carolina Professional Learning and Education Specialist

Title: Georgia and North Carolina Professional Learning and Education Specialist

Position Type: Full-time

Location: Remote - Candidate must reside in either Georgia or North Carolina

Compensation: $78,000-$82,000 per year

Reports to: Director of Professional Learning

Remote Work Environment

The Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS) is a national nonprofit organization that enriches K-12 education by ensuring accurate, high-quality classroom materials and teaching about Jews, Judaism, and Jewish history. We do this by editing textbooks and instructional materials, developing standards-supporting lessons, and providing professional development for teachers around the country.

ICS seeks a motivated, dynamic, and innovative education professional to join our Professional Learning team. The Georgia and North Carolina Professional Learning and Education Specialist will be responsible for establishing and nurturing relationships with potential professional development partners around Georgia and North Carolina with the goal of delivering IC professional development statewide in both states. This position requires regular travel (35%) and flexibility to work evenings and weekends for training events.

• Leverage ECS and personal networks to identify and secure prospective partnerships
• Maintain the health and growth of existing state-wide relationships
• Convey ECS’s value when talking to different stakeholders
• Set up professional development opportunities for schools/districts/other education institutions in Georgia and North Carolina

• Maintain a deep knowledge of ECS content and professional development offerings
• Become an expert ECS workshop presenter, maintaining a high level of professionalism, fluidity, tech capabilities, and engagement
• Travel to in-person workshops and conferences, staff exhibition booths, and deliver ECS workshops at conferences

• Serve as the organization's expert on the both the Georgia and North Carolina K-12 educational landscape, especially as it relates to instruction about Jews, Judaism, and Jewish history
• Keep the team apprised of key legislative and policy developments that impact our work
• Identify, interpret, and share insights with relevant departments regarding trends impacting our work or opportunities to consider at the state and district levels

• Attend and actively participate in regular meetings with the Director of Professional Learning, the Professional Learning team, the Editorial team and ECS all staff meetings
• Manage and contribute to occasional special projects/opportunities as assigned
• Participate in and support the implementation of pilots and new initiatives, and share back data to support iteration and improvement of new approaches to advance our work

• Maintain a list of state-wide conferences and submit tailored proposals to present
• Promptly input relationship-building efforts and relevant professional development data in ECS CRM

• Passionate about ECS’s mission and the importance of accurate, high-quality representation of Jews, Judaism, and Jewish history in educational materials
• Highly familiar with relevant education policies like the Georgia K-12 Social Studies Standards and the North Carolina Social Studies Standards and Supports
• Adept at identifying trends and understanding the potential implications of legislative and policy developments at the state and district levels
• An exceptional communicator and presenter with the skills to lead engaging professional development workshops and sessions for a variety of audiences
• Skilled at and derive joy from developing and nurturing relationships with district partners, cultural institutions, and other educational organizations
• Capable of constructively navigating conversations in a variety of settings around complex and potentially sensitive historical topics
• Highly organized, strategic, and detail-oriented, with a track record of managing multiple projects and…