Executive Director of Professional Learning

Executive Director of Professional Learning

• Position Type:
  Administration/ Executive Director
• Date Posted: 11/21/2025
• Location:
  
  Administration Center - Allentown, PA

Executive Director of Professional Learning

Salary: $138,934-$194,508

• A Master's Degree in the area(s) of Educational Leadership or Curriculum & Instruction, or related field. Doctorate Preferred.
• A minimum of 7-10 years of successful teaching experience and school/district-level leadership.
• Demonstrated expertise in adult learning theory, instructional leadership and evidence-based professional development.
• Experience designing and learning PD at scale in a diverse, urban district.
• Strong ability to lead through influence, collaborate with senior leaders, and drive systems-level coherence.
• Satisfactory work record & criminal/child abuse clearances (Acts 34, 114, and 151)
• Such additional or alternatives to the above qualifications as the board or Superintendent may determine

Note:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Executive Director of Professional Development serves as the district’s lead architect for high-quality, systemwide professional learning. This leader designs, implements, and monitors a coherent professional learning system that advances the district’s instructional priorities, strengthens educator practice, and accelerates student outcomes. The Executive Director works in close partnership and continuous partnership and continuous alignment with the Deputy Superintendent of Learning and Teaching to ensure all professional learning is strategically coordinated, data-driven, and connected to district priorities and school-level needs.

• Work in concert with the Deputy Superintendent to establish a unified professional learning vision that aligns to district goals, including HQIM implementation, MTSS, Rigorous Instruction, and strategic plan priorities.
• Ensure all professional development initiatives are anchored in the district’s instructional framework and coherent across departments, content areas, and schools.
• Partner with the Deputy Superintendent to design a multi-year professional learning strategy that builds leadership capacity and improves instructional practice.
• Collaborate with Central office leaders to ensure PD is integrated with curriculum, assessment, special education, multilingual learner supports, and school improvement efforts.

• Lead the development and facilitate of high-quality learning for teachers, principals, instructional teams, and central office staff.
• Design differentiated professional learning models- including workshops, coaching cycles, PLC structures, micro credentials, and blended learning- responsive to district data.
• Oversee implementation of district wide professional learning series (principals, APs, ILTs, teachers, paraprofessionals) in alignment with priorities set collaboratively with the Deputy Superintendent.
• Ensure all PD is grounded in research-based practices, adult learning principles, and culturally responsive approaches.
• Partner with Executive Directors to ensure coherence and consistency across schools.

• Establish a district wide PD monitoring system- including feedback tools, implementation rubrics, progress indicators- developed in collaboration with the Deputy Superintendent.
• Analyze data to evaluate the impact of professional learning and inform continuous improvement cycles.
• Prepare reports, dashboards and updates for the Deputy Superintendent, Executive Cabinet and Board of School Directors.
• Manage district wide PD calendars, communication and logistics for professional learning events.
• Responsible for planning and implementing administrative retreats and Executive Leadership Learning Academies in support of District initiatives, strategic planning, and student learning outcomes.
• Processes conference and professional development attendance forms for all employees following supervisory approvals and prepares associated reports.
• Facilitates the offering of research-based staff development opportunities that are aligned with district goals for achieving exemplary performance by students, faculty and staff members
• Performs such tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Chief Academic Officer/Deputy Superintendent and/or Superintendent.