Position Type:Administration and Professionals
Date Posted:2024-08-30
Location:Administration or As Assigned
INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSIONThe Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability forperformance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.
Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.
THE OPPORTUNITY: Location: Administration or As AssignedReports to: Executive Director, Professional DevelopmentFLSA Status: Non-ExemptSalary Band: 12Compensation: $45,900.00 - $64,260.00Number of Positions: 2The professional learning coordinator role involves a combination of facilitating professional learning, managing online systems, and supporting logistical aspects of professional development events.The professional learning coordinator is someone who enjoys facilitating learning for others and has a strong command of best practices in adult learning. The coordinator is a tech-savvy individual who will maintain the PowerSchool Professional learning system, ensuring that educators receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for all District professional development. The coordinator learns new District curricular tools, trains teachers and principals on these resources, and supports curriculum implementation. This person provides front desk office support, makes room reservations, and ensures professional development classrooms are prepared for learning. The coordinator is also highly organized and enjoys planning logistical details for large professional development events.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES- Acts as primary manager of the District's professional learning system - PowerSchool Professional Learning
- Performs daily tasks related to the District's professional learning system, including creating courses in the system, ensuring continuing education units are awarded for all professional learning opportunities, approving courses and external credit requests, running quarterly reports, summarizing District professional development trends, and troubleshooting as needed
- Creates templates and protocols to help colleagues in the Division of Academics develop professional learning plans
- Facilitates sessions for academic leaders focused on best practices in professional learning
- Conducts regular check-ins with departments to identify support needed to successfully implement learning plans
- Conducts school and classroom visits to monitor and support implementation of curriculum and instructional practices
- Provides support for the implementation of District grant programs
- Designs self-paced courses in the Schoology platform
- Serves as primary manager of the District's Skillsoft license. Performs tasks related to Skillsoft include promoting ongoing use of content and reporting monthly usage trends.
- Supports management of East Professional Center (EPC) classrooms and large professional development events. This includes assisting with basic technology setup, ensuring proper signage, and proactively managing potential challenges
- Responds to and manages room reservation requests
- Sends communications and creates presentations
- Performs other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 3 years of prior experience in teaching or adult learning
- Experience with Smartsheet preferred
- Experience using PowerSchool Professional Learning preferred
- Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Efficient email management skills
- Ability to independently coordinate, plan, and meet deadlines and accomplish specific tasks
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to communicate effectively regarding detailed information and procedures
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Strong knowledge of basic adult learning practices and procedures
- Ability to exercise good judgment, possess integrity, and maintain strict confidentiality regarding sensitive information
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.
- Expected moving, walking, and standing consistent with an office environment and occasionally lifting up to 15 pounds
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
- The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office environment.
- Local travel may be required for training/meetings.
NOTE: The above-stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority of management to assign other tasks of a similar nature or level of responsibility.
EducationTo ApplyPlease submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.
EEO StatementWe believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800Cleveland, Ohio 44114(216)-###-####...@ClevelandMetroSchools.org