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Kiddom

Director of Professional Learning

🇺🇸 Remote - US

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $90K - $120K

💻 Instructional Design

🗓️ January 27th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Kiddom is hiring a Director of Professional Learning. This role involves leading the design and implementation of professional learning programs, ensuring they align with company goals and meet the needs of educators and districts. The director will also manage quality assurance and facilitate high-impact sessions, collaborating cross-functionally to streamline operations.

Highlights

  • Leads the design and scalability of professional learning programs.
  • Collaborates with internal teams to align learning content with company products.
  • Develops and manages a comprehensive training and certification program.
  • Requires 7+ years of experience in professional learning design or program management.
  • Proficiency with learning management systems, webinar platforms, and collaboration tools.
  • Salary range: $90,000 - $120,000 a year.
  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred.
  • Offers competitive salary, meaningful equity, health benefits, and more.

Director of Professional Learning Full Description

About Kiddom

Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning.

The Director of Professional Learning Programs leads the design, implementation, and operational efficiency of Kiddom’s professional learning portfolio. You will own the development of Kiddom’s professional learning offerings - ensuring quality, scalability, and alignment with the needs of educators and districts. You will establish measures for quality assurance in all professional learning activities, including creating and managing a robust and coherent training and certification program for all Kiddom professional learning facilitators. 

The ideal candidate is both a strategic thinker and a hands-on implementer who thrives in cross-functional environments, working collaboratively with internal teams to streamline operations. Additionally, you will facilitate high-impact professional learning sessions (primarily virtual) as needed to maintain a close connection to the customer experience.

The Director of Professional Learning Programs will also deeply understand Kiddom’s curriculum partners and know the Kiddom platform, inside and out. Before applying, make a free account to be well prepared for the interview. 

You Will...

  • Design Kiddom’s professional learning offerings, ensuring they align with company objectives, meet customer needs, and drive successful implementation of Kiddom’s solutions.
  • Develop scalable, high-impact professional learning programs that support diverse educational contexts, from classroom teachers to district leaders.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Product, Customer Success, Sales) to ensure alignment of professional learning content with Kiddom’s products and services.
  • Establish and oversee measures for quality assurance in the delivery of professional learning, ensuring consistently high standards of facilitation and participant outcomes.
  • Create and manage a comprehensive training and certification program for professional learning facilitators, starting with contractors and eventually scaling to include full-time facilitators.
  • Develop and implement tools for tracking and evaluating the effectiveness of professional learning sessions, using participant feedback and other data to inform continuous improvement.
  • Design and deliver facilitator onboarding and ongoing training to build expertise in Kiddom’s solutions and adult learning best practices.
  • Monitor and evaluate the performance of facilitators, providing coaching, feedback, and resources to ensure excellence.
  • Maintain a certification process to ensure facilitators consistently meet Kiddom’s quality standards.
  • Collaborate with the Head of Professional Learning to streamline operations for all professional learning activities, optimizing workflows and ensuring seamless execution.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate professional learning operations within broader organizational systems, such as scheduling, communication, and reporting.
  • Manage logistics for professional learning delivery, including scheduling, participant communications, facilitator assignments, and revenue recognition.
  • Deliver high-quality professional learning sessions (primarily virtual) on an as-needed basis, modeling best practices in facilitation and deepening your connection to the customer experience.
  • Serve as a thought partner and resource for educators, drawing on your expertise in professional learning design, technology integration, and adult learning.

What We're Looking For...

  • Experience: 7+ years of experience in professional learning design, delivery, or program management, preferably in the education or edtech sectors.
  • Expertise: Deep understanding of adult learning theory, instructional design, and facilitation best practices.
  • Operational Skills: Proven ability to streamline operations, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and ensure high-quality execution.
  • Collaboration: Strong track record of working cross-functionally to achieve organizational goals.
  • Facilitation: Exceptional virtual and in-person facilitation skills, with experience delivering professional learning to diverse educator audiences.
  • Tools: Proficiency with learning management systems, webinar platforms, and collaboration tools.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in education, instructional design, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.

Salary range is dependent on geography, past experience, seniority, and demonstrated role related ability during the interview process.

What we offer

Full time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits:

-Competitive salary
-Meaningful equity
-Health benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance 
-10 paid sick days per year
-Unlimited vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
-Paid family leave for eligible employees

COVID Vaccination Policy

Kiddom policy requires employees to be vaccinated before they visit an office or attend company events..

We have remote roles but in certain positions where office attendance is deemed to be essential to the role, offers of employment shall be conditional upon proof of vaccination.