The Role: 

　　The Professional Learning Specialist will deliver high-quality professional learning that drives desired and measurable behavior change to groups of educators and administrators at schools and districts across the country to get the most out of Newsela through in-person sessions, webinars, and online courses. You will inspire session participants via compelling delivery, engagement tactics, and mastery of high quality resources. Additionally, you will communicate with account and customer stakeholders to tailor professional learning sessions to align with customer goals and product engagement goals. Reporting to a Manager of Professional Learning, you will partner with Go-To-Market teams to advocate for educators within Newsela, helping provide product and customer insights, along with your own pedagogical knowledge, to drive greater user engagement.

　　Why You’ll Love This Role:

　　As a member of our growing Professional Learning team, you will have the opportunity to utilize your teaching experience, but apply it to a larger audience by helping teachers seamlessly infuse technology into their instructional practice. Educators are always looking for ways to freshen up their lessons, and this role will allow you to experiment with different professional learning sessions based on educator needs and industry best practices. Your work will directly enable educators to deliver authentic, relevant, accessible learning content in their classrooms to over 20 million students nationwide. You will have a direct impact on user adoption and engagement, which will ultimately scale Newsela’s ability to bring engaging, culturally responsive learning content to K-12 classrooms nationwide.

　　Why We’ll Love You: 

　　You have 2+ years of teaching experience. You have demonstrated success in presenting to audiences of all sizes, in-person and virtually, and leverage your organization and communications skills to build thoughtful engagement strategies before, during, and after learning sessions. You build genuine relationships with customers, and strive to deliver a personalized customer experience. You’re comfortable re-calibrating your approach based on customer needs. A data-driven decision-maker, you draw on your pedagogical knowledge to inform customer interactions and professional development strategy, and you’re always on a quest to find new and effective ways for educators to better serve the needs of their students. You aren’t afraid to think outside the box to help educators break old habits and infuse Newsela into their daily instruction.

　　Compensation range: $$55,000 - $60,000. Total compensation for this role also includes a base salary, incentive stock options, and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience. 

　　About Newsela:

　　One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

　　About Newsela: Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

　　Why you’ll love working at Newsela:

　　Health & Wellness: Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare (pets included!). Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul. Work From Home: Almost all of our roles are fully remote - tech stipend included! Supporting ALL Families: Supplemental programs and time off to take care of your family and yourself. Time Off: Flexible PTO to recharge, including Sabbatical Leave Inclusive Experiences: Robust DEIB curriculum, Identity & Experience Groups (Affinity Groups + Employee Resource Group), Authentic & Transparent conversations with Executive Leadership Teams, and integration of DEIB lens across Talent lifecycle processes. Professional Development: Holistic Learning & Development Programs that enable meaningful & inclusive experiences, programs that build future-focused competencies, cohort & community learning sessions that foster a sense of belonging, and individual development plans aligned with your personal and professional aspirations to turn goals into reality. Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers. Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to [email protected] if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.