CTY Program Manager

Founded in 1979, the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) is a center for innovation dedicated to advancing the field of gifted education through research on testing, programs, and other supports for advanced learners. On the premise that advanced learners come from every community and every demographic, we aim to understand and inform how these students need to be nurtured to achieve their full potential as learners and global citizens. CTY also runs in-person and online academic programs for bright learners in order to cultivate a community of advanced learners and connect students in and outside the classroom.

We are seeking a CTY Program Manager who will work in coordination with the CTY Director of Curriculum and will be responsible for the design and implementation of professional learning for CTY educators and extended to external audiences as appropriate. The Program Manager will support the strategic organizational goal of training CTY Expert Educators who are well-versed in best practices in gifted education, the CTY curricular approach, and the action research associated with the approach. As appropriate, the Program Manager will extend the CTY training model to professional learning experiences for schools, districts, and other educational entities. The person in this role will be part of the CTY Curriculum Team, which collaborates with the Online, In-Person, and Integrated Programs divisions of the Academic Programs Team.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Assessment of Needs and Development of Training and Professional Learning Sessions

• Assess staff needs to develop professional learning sessions that incorporate evidence and research-based principles for working with advanced learners.
• Develop standards-based training and professional learning sessions that incorporate adult learning principles.
• Ensure design consistency and accessibility in the development of synchronous and asynchronous assets for professional learning sessions.
• Review data, conduct analysis, and advise on best practices to build a CTY professional learning framework.

Implementation, and Evaluation of Training and Professional Learning Sessions

• Manage implementation of training in collaboration with program staff, to include the training program for online instructors and the annual training of on-site leadership staff.
• Implement and evaluate professional learning experiences for CTY educators in synchronous (in-person and virtual) or asynchronous modalities, working in collaboration with program staff.
• Implement and evaluate train-the-trainer experiences for CTY program and instructional leaders.
• Work with subject matter experts across CTY to develop training content; collaborate with academic program teams to keep training materials up to date.
• Develop and implement evaluations of training and professional learning sessions.

Collaborative and Other Activities

• Promote a culture of inclusion by demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and multicultural competency.
• Facilitate systematic development and review of program standards to ensure alignment with CTY mission to include DEI goals.
• Promote awareness of and appropriate utilization of educational technologies.
• Collaborate with research team to articulate research questions and data collection plans.

Other Duties

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Strong knowledge of adult learning needs and their implications for professional learning.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to support multiple projects under potentially conflicting deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience developing training resources and documentation.
• Demonstrated experience using instructional technology.
• Strong ability to build relationships, motivate others, and manage interpersonal situations.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to use Microsoft office tools and other desktop applications competently.
• Ability to use and interpret data.

Additional Information

• This is a hybrid position.
• Ideal candidates will be willing/able to work evenings and weekends on an occasional basis to support professional learning initiatives.
• Applicant must be authorized to work in the United States and must either live in the US or