Specialist, Regional Design and Delivery Specialist, STEM (Fixed-Term)

A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.

Job Description: 

Amplify is looking to hire a Regional Design and Delivery Specialist, STEM with a background in teaching, coaching, school leadership and/or professional development design and facilitation in Math, to join our professional development team for a one-year fixed term assignment.

Essential Responsibilities:

Our Regional Design and Delivery Specialists are responsible for customizing, modifying, and designing rich and rigorous professional learning experiences in Amplify’s literacy or STEM programs to ensure that all regional Professional Development (PD) delivery teams are prepared to confidently support customer implementation of Amplify products.

In this role, you will:

• Design or adapt in-person, remote, and asynchronous professional development assets for teachers, instructional leaders, and district leaders so that they accurately reflect the different features of Amplify’s state-specific product editions and/or respond to regional needs 

• Support regional PD teams to deepen their understanding of and ability to contextualize PD to best meet the needs of their state-specific customers 

• Design and deliver internal onboarding and ongoing training for regional team members to support understanding of professional development session content and best practices for PD delivery 

• Design and review training experiences that are engaging and effective, incorporating various formats such as instructor-led sessions, interactive eLearning modules, virtual workshops, and content built utilizing activity-builder in the unified platform. 

• Model high quality delivery of professional development sessions

• Regularly assess the impact and effectiveness of professional development assets by analyzing feedback from PD participants, regional team members, and Design, Training, and Development team colleagues

• Incorporate feedback to continuously strengthen session content in order to ensure high-quality delivery at scale

• Ensure professional development design projects are tracked in project plans and are completed on time, on budget, and to the delight of customers

• As a member of Amplify’s Design, Training, and Development team, partner with PD Designers and support the onboarding and development of regional PD facilitators (Professional Learning Specialists)

• Collaborate closely with Content, Product and Platform teams to understand upcoming program updates and releases and incorporate them into training programs and assets, as applicable

• Support regional PD leaders to clearly and compellingly position Amplify’s PD offerings in RFPs

• Travel onsite to deliver in-person training, conduct observations and meet with key stakeholders and team members, when needed

• Support Amplify-wide and PD-specific priorities and other tasks as assigned by manager

You are a good fit for this role if you:

• Focus on the User Experience: You understand the importance of usability and impact on key stakeholders, primarily Professional Learning Specialists and teachers. You design with the end-user in mind, ensuring that all materials and solutions are practical, user-friendly, and directly address their needs at scale. 

• Understand that Content and Context Both Matter: You firmly believe that we must both design and deliver high-quality content and affirm the context in which our users operate. For example, this could mean connecting our PD content to state and district policies and priorities, hi