Senior Associate, Professional Development

Why we need you

Springboard Collaborative invites talented and passionate candidates to apply for the position of Senior Associate, Professional Development. The Senior Associate, Professional Development will be responsible for planning and facilitating professional development training for assigned partnerships. A successful candidate will be an adaptable and flexible team player who can train and present information to ensure staff policy compliance.

Springboard Collaborative closes the literacy gap by closing the gap between home and school. We coach educators and family members to help kids learn to read by 4th grade. Springboard envisions a world in which all children have the requisite literacy skills to access life opportunities. The Senior Associate, Professional Development supports this goal by using existing professional development materials to plan and facilitate training that prepares seasonal staff to begin Springboard programming.

The Senior Associate, Professional Development will report to the Director, Professional Development and work as part of the Partner Success team. This is a great opportunity to support an entrepreneurial team to maximize the impact of a rapidly growing organization.

You can read more about the requirements, competencies, goals, and responsibilities below. We'd love to have you join us!

This is important

We are an equal-opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Springboard Collaborative—it’s at the core of what we do and how we do it. No one can solve a problem better than those who experience it firsthand. That’s why Springboard aspires to hire a diverse team that is representative of the marginalized communities we serve.

We also know that having a diverse workforce makes for a better workplace. Springboard’s hiring process seeks individuals who value diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, etc.

Finally, if you’re passionate about an open role, we encourage you to apply— even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed in the job description!

Here are your priorities in the first year:

• You will complete all assigned Professional Development program projects with < 0.33 overdue tasks per project.
• You will conduct Professional Development project plan debriefs with “4-person teams” (Program Director, Project Manager, Partnerships) to identify 2+ improvements to be implemented in the next professional development cycle.
• You will have an average survey score of 4.5 for “this training met my expectations/needs as a learner” survey question across all Springboard-facilitated professional development.
• You will have >82% of seasonal staff in assigned partnerships agree that they “had the training/information they needed to do their jobs well” as measured by the end-of-program survey.
• You will develop and send 2+ summaries with suggestions for ongoing seasonal staff development to Program Directors/Program Managers per cycle using learnings gathered during professional development.

Here are your responsibilities within and beyond the first year:

• You facilitate differentiated training, as well as needed standard training for Flagship and SLA (both in-person and virtual).
• You manage other professional development processes and systems (registration, attendance, make-ups, etc.).
• You liaise with the Partner Success Delivery team to share information and determine needed support.
• You collaborate with Academic Research and Learning Design team on all professional development projects.
• You assist with ongoing efforts to support teacher and leader professional development.

What you offer us

• Adaptability & flexibility: You adapt processes for partners when needed and can differentiate training for partners.
• Gaining voluntary compliance: You create clear and concise directions for collateral and convince seasonal and internal staff to follow processes.
• Teamwork: You step in to facilitate training for others when needed with zero hesitation and find ways to incorporate others’ perspectives in projects.
• Training and Facilitation: You can articulate what adult learners need and present information with clarity and enthusiasm.
• Valuing diversity, equity, and inclusion: You see problems from diverse perspectives and consider various different needs when planning professional development.
• You have 5+ years of Pre-K - 3 teaching experience.
• You have 1 - 3 years of experience leading professional development and/or coaching teachers.