Description
Content Designer, Professional Learning Design

Note: This is a 14-month contract opportunity.

Position S ummary ...

The Content Designer creates learning activities and interactions, working collaboratively with Professional Learning Design colleagues, Professional Learning Services and Operations, Product Managers, Partner Accounts, other cross-organizational representatives, and external partners to create high-quality professional learning offerings. This position reports to the Content Design Manager.

Responsibilities ...

• Design learning activities for the professional learning offering, integrating our design frame, principles, and standards, as well as the IACET criteria
• Lead the design of the project across several phases of development
• Define optimal learning modalities and coordinate online and onsite offerings
• Collaborate with the Learning & Innovation Specialist on analysis, evaluation, application of feedback, learning targets/success criteria, and content outlines
• Identify and coordinate subject matter experts on design contributions
• Collaborate with Instructional Designers in User Assistance/Professional Learning Design for a seamless partner experience in learning the why, what, and how of the product
• Collaborate with the Asset Design Manager on ways to innovate materials and assist with development of partner-facing materials
• Collaborate with the Services Design Liaison and Staff Professional Learning Trainers to strengthen professional learning offerings
• Plan and oversee efforts related to beta and user experience testing
• Be conversant with research concerning national trends in education as applied to curriculum, pedagogy, standards, and delivery methods
• Understand national trends in curriculum, standards, alignment, and instructional practice, evaluating their impact and efficacy as they relate to professional learning design
• Travel, as required, for team and/or organizational meetings as well as oversight and gathering of feedback related to beta and piloting work

Skills and A bilities ...

• Skilled in initiating and drawing upon innovative and creative ideas in the design of NWEA Professional Learning products and services
• Deep understanding of the issues pertinent to content, curriculum, delivery methods, and instruction as they relate to professional learning
• Deep understanding of NWEA products and services, or ability to rapidly acquire such knowledge
• Demonstrated skill and ability in designing high quality, professional learning activities, materials, and resources
• Ability to work effectively and manage projects in a fast-paced, growing organization
• Ability to facilitate individual and team conversations to elicit ideas and "collective knowledge" from a variety of educational professionals and stakeholders throughout the Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate (ADDIE) phases of NWEA Professional Learning product development
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and work effectively with a wide variety of educators and internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated ongoing commitment to learning and growing
• Ability to recognize and work from a strategic, systems perspective
• Ability to work independently and as a contributing team member
• Ability to assess the effectiveness of processes and procedures and recommend improvements
• Ability to thoroughly understand partners' needs and develop learning interactions and materials to meet those needs

Competencies ...

• Instill trust: gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
• Communicate effectively: develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• Customer focus: build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions
• Drive results: consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances
• Action oriented: take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
• Manage complexity: make sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
• Collaborate: build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Interpersonal savvy: relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
• Situational adaptability: adapt approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
• Demonstrate self-awareness: use a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses

Education and E xperience ...

• Master's degree in educational curriculum or a closely related field preferred
• Three or more years teaching or administration in a K-12 school setting required
• Three or more years of experience in applying K-12 curricular concepts to professional learning required
• Three or more years of experience in the development of professional learning curriculum required
• Three or more years of experience in the development of materials for facilitators/consultants preferred
• Three or more years delivering professional learning for educators required
• Experience developing or providing professional learning on a national level required
• Comprehensive experience in "school reform/improvement" and organizational change

About Us...

NWEA® is a research-based, not-for-profit organization that supports students and educators worldwide by creating assessment solutions that precisely measure growth and proficiency-and provide timely data to help tailor instruction. For more than 40 years, NWEA has developed innovative pre-K-12 assessments, including our flagship interim assessment, MAP® Growth™; our progress monitoring and skills mastery tool, MAP® Skills™; and our reading fluency and comprehension assessment, MAP® Reading Fluency™. Educators trust our professional learning offerings to accelerate student learning and our research to support assessment validity and data interpretation. More than 11 million students in 146 countries use our solutions to support their learning and growth each year.

NWEA strives to make diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) practices the center of our work. Our organization's mission, Partnering to Help All Kids Learn, is the foundation for our DEIA commitment as we work to reflect, value, and support the educators, students, colleagues, and communities we serve. We seek to empower and engage all stakeholders in the research, services, solutions, and products we provide, our organizational culture, and the partnerships we establish with schools, districts, states, and countries.
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NWEA™ is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. For our EEO Policy Statement, please visit our website. If you'd like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please visit the EEOC website .