Head of Professional Learning and Development

About Kiddom

There’s a lack of high quality core curriculum in the K-12 marketplace and it’s exacerbating educational inequities, directly impeding our children’s ability to pursue the college or career pathways of their dreams. We believe high quality instructional materials are critical for an outstanding education. Kiddom’s technology helps teachers understand, utilize, and measure the impact of curriculum. Our platform offers school districts only the best curriculum in the marketplace, rebuilt inside simple, flexible technology to enable teachers and learners to unlock their full potential.

We are a passionate, collaborative team focused on building transformative education technology and making a measurable impact in K-12 education.

We strive to create an inclusive, positive team culture where everyone is respected and valued for everything they bring to Kiddom, not just what they produce.

Kiddom is seeking a Professional Learning Leader who will author and develop professional learning experiences that build educators’ capacity to lead and improve instruction and learning. You will work with Kiddom’s curriculum author and publisher partners to enable districts to obtain maximum value from their  core curriculum purchases via Kiddom. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing our organization’s professional learning programs aimed at empowering educators to effectively integrate technology into their teaching practices

Additionally, this role will partner closely with Kiddom’s customer success, sales and marketing, and product teams to ensure the right solutions are being prioritized by account executives leading to the greatest business impact and ROI. You will utilize your K-12 educational expertise to develop and deploy engaging and contextualized professional learning experiences   enabling districts to support every educator with the tools and resources they need to help all students succeed. 

You will also use your extensive curriculum implementation knowledge to develop an understanding of school and district needs, how Kiddom is uniquely positioned to fulfill them, and build relationships with key decision makers. You will also present at conferences and trade shows, support state curriculum adoptions, and support the customer journey from pre to post sales.

As Head of Professional Learning and Development you will: 

• Lead the growth of professional learning/development business with our district partners. to facilitate PL growth goals that achieve maximum value from our core curriculum offerings
• Define customer target market segmentation, strategies and support models and identify opportunities for continuous improvement within the professional learning department. 
• Partner with our sales team to develop scalable PL/PD models for various district sizes that deliver effective enablement ensuring effective utilization. 
• Drive professional learning revenue to include setting sales expectations,  communicate revenue status to leadership team, pipeline management, and sizing opportunities for district sales. 
• Be available for up to 50% travel to deliver an amazing onsite professional learning experience for customers that achieve both learning outcomes and creating  strong customer relationships.  Travel also includes support and evaluation  of PL team members. 
• Develop and implement a comprehensive professional learning strategy aligned with the organization’s goals and vision. Build a culture centered around the success of our customers, and achieve our business goals. 
• Seek out, partner, build and create a world class professional learning team that ensures our customers receive amazing professional learning experiences that cultivate trust and partnership. This includes FTE’s and independent contractors
• Create  Professional Learning opportunities for customers that  support change management for school districts, ensuring  content and product expertise for teachers and administrators. 
• Maintain a customer feedback loop to the organization with the goal of deepening initial implementation and  driving renewal sales of core products. 
• Set the overall vision for the work of the Core Professional Learning Team including high-quality Professional learning events that using metrics to measure district partner feedback that leads to regular adjustment and improvement of Core Professional Learning experiences
• Define customer segmentation, strategies and support models and identify opportunities for continuous improvement
• Support a culture centered on partner success and develop processes that support the achievement of the business goals

Qualifications Needed: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Sales, Marketing, Account Management, or related field, and a minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience in developing professional learning programs, and delivering high quality professional learning both online and in person. (Combination of education and experience accepted). , delivering, and improving meaningful professional learning experiences or an acceptable combination of education and experience
• Successful demonstration of building professional learning programs that improve company retention metrics. 
• Deep knowledge of core curriculum, pedagogy in implementing core curriculum and continuous improvement cycle. 
• Strong knowledge of adult learning theory, industry best practices, with an ability to understand market trends and align PL  to relevant inventive promotions.
• Ability to create asynchronous professional learning utilizing industry professional learning tools such as video creation tools, presentation tools, assessment tools and/or strong knowledge of instructional/technical course software. 
• A strong attention to detail, excellent organization and the  ability to multi-task in a fast paced startup environment. 
• A solid understanding of K-12 education and educational technology market
• An ability to connect and train individuals in a remote environment
• Some districts and schools require proof of completed COVID vaccination and/or a negative COVID test prior to delivering any on-site training

$90,000 – $135,000 a year

What we offer

• We are a passionate, collaborative team focused on building transformative education technology and making a measurable impact in K-12 education.
• We strive to create an inclusive, positive team culture where everyone is respected and valued for everything they bring to Kiddom, not just what they produce.

Full-time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits from their first day:

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Health benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance 
• 10 paid sick days per year
• Unlimited vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
• Paid family leave after birth/adoption of caretakers and minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.

COVID Vaccination Policy

Kiddom policy requires employees to be vaccinated before they visit an office or attend company events..

We have remote roles but in certain positions where office attendance is deemed to be essential to the role, offers of employment shall be conditional upon proof of vaccination.