Professional Development Coordinator

Summary

The Professional Development Coordinator organizes and oversees professional development activities for all Literacy Programs Staff following the PA Department of Education and RACC directives.

Travel Requirements

Position requires occasional travel to offsite classroom locations, community events, conferences, seminars, etc. Employee must have ready access to transportation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain, with program administrator, the Program Improvement/Professional Development Plan (PI/PD Plan).
• Assist program director with leading the Program Improvement Team and provide instructional leadership to instructors. Interpreting and guiding implementation of Pennsylvania Department of Education’s College and Career Readiness Standards.
• Plan and present a minimum of two in-house professional development activities during the program year (July to June).
• Coordinate, guide and support the professional development process for staff as individuals and in subject cohorts.
• Assist in the implementation of a variety of formats of professional development (e.g. coaching, online courses, lesson studies) that support the core features of high-quality job-embedded professional development.
• Support instructors with implementation of new skills from professional development in the classroom.
• Organize and oversee agency professional learning communities (PLC).
• Contribute to Unit strategic planning activities.
• Provide direct instructional activities (tutoring or classroom instruction) for 2% of contracted weekly hours.
• Participate in, contribute to and occasionally present for state PDE webinars and professional development events.
• Assist the Enrollment Support Specialist and the Student Support Specialists with coordination and implementation of both large and small student registrations.
• Assist the Enrollment Support Specialist with initial student assessment testing and post testing.
• Research, educate and assist instructors with implementing current career ready instructional resources.
• Attend training for, CASAS, e-Data, and or any other Adult Education training and professional development as indicated by PDE guidelines.
• Create monthly program reports and interpret to monitor progress.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Two years’ experience working with GED and/or ESL students and/or programs.
• Experience developing and implementing professional development for educators.
• Instructional experience.
• Must attain Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) Certification within six months of onset of employment and must renew periodically.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education or Human Services.
• Three to five years’ experience working with GED and ESL students.
• Teaching experience and/or certification.
• Bilingual Spanish/English.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to research data and develop reports.
• Demonstrated strong writing and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated strong organizational skills.

Computer Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Internet skills including MS Teams. Knowledge of Ellucian Colleague or other administrative software a plus.

Application Instructions

Send a cover letter, resume and three (3) professional references from past supervisors, to resumes@racc.edu. Please indicate the job code PDC-RPT-LP in the subject line of your email. After sending in your documents, please fill out the online Job Applicant Identifier form.

Salary and Working Hours

Salary: $22.308 per hour. Working hours consist of a 25-hour work week Monday through Friday. Specific work hours to be agreed upon by the supervisor and the employee prior to the onset of employment. In this position the employee will be required to work one (1) evening per week.