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Learning Department Specialist

Commonwealth Charter Academy | PA

Posted Date 5/14/2025
Description

Learning Department Specialist

Position Summary:

Working from one of our Family Service Centers located in Pennsylvania, the Learning Department Specialist (LDS) plays a crucial role in connecting the designed and developed course content to classroom use and instruction within the content area. Operating from a student's-first mindset and using evidence-based practices, the LDS partners with teaching teams and instructional design teams. This bridge building work is focused on student performance, data-informed instructional decisions, problem-solving, and instructional knowledge within the grade and content area. The LDS is also responsible for collecting and evaluating course feedback and incorporating the necessary changes for better learning outcomes.

Specials and Electives (4)

K-12 Art
K-12 Electives
K-12 Health & PE / Career
K-12 World Language




Essential Duties:

The following list of duties is not comprehensive; rather the list is designed to demonstrate the nature of the responsibilities for this position. Additional position-related duties are subject to the direction of the Director and Managers of Curriculum.
Responsibilities:
  • Provide leadership in online curriculum design and delivery
  • Understand and apply effective teaching and engagement strategies in online courses
  • Research, evaluate and recommend curriculum resources and technology for adoption into courses
  • Gather and review course outcomes and data to plan course, lesson, and assessment creation as well as revisions and enhancements
  • Manage and support systems for course revisions and enhancements
  • Keep abreast of new developments and research in online education and share this information with teachers as appropriate
  • Support and complete course design projects
  • Participate in course activation work
  • Facilitate focus groups
  • Facilitate school-based, high quality professional learning
  • Provide job-embedded support including but not limited to in-class coaching, observing, modeling of instructional strategies, guiding teachers in looking at student work, developing lesson plans, supporting data analysis, and integrating technology in ways that increase student achievement
  • Support the development of asynchronous professional learning courses and resources
  • Participate in grade / content level PLC
  • Prioritize and unpack standards to understand specifically where to make instructional improvements
  • Focus on course implementation strategies in classrooms that are producing results and unpacks strategies from high performing classrooms to share with teaching and design teams
  • Focus on common assessments and collect evidence from common assessments to improve course development
  • Work collaboratively with teachers to identify trends in teaching and learning by analyzing student data
  • Acquiring the knowledge, skills, technological skills and instruction strategies necessary to effectively impact teacher’s instructional practices
  • S/he must remain knowledgeable about current and past research in the specific content area and other pedagogies relevant to the specialist role

Competencies:
  • Strong written and verbal communication
  • Excellent organization, time management, and attention to detail
  • Solutions-minded
  • A love of learning and a growth mindset
  • Deep commitment to universal design for learning
  • Demonstrated knowledge of pedagogy, standards, and the unique needs of K-12 online students, teachers, and administrators

Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands
This is largely a sedentary role. Requires the ability to lift, squat, sit, bend or stand as necessary. Ability to travel to other sites/locations as needed.



Position Type
  • Full-time 12-month
  • Exempt
  • Salary
Travel
  • Travel is required for this position.
Required Education and Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • PA Teaching certificate in subject area
  • 2 years of relevant work experience in either online teaching or instructional design

Preferred Education and Experience
  • Master’s Degree
  • Special Education Certification
  • Reading Certification
  • ESL Certification
  • 5 years cyber teaching
  • Experience in course/instructional design

Additional Eligibility Qualifications
  • Valid PA Driver’s License
  • Appropriate Automobile Insurance Coverage

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Commonwealth Charter Academy is an equal opportunity employment, educational and service organization.

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