Manager of School Partnerships

Carnegie Learning, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holistic Wellbeing

Health Insurance options

Paid Parental Leave

Work From Anywhere Policy

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Carnegie Learning is seeking a Manager of School Partnerships to build and sustain relationships with teachers and district leaders, guiding implementation of Carnegie Learning products in classrooms. This 220-day assignment reports to the Director of Professional Learning and focuses on Math, ELA, or World Languages content.

The role delivers engaging professional learning, coaching, and data-driven support, while maintaining timely documentation and collaborating across teams to meet partner

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Education required.
• 5+ years classroom teaching experience.
• Experience facilitating professional learning workshops.
• Cognitive Coaching certification preferred.
• Must reside in listed states (CT, DC, DE, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, NH, NJ, OH, PA, VA, VT, WI, WV).
• Ability to travel regionally and dedicate time to partnership work.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain partnerships with teachers, building- and district-level leaders, and instructional coaches to support implementation.
• Communicate with leaders at multiple levels to ensure transparency and capacity building.
• Identify risks and develop action plans; escalate complex issues as needed.
• Set partnership goals, analyze data, and track progress with partner schools or teachers.
• Lead partnerships meetings to discuss data and determine next steps.
• Deliver professional learning workshops focused on Carnegie Learning products and best practices.
• Provide job-embedded coaching, demonstration lessons, co-teaching, and PLC facilitation.
• Update documentation and records for deliverables and calendars.
• Model Carnegie Learning values in all interactions.

Skills

5+ years classroom teaching

Facilitating professional learning

Time management

Communication and presentation skills

Cognitive Coaching certification (pref

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Education

Master's Degree preferred

Job description

Manager of School Partnerships

School Year (220-day Assignment)

What We Seek

The Manager of School Partnerships is a passionate, mission-driven professional who helps educators make meaningful connections between Carnegie Learning's products and effective classroom practice. This role becomes a trusted partner to schools and districts, serving as a coach, facilitator, and ambassador for our products and approaches. By modeling best practices and supporting implementation with integrity, the MSP helps teachers experience the value of our solutions in ways that enhance their instruction, simplify their work, and positively impact student learning.

The School Year MSP role is a "220-day assignment" position (details below), reports to the Director of Professional Learning in their region, is content-specific (Math, ELA, or World Languages), and works collaboratively within and across the department to best meet the needs of our customer partners.

What Your Day Will Look Like

Managing School Partnerships

• Building and sustaining customer partnerships with teachers, building-, and district-level leaders, and instructional coaches, leveraging those relationships to ensure successful implementation of Carnegie Learning products and foster best practices.
• Communicating regularly with leaders at multiple levels to ensure transparency, garner support, and build capacity.
• Demonstrating a proactive approach to identifying risks and developing effective action plans for resolution, making routine decisions within established guidelines and escalating complex or novel issues to the Director of Professional Learning.
• Collaboratively setting partnership goals (either at the school or teacher level), collecting and analyzing data to track progress, and using that data to inform ongoing work.
• Participating in partnership meetings, when appropriate, to discuss implementation data and determine next steps.

Delivering High-Quality Professional Learning

• Facilitating engaging professional learning workshops centered on Carnegie Learning products, best practices in teaching, and content expertise.
• Delivering intentional and impactful, job-embedded professional learning (formal coaching cycles, demonstration lessons, co-teaching, lesson planning, PLC facilitation, etc.).
• Refining workshops and learning experiences, when appropriate, to meet the unique needs and contexts of our partners.
• Upholding Carnegie Learning's core commitments in every interaction-approaching educators with belief in their potential, honoring their voices and expertise, empowering their ownership of implementation, and inspiring progress and purpose in their growth.
• Leveraging data to drive teacher growth, inform ongoing support, and track partnership progress.

Operations & Documentation

• Following the Professional Learning process in all aspects of delivery: planning, confirming, communicating, executing, and following up.
• Ensuring timely completion of all documentation, including digital sign-ins, workshop feedback, coaching and support logs, courtesy emails, coaching feedback forms, and other deliverables.
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records in the Deliverables Doc, including forecasting deliverables and managing your calendar.

Other Fun Work

• Regularly reviewing customer feedback (e.g., workshop evaluations and coaching feedback) to identify areas of growth and ensure the highest-quality delivery of professional learning.
• Growing yourself professionally in the areas of adult learning theory, research-based best practices in teaching, professional learning design, leadership, and related fields.
• Performing other duties as assigned or apparent.

Exuding Our Team Core Values

• PASSION: Exuding a positive, contagious energy around the work we do
• CURIOSITY: Seeking out new information and experiences, questioning the status quo, exploring possibilities
• FLEXIBILITY: Quickly and calmly responding to changing circumstances
• AGENCY: Appropriately taking initiative in your work and professional growth
• PARTNERSHIP: Developing and effectively using collaborative relationships (internally and externally) to drive your work
• INTEGRITY: Consistently demonstrating our core values through your work

What You Can Expect

Primary Job Function

Approx. % of Time

• Managing School Partnerships – 15%
• Delivering High-Quality Professional Learning – 70%
• Operations & Documentation – 10%
• Other Fun Work – 5%

220 ASSIGNMENT NOTE

School Year MSP responsibilities mirror those of the MSP, with workload and deliverables scaled to fit a 220-day assignment (typically 90-100 days of PL delivery and/or pilot support). The off-assignment period is determined based on the current needs of the company, but typically runs for 8 weeks in May and June.

TRAVEL COMMITMENT NOTE

Because this role is field-based where you will be in schools coaching and facilitating professional learning, it will require travel somewhere around 75% of the time, regionally.

What Should Be In Your Bookbag

• Bachelor's Degree in Education (specific to your content vertical); Master's Degree preferred.
• 5+ years of classroom teaching experience.
• Experience with Carnegie Learning resources: 3+ years of classroom experience teaching with CL resources (preferred)
• Must reside in Connecticut, Washington DC, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, and West Virginia
• Experience facilitating professional learning workshops (preferred)
• Cognitive Coaching (or equivalent) certification (preferred)
• Exemplifies Carnegie Learning's core values to the highest level.
• Exceptional time management skills, including calendar management, goal setting, and efficiency in task prioritization.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Solution-minded, detail-oriented, and committed to continuous improvement of efficiency, communication, and customer experience.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills.

What Gives Us Purpose

Others teach what; we teach why. For over 25 years, Carnegie Learning has developed solutions that help students achieve Aha moments and set them up for long-term learning success. We're driven to find new, better ways to support teachers and reach more students, so we put our leading cognitive science research and real-world insights into solutions for how students think, learn, and do their best. This is a key part of our commitment to helping teachers spark student curiosity. As a Carnegie Learning team member, you'll work alongside a team of passionate individuals dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of students and educators.

What We Provide

• Holistic Wellbeing
• An inclusive range of Health Insurance options
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance at no cost to you
• Fostering Joy
• Flexible work arrangements with our Work From Anywhere Policy
• Your Time, Your Way - paid time off that you can use as you see fit to recharge and nurture your personal life
• Empowering Parenthood
• Paid Parental Leave
• Reduced working hours on full pay for soon-to-be and new parents
• Free access to CL products for employees and their children
• A Place for Connection
• Quarterly Wellness Incentives
• Monthly employee activities + recognition program
• 9 Employee Resource Groups

What We Believe

We celebrate the unique attributes, characteristics, and perspectives that define each person's individuality. This fusion of perspectives enriches our collective knowledge, fosters innovation, and empowers us all. Together, we can collectively and more effectively address issues that face our business and industry.

If our commitment to building an inclusive workplace resonates with you, we invite you to join our mission and welcome you to apply with us. Carnegie Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.