Professional Learning Specialist – Equity & Facilitation

Denver Public Schools; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 76,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PERA Retirement

Job summary

Denver Public Schools is seeking a professional learning designer to support the district’s vision for high-quality, aligned professional learning across schools. You will collaborate with leaders, content teams, and facilitators to design coherent learning experiences and ensure equity in instructional delivery.

The role emphasizes adult learning best practices, facilitation, feedback, and developing resources for central offices and educators, with a focus on continuous improvement and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or relevant work experience in Education, Instructional Design, Organizational Development or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in instructional design, professional learning/development facilitation, culturally responsive sustaining coaching.
• Lead for racial and educational excellence and dismantle inequity, with belief in all students' access to high quality education.
• Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado.

Responsibilities

• Supports the implementation of the district’s vision for professional learning by partnering with leaders, content teams, and facilitators across departments and school sites.
• Promotes alignment of professional learning to the district’s instructional framework and priorities by supporting the development of coherent scopes, sequences, and standards based learning experiences.
• Facilitates and contributes to cross functional design teams to develop, review, and refine professional learning offerings, ensuring consistency and alignment across departments.
• Integrates culturally responsive and equitable practices into professional learning by collaborating with stakeholders and supporting the development of inclusive training materials and experiences.
• Applies knowledge of adult learning best practices to support effective facilitation, including modeling strategies, providing feedback, and developing resources for central office teams and school-based educators.
• Builds the capacity of facilitators and teacher leaders by offering coaching, sharing tools and resources, and promoting effective instructional practices in adult learning settings.
• Supports the collection and analysis of feedback and evaluation data to assess the effectiveness of professional learning and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Uses data and insights from professional learning systems and educator growth measures to inform updates to training design and support continuous improvement efforts.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Instructional design

Professional learning

Culturally responsive coaching

Education

Bachelor's or equivalent in Education/ID/OD

Job description

Denver Public Schools is seeking a professional learning designer to support the district’s vision for high-quality, aligned professional learning across schools. You will collaborate with leaders, content teams, and facilitators to design coherent learning experiences and ensure equity in instructional delivery.

The role emphasizes adult learning best practices, facilitation, feedback, and developing resources for central offices and educators, with a focus on continuous improvement and