Professional Learning Specialist, Literacy/ELA (Part-Time)

Carnegie Learning; United States; Remote; USD 100,289,000 - 200,579,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work From Anywhere Policy

Paid Parental Leave

Free CL products for employees

Wellbeing incentives

Job summary

Carnegie Learning seeks a part-time, year-round Professional Learning Specialist for Literacy/ELA to lead high-quality professional learning for K-12 educators. The role includes facilitating workshops, coaching cycles, and collaboration with internal teams to drive implementation fidelity and teacher effectiveness.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s in Education with 3+ years Literacy/ELA teaching, be located in eligible states, and enjoy flexible schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education (specific to content vertical).
• 3+ years Literacy/ELA teaching experience.
• Experience teaching grades 6-12.
• Residing in one of the specified states within the territory.
• Flexible schedule and availability during summer and school year.
• Prior experience with Carnegie Learning resources (preferred).
• Experience mentoring/coaching teachers (preferred).
• 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 and efficiency in task prioritization.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Deliver professional learning workshops centered on Carnegie Learning products and best practices in teaching.
• Facilitate adult learning experiences with clear learning intentions and explicit classroom connections.
• Provide reflection, discourse, and application to ensure learning transfers to classroom practice.
• Refine workshops to meet partner needs and contexts.
• Deliver job-embedded professional learning to teachers and campus leadership (coaching cycles, PLC facilitation).
• Conduct reflective, evidence-based coaching cycles connecting classroom artifacts and student data.

Skills

Literacy/ELA teaching

Coaching teachers

Facilitation of professional learning

Presentation skills

Time management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Education

3+ years Literacy/ELA teaching experience

Job description

Professional Learning Specialist, Literacy/ELA — Part Time, Year Round Availability

Our Professional Learning team is looking for highly motivated current or former Literacy/ELA teachers, instructional coaches or leaders to join our team in a part time year round capacity. As the PL Specialist - Literacy/ELA you will facilitate professional learning for K-12 educators utilizing Carnegie Learning Literacy/ELA resources on an as needed basis year round. A Carnegie Learning PL Specialist is a Carnegie Learning product ambassador, promotes implementation fidelity, and increases teacher effectiveness in each of the schools/districts they support.

As a member of the Professional Learning team, the PL Specialist, Literacy/ELA reports to the Senior Manager of School Partnerships in their primary region and works collaboratively with many of our teams, including the internal Professional Learning Team, Regional Directors of Professional Learning, and Managers of School Partnerships to support professional learning objectives. PL Specialists may also support additional teams, including PL Design, Product, Sales, and Tutoring Services on content, design and PL support.

PL Specialists must successfully complete a suite of certification requirements, as prescribed by Carnegie Learning experts, including shadowing and co-facilitating professional learning activities with our experts. This position is part time, year round and is recruiting throughout the calendar year; applicants will be contacted when the customer demand arises.

What Your Day Will Look Like — Delivering High-Quality Professional Learning

• Facilitating engaging professional learning workshops centered on Carnegie Learning products, best practices in teaching, and content expertise.
• Facilitating intentional adult learning experiences anchored in clear learning intentions, active participant thinking, and explicit connections to classroom practice.
• Preserving time for reflection, discourse, and application to ensure learning transfers meaningfully into classroom implementation.
• Refining workshops and learning experiences, when appropriate, to meet the unique needs and contexts of our partners.
• Delivering intentional and impactful, job-embedded professional learning to teachers and campus leadership (formal coaching cycles, collaborative lesson cycles, lesson internalization support, collaborative planning (PLC) facilitation, etc.).
• Facilitating reflective, evidence-based coaching cycles that surface teacher thinking, anchor conversations in classroom artifacts and student evidence, and build clear continuity from visit to visit.
• Cultivating teacher ownership of instructional goals and next steps by creating space for reflection, agency, and accountability over time.
• 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 and sharing accurate and up-to-date records regarding professional learning deliverables, including forecasting deliverables and managing your calendar.
• Using logs, feedback forms, and follow-up communication as strategic tools to strengthen continuity of coaching, clarify next steps, and build trust with educators and partners.

Other Fun Work

• Develop correlations, custom curriculum, rubrics and/or other documents to support specific PL partner needs.
• Support the sales team in pre- and post-sales environments including RFP/proposal design, pre-sales discussions, formal presentations, and supporting pilot opportunities.
• Provide Tutoring Services to CL customers as desired/available.
• PL Specialists will have varied work opportunities based on skills and experience. These opportunities are evolving continuously as the business grows.
• Performing other duties as assigned or apparent.

What You Can Expect — Time Allocation

• Delivering High Quality Professional Learning – 80%
• Operations & Documentation – 15%
• Other Fun Work – 5%

Travel Commitment Note: This job requires travel when delivering onsite professional learning. PL Specialists have the opportunity to accept or decline opportunities based on their individual schedules and plans.

What Should Be In Your Bookbag

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education (specific to your content vertical).
• 3+ years Literacy/ELA teaching experience.
• Experience teaching grades 6-12.
• Residing in one of the following states within the territory: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee.
• Flexible schedule and availability during the summer and school year.
• Prior experience with Carnegie Learning resources (preferred).
• Experience mentoring/coaching teachers (preferred).
• 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.

What We Provide

• Holistic Wellbeing: an inclusive range of Health Insurance options, plus Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance at no cost to you.
• Fostering Joy: flexible work arrangements with a Work From Anywhere Policy and paid time off you can use as you see fit.
• Empowering Parenthood: Paid Parental Leave, reduced working hours on full pay for soon-to-be and new parents, and free access to CL products for employees and their children.
• A Place for Connection: quarterly wellness incentives, monthly employee activities and a recognition program, and Employee Allyship Groups (EAGs).

Carnegie Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Salary range for this role: $35.00 - $70.00 hourly.