Youth Guidance is hiring a
About Our Organization:
At Youth Guidance, we believe that no matter what challenges a young person faces, they are more likely to succeed when they have caring adults in their lives. Our highly-trained staff guides kids to overcome the life and academic challenges facing the youth. We meet kids where they are — physically and emotionally — to help them focus on their education, make positive choices, and remain on the right path toward life success.
Founded in 1924 today Youth Guidance is a leading provider of outcomes-driven programs serving more than 8,500 youth while touching the lives of more than 14,000 youth, parents, teachers, and community members.
Position Summary:
The LMS Professional Learning Specialist is responsible for the oversight of Evolve Central, the Evolve project’s virtual learning platform, including technical support for internal and external partners and creating, managing and maintaining eLearning and webinars for school partners. Evolve is Youth Guidance’s innovative approach to scaling social-emotional learning circles to improve student outcomes. Youth Guidance virtually coaches and trains 2-3 school staff per school to facilitate Evolve circles while also providing virtual training to school staff on creating healing-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive schools.
The LMS Professional Learning Specialist will lead this effort, working collaboratively with the Systems Administrator, Manager of Curriculum Design, Director of Professional Development and Curriculum Design, Director of District Partnerships, Evolve Evaluation Manager, and design consultants.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
Develops a comprehensive virtual training strategy and learner experience that aligns with program core values and social-emotional learning competencies
Develops training materials consistent with adult learning principles
Coaches Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum Specialists on effective online training delivery, tailoring for adult learners with diverse educational backgrounds
Develops and implements metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of trainings and continuously improves content and delivery methods
Manages LMS enrollment processes for learners, in collaboration with the Evolve Systems Administrator
Works collaboratively with the Evolve Evaluation Manager to iterate training modules as warranted
Collaborates with the Manager of Curriculum Design, Director of Professional Development and Curriculum Design and design consultants to ensure that best practices in the fields of social-emotional learning, diversity, equity and inclusion, positive youth development, trauma-informed care and evidence-informed interventions are integrated into virtual learning tools
Participates in ongoing staff development, as needed, to stay current with ongoing program area trends
Assures the agency’s core values and key concepts are interwoven into program design and implementation, as allowed by program stakeholders
Supports, builds, and shares best practices for positive student outcomes.
Performs other duties as assigned
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Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
DEI Statement
At Youth Guidance, we understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are fundamental to realizing our vision of bright and successful futures for all young people. We celebrate the diversity of youth and recognize them as empowered leaders, problem-solvers, and experts of their own experiences. At the same time, we acknowledge that many systems and institutions meant to support youth are inequitable and unjust.
As such, we are committed to advancing DE&I through our words and our actions, both internally and externally, by:
Youth Guidance is an equal opportunity employer and proudly values diversity. Youth Guidance does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law and is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity along all of these lines. People of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
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