Contract-Writer/Editor

The Professional Development Designer is responsible for developing scalable, high-quality learning experiences, instructional products, and tools, including multimedia and digital content for Fly Five license holders, potential customers, and Fly Five Ambassadors

The Professional Development Designer will incorporate technical skills and knowledge to plan, develop, and deliver instructional design, implementation, and engagement support for adult learners. The Professional Development Designer will innovate within instructional design to align with best practices and trends, incorporating technical skills, knowledge, and capabilities to foster the professional development of educators. They will utilize efficient processes to adhere to deadlines with a focus on continuous improvement. The PD Designer identifies opportunities to engage and guide school communities with training to support Fly Five implementation initially and in the long term.

This position is also responsible for collaborating with members of a matrix team of developers, designers, editors, reviewers, researchers, and others to develop, write, and design learning content and products. This is a remote and contractual position.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Instructional Design & Customer Knowledge

• Provides high-quality professional development experiences for internal staff, school leaders, Ambassadors, potential customers and license holders.
• Designs and facilitates adult learning for a variety of audiences.
• Creates updates to instructional elearning experiences in existing courses to ensure that it is within trends and best practices in andragogy and instructional design.
• Has an understanding of adult learners’ needs to provide effective professional development learning experiences
• Designs all parts of workshops for optimal adult learning engagement, including Instructor’s Guidelines, PowerPoint, Resource Books, and any other support materials
• Identifies video needs for training purposes and interview questions to support implementation training.
• Designs elearning training including webinars, asynchronous, blended, interactive and videos based on the content and needs of the audience
• Prepares how-to videos to help users implement the curriculum effectively
• Manages and facilitates online learning communities through internal digital tools and external media channels
• Creates engaging learning that encourage learner motivation and investment, including micro-credentialing and digital badging
• Adheres to deliverables for all timelines, frameworks, protocols, and processes for producing, designing, and editing coursework-related products and content
• Adjusts instructional delivery based on training goals, initiatives, and audience
• When implementing instructional practices, considers current research from various leaders in the field including, but not limited to, cultural centers, conferences, focus groups, school leaders, university staff, and researchers

Media

• Plan, create and curate instructional, testimonial and marketing media, including video, audio, simulations, role play and games to meet training and promotional needs
• Assess needs for participant engagement on learning platforms
• Initiate and implement engagement media to increase learner engagement and course completion rates
• Implements appropriate instructional technology, media trends and advancements to meet the needs of adult learners
• Identifies video clip use and organizes a video clip library to meet instructional and promotional needs
• Curates and creates video clips to include in learning experiences.
• Plans, initiates and posts engagement content for online learners including polls, networking, articles, and social media posts.