ExploreLearning News

ExploreLearning seeks new Director of Professional Development

ExploreLearning is searching for an experienced and dynamic leader for its rapidly growing training and professional development program.  

Primary duties:

• Provide leadership for the successful implementation of ExploreLearning Gizmos in customer districts across North America.
• Manage a talented and growing team of full-time professional developers and per diem trainers.   Recruit and train new team members, as needed.
•  Develop and manage the Professional Development Department budget.
• Design augmentations to the company’s current professional development programming that will increase teacher usage and student success with ExploreLearning products.
• Work with sales team and major customers to plan successful implementations of ExploreLearning products.
• Deliver compelling presentations on Gizmos, the research literature regarding simulations, and best practices for implementation.

Required qualifications and skills:

• Masters degree or higher in math or science education related field.  Ph.D. preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of best practices in the use of simulations for classroom instruction.
• Proven ability to lead a professional development program or organization.
• 7+ years of delivering professional development to math and/or science educators.
• 5+ years of supervisory experience.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to travel (up to 50%).

 

This position reports directly to the head of ExploreLearning and is based at the company’s headquarters in historic downtown Charlottesville, Virginia.

 

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ExploreLearning wins another T+L Award of Excellence

ExploreLearning was named a winner in the 27th annual Tech & Learning magazine Awards of Excellence! We are honored to receive this award for the 2nd year in a row. The program honors software, hardware, network, and web products, including innovative applications that break new ground as well as those that added significant enhancements to proven education tools. A panel of more than 30 educators chose the winners. 

Look for details in the December Awards issue of Tech & Learning magazine.

Five more enhanced Gizmos

Enhanced curriculum materials (Student Exploration, Key, Teacher Guide, Vocabulary Sheet) have been added to another five Gizmos as a part of our ongoing project. Check them out!

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