Instructional Design & Training Specialist

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Instructional Design and Training Specialist developing Spanish literacy programs at Benchmark Education Company. Collaborating with authors and content experts to ensure best practices in teaching materials.

Responsibilities:

  • Guide the instructional design of new Spanish and dual products, providing a professional developer/practitioner perspective on content to help ensure best practices
  • Collaborate with content developers, authors, and consultants to conceptualize new products and develop program matrices and scope and sequences based on ELA, ELD and content standards
  • Attend Content Development working meetings to support the conceptualization and prototyping of all new components
  • Develop scope and sequences, working with content developers and outside consultants as needed
  • Create new product prototypes and provide feedback on prototypes developed by others
  • Participate in district and state submissions by writing and/or reviewing RFP responses to ensure accuracy and comprehensiveness of responses
  • Participate in product launch meetings, scrums, and RFP weekly meetings
  • Work with the Director, Instructional Design and Training, to create product training scripts for Spanish core and supplemental products

Requirements:

  • 4+ years of experience developing literacy materials for an educational publisher
  • B.A. in English, education, or a related field (M.A. a plus)
  • Superior Spanish writing & editing skills
  • Strong project management skills
  • Current knowledge of language, literacy and content issues, research and standards
  • Intermediate proficiency, MS Office
  • Basic proficiency, Adobe Creative Suite is preferred
  • Comfortable juggling a number of projects concurrently
  • Able to work collaboratively with other departments (e.g., design and marketing)

Benefits:

  • exceptional professional development to educators
  • high-quality resources focused on language development and comprehension