Professional Learning Specialist Jobs
Professional learning specialist jobs are open across K-12 education, higher education, corporate learning and development, and nonprofit sectors, from entry-level instructional coach roles to senior curriculum designer and director of professional development positions, with specializations in adult learning, instructional design, and coaching. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Professional Learning (PL) Specialist (Part-Time)
What We Seek
Our Professional Learning team is looking for highly motivated current or former teachers, instructional coaches or leaders to join our team in a part-time capacity to help support professional learning initiatives.
As the PL Specialist you will facilitate professional learning for K-12 educators utilizing Carnegie Learning resources on an as-needed basis. A Carnegie 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 works collaboratively with many of our teams, including the internal Professional Learning Team, Regional Directors of Professional Learning, Managers of School Partnerships, and Implementation Managers 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 and is recruiting throughout the calendar year; applicants will be contacted when the customer demand arises.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FACILITATION
Deliver engaging professional learning workshops; including, but not limited to, initial implementation workshops, virtual workshops, and state/regional/national conference presentations.
Deliver intentional job-embedded professional learning; including, but not limited to, formal coaching cycles, demonstration lesson cycles, co-teaching, lesson planning, PLC facilitation, etc.
Design and deliver custom professional learning workshops according to the needs of individual PL partners as demand dictates.
CONTENT SUPPORT
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
OTHER FUN WORK
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 Your Day-to-Day Might Look Like
Key Work Area
% of Time
#1 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FACILITATION
80%
#2 CONTENT SUPPORT
15%
#3 OTHER
5%
NOTE: This job requires travel when supporting Professional Learning Opportunities onsite. 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
3+ years teaching experience in relevant field
Currently residing within one of these states within the territory: Connecticut, Washington DC, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia
Previous knowledge of Carnegie Learning resources is preferred
Flexible schedule and availability during the summer and/or school year
Experience mentoring, coaching, or managing teachers and/or delivering professional learning (preferred)
Understanding of school and district infrastructure including technology environments and management
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment maintaining positive attitude in stressful situations
Solution-minded and detail-oriented; always looking for ways to improve efficiency, communication and the customer experience
Ability to follow through on assigned tasks and projects with minimal supervision
Excellent 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. This is a key part of our commitment to helping teachers spark student curiosity. As a Carnegie Learning team member, you’ll work alongside a team of passionate individuals dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of students and educators.
What We Provide
- Holistic Wellbeing
- An inclusive range of Health Insurance options
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance at no cost to you
-
Fostering Joy
- Flexible work arrangements with our Work From Anywhere Policy
- Your Time, Your Way - paid time off that you can use as you see fit to recharge and nurture your personal life
-
Empowering Parenthood
- Paid Parental Leave
- Reduced working hours on full pay for soon-to-be and new parents
- Free access to CL products for employees and their children
-
A Place for Connection
- Quarterly Wellness Incentives
- Monthly employee activities + recognition program
- Employee Allyship Groups (EAGs)
What We Believe
We celebrate the unique attributes, characteristics, and perspectives that define each person's individuality. This fusion of perspectives enriches our collective knowledge, fosters innovation, and empowers us all. Together, we can collectively and more effectively address issues that face our business and industry. If our commitment to building an inclusive workplace resonates with you, we invite you to join our mission and welcome you to apply with us. Carnegie Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Professional Learning (PL) Specialist (Part-Time)
What We Seek
Our Professional Learning team is looking for highly motivated current or former teachers, instructional coaches or leaders to join our team in a part-time capacity to help support professional learning initiatives.
As the PL Specialist you will facilitate professional learning for K-12 educators utilizing Carnegie Learning resources on an as-needed basis. A Carnegie 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 works collaboratively with many of our teams, including the internal Professional Learning Team, Regional Directors of Professional Learning, Managers of School Partnerships, and Implementation Managers 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 and is recruiting throughout the calendar year; applicants will be contacted when the customer demand arises.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FACILITATION
Deliver engaging professional learning workshops; including, but not limited to, initial implementation workshops, virtual workshops, and state/regional/national conference presentations.
Deliver intentional job-embedded professional learning; including, but not limited to, formal coaching cycles, demonstration lesson cycles, co-teaching, lesson planning, PLC facilitation, etc.
Design and deliver custom professional learning workshops according to the needs of individual PL partners as demand dictates.
CONTENT SUPPORT
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
OTHER FUN WORK
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 Your Day-to-Day Might Look Like
Key Work Area
% of Time
#1 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FACILITATION
80%
#2 CONTENT SUPPORT
15%
#3 OTHER
5%
NOTE: This job requires travel when supporting Professional Learning Opportunities onsite. 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
3+ years teaching experience in relevant field
Currently residing within one of these states within the territory: Connecticut, Washington DC, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia
Previous knowledge of Carnegie Learning resources is preferred
Flexible schedule and availability during the summer and/or school year
Experience mentoring, coaching, or managing teachers and/or delivering professional learning (preferred)
Understanding of school and district infrastructure including technology environments and management
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment maintaining positive attitude in stressful situations
Solution-minded and detail-oriented; always looking for ways to improve efficiency, communication and the customer experience
Ability to follow through on assigned tasks and projects with minimal supervision
Excellent 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. This is a key part of our commitment to helping teachers spark student curiosity. As a Carnegie Learning team member, you’ll work alongside a team of passionate individuals dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of students and educators.
What We Provide
- Holistic Wellbeing
- An inclusive range of Health Insurance options
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance at no cost to you
-
Fostering Joy
- Flexible work arrangements with our Work From Anywhere Policy
- Your Time, Your Way - paid time off that you can use as you see fit to recharge and nurture your personal life
-
Empowering Parenthood
- Paid Parental Leave
- Reduced working hours on full pay for soon-to-be and new parents
- Free access to CL products for employees and their children
-
A Place for Connection
- Quarterly Wellness Incentives
- Monthly employee activities + recognition program
- Employee Allyship Groups (EAGs)
What We Believe
We celebrate the unique attributes, characteristics, and perspectives that define each person's individuality. This fusion of perspectives enriches our collective knowledge, fosters innovation, and empowers us all. Together, we can collectively and more effectively address issues that face our business and industry. If our commitment to building an inclusive workplace resonates with you, we invite you to join our mission and welcome you to apply with us. Carnegie Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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Who's Hiring
- AlphaBEST Education12
- Curriculum Associates9
- IXL Learning6
- Carnegie Learning3
- New Visions for Public Schools3
Top Industries Hiring
- Education
- Technology & Software
- Agriculture & Farming
- Non-Profit & Social Services
- Healthcare & Medical Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in professional learning specialist jobs.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in education, instructional design, or a related field
- Three or more years of classroom teaching or direct instructional coaching experience
- Demonstrated expertise in adult learning theory and evidence-based instructional frameworks
- Experience designing and facilitating professional development workshops, PLCs, or coaching cycles
- Proficiency with learning management systems and virtual facilitation platforms
- Strong data analysis skills to assess program effectiveness and inform instructional decisions
Tips for Your Professional Learning Specialist Job Search
Tailor your resume to learning frameworks
Hiring managers screen for fluency with adult learning theory, instructional design models like ADDIE or Understanding by Design, and data-driven coaching cycles. Name the specific frameworks you've implemented and the measurable outcomes they produced, not just the titles of programs you delivered.
Quantify facilitation reach and impact
Vague claims about 'supporting teacher growth' won't move your resume forward. Replace them with concrete outputs: number of educators coached, cycle lengths, proficiency shifts on rubrics, or student outcome data tied to your work. Reviewers in this field know what real coaching evidence looks like.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists professional learning specialist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Read job postings for theory signals
Postings that mention 'coaching cycles,' 'PLCs,' 'job-embedded learning,' or 'instructional rounds' signal a district or organization with a defined professional learning model. Prioritize these over generic 'trainer' postings, and mirror that language precisely in your cover letter to show alignment.
Prepare a portfolio of facilitation artifacts
Many hiring panels ask for work samples before the interview stage. Assemble a short portfolio with a workshop agenda, a coaching observation tool, and one example of participant feedback or follow-up data. Keep it to three artifacts so reviewers can actually read it.
Turn the demo lesson into a coaching conversation
Demo lessons or mock facilitation rounds are common in final-round interviews. Most candidates over-prepare the content and under-prepare the debrief. Practice narrating your design decisions out loud and asking reflective questions of your 'participants,' because that is what the panel is actually evaluating.
Professional Learning Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most professional learning specialists?
The companies hiring the most professional learning specialists right now include AlphaBEST Education, Curriculum Associates, and IXL Learning, with the largest share of openings in New York, Texas, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. School districts, charter management organizations, and corporate learning and development departments consistently account for the largest volume of postings.
How many professional learning specialist jobs are remote?
About 59% of professional learning specialist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how much professional development has moved to virtual delivery since the expansion of online learning. Roles focused on curriculum design, e-learning content development, and corporate L&D tend to be the most remote-friendly, while positions centered on in-classroom instructional coaching are typically on-site.
How do you become a professional learning specialist?
Start with classroom teaching experience, since most employers require direct instructional background before moving into a coaching or specialist role. Build expertise in a specific instructional framework such as Understanding by Design or a structured literacy model. Pursue a master's degree in curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, or instructional design to strengthen your candidacy for district-level or corporate roles. Document your impact with coaching data and participant outcomes before applying.
Can you get hired as a professional learning specialist with little experience?
Entry points exist, but they almost always require prior teaching or training experience rather than substituting for it. Roles at education technology companies, nonprofit professional development organizations, and corporate learning departments sometimes hire candidates with fewer years if they bring strong facilitation skills, a relevant master's degree, or a portfolio showing curriculum design work. Framing your classroom experience as adult learning facilitation and leading professional development sessions in your current role can close the gap quickly.
What does the professional learning specialist interview process look like?
Most hiring processes include an initial screening call, a structured panel interview with curriculum or instructional leadership staff, and a performance task such as a mock workshop facilitation, a coaching debrief simulation, or a written curriculum design exercise. Panels typically probe your knowledge of adult learning theory, how you use data to adjust coaching, and your approach to working with resistant or disengaged educators. Final rounds at district employers often include a cabinet-level or superintendent interview.
Where can I find and apply to professional learning specialist jobs?
You can find and apply to professional learning specialist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings for roles that match your experience level, subject area, or sector, and apply directly to each position that fits. There's no need to go anywhere else to complete your application.
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