Advanced Specialist, Faculty Advisor - Career and College Readiness

Pearson

1d • $68,000 - $70,000

About The Position

The Faculty Advisor for Career and College Readiness is a key member of the Faculty Advisory Team within the Pearson North America Higher Education Customer Success Organization. They will strategically identify and partner with key course-level administrators, acting as a subject-matter expert to advise on the implementation of the Pearson digital product and to consult on the redesign of courses and/or curriculum. They will share their expertise in how to best align Pearson digital products to support the customer’s initiatives.
The Faculty Advisor will have expert-level knowledge of Pearson digital implementation models in Mastering, MyLab, Revel, and eText within courses related to their own teaching/research field and be able to extrapolate those skills into the rest of the Career and College Readiness curriculums and tools. They will develop and utilize a set of milestones to effectively track growth and success, using an established rubric and reporting template to facilitate these internal and external discussions.
The Faculty Advisor should have expert knowledge of and experience in K-12 education and college readiness. Additional knowledge of and experience in vocational and professional studies is highly desirable. Understanding of state and local standards for K-12 education is integral to success in this role. The Faculty Advisor must be able to design courses to align with standards, as well as learning outcomes.
The Faculty Advisor will also be responsible for equipping faculty at pre-identified accounts with the necessary skills and information they will need to maximize the impact of the Pearson digital product in their course each term, which includes facilitating face-to-face and virtual trainings or workshops and/or creating implementation-specific product tutorials or videos to support proper rollout and usage.
At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.

Requirements

• Master's degree in assigned discipline area is required
• At least 5 years of full-time K-12 teaching experience required
• Experience teaching with Pearson MyLab
• Experience teaching with Pearson eTexts

Nice To Haves

• Experience in 9-12 education, AP, dual-enrollment, and/or collegiate-level teaching a plus
• Online teaching experience a plus
• LMS experience a plus
• Experience presenting at conferences, department meetings, and events
• High Achievement: Teaching Award(s)

Responsibilities

• Partner with course-level administrators, providing discipline experience and digital product knowledge, to advise on the right integration of Pearson digital products and implementation that will best support teaching and learning goals.
• Consult on digital assessment, grading, and reporting strategies; Provide deep understanding and best practices knowledge for instructing with Career and College Readiness curriclum.
• Consult with customers who need assistance with curriculum mapping and modifying or creating their courses based on state and local standards and learning outcomes.
• Create department-specific training resources such as videos, guides, and live as well as recorded webinars as needed.
• Consult with product team to advise on products under development.
• Partner with Sales in campaigns, calls and meetings, demonstrations, and other sales enablement initiatives.
• Use a set of success metrics and reporting structure to provide customers as well as internal stakeholders written documentation of the recommendations and evolution of the course design and implementation.
• Requires some travel to conduct face-to-face training and implementation workshops as well as attend relevant conferences and internal meetings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees