Training Specialist, Teacher Residency Program

Chicago Public Schools•Chicago, IL

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The CPS Teacher Residency Program is an accelerated two-year program, in partnership with multiple universities that train new teachers in high needs content areas while allowing them to work toward a Bachelors or Masters degree. With partners across the city, the CPS Talent Office has launched Teach Chicago 2025, an initiative that includes Teacher Residency Programs as a key lever to support schools in the district to accomplish the following goals: Expand new teacher pipelines into CPS classrooms, Improve Day One Readiness of new teachers, Ensure equity in students’ access to high-quality teachers, Support teacher recognition, leadership and retention, Build diversity now for long-term change. Reporting to the Training Manager, the Training Specialist supports the Teacher Residency Program in creating and delivering robust professional development and learning experiences that help to develop knowledge and theory in educational equity and best practices in the field and standards of professionalism for pre-service teachers. This is a full-time, exempt position that will be paid for time worked on a salary basis.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
Minimum of three (3) years relevant work experience, including experience as a classroom teacher
Must be able to travel to various locations around the city and work flexible hours, including evening hours and occasional weekends
Substantial experience in urban education environments with a proven track record of student achievement
Experience designing and/or leading professional development for teachers
Experience coaching, observing and/or providing formal feedback to teachers, including peers
Strong service and support orientation towards schools and school communities
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Strong interpersonal skills with a positive demeanor, growth mindset and collaborative orientation
Excellent coordination and time management skills
Demonstrated success working in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
Ability to transform educational research into deliverable content and support and practice tools
A high degree of cultural competence and experience in cross-cultural communication
Proficiency with Microsoft Office/Google Suite, specifically Excel/Sheets, PowerPoint, Word/Docs.

Responsibilities

Curate and coordinate existing professional development content in partnership with subject matter experts internally and externally, as well as facilitating quarterly resident checkpoints
Support Residents facing programmatic challenges by meeting 1:1 and developing and implementing support and improvement plans
Partner with training sites to ensure positive and supportive learning experiences for Resident Teachers, including visiting schools to resolve on-site problems or concerns
Contribute to the design of a professional development scope and sequence for pre-service teachers and paraprofessionals
Provide support to the Training Manager throughout the training site selection process, including conducting interviews with prospective Mentor teachers
Build strong relationships with residency candidates, training sites, university partners, internal CPS departments as well as other professional learning organizations
Deploy a wide variety of training methods to support diverse learning and processing styles
Other duties as assigned