Bilingual Professional Development Trainer (Portland)

Are you a passionate educator well-versed in literacy solutions looking for a new challenge?

American Reading Company (ARC) - a mission-driven company that provides K-12 English & Spanish language arts solutions - seeks a bilingual Professional Development Trainer, K-12 to join their team of transformative literacy trainers.

You'll effectively lead implementations by apprenticing teachers and leaders to support high-quality literacy instruction in classrooms to achieve results. This is a remote position that requires extensive travel throughout the Northwest (OR / WA) and California. American Reading Company offers very generous benefits, including extensive PTO!

Major Responsibilities

• Serve as a professional learning coach for district and school-level stakeholders using ARC solutions (e.g., ARC Core, 100 Book Challenge, and / or the IRLA / ENIL) to meet implementation goals and priorities
• Apprentice educators and leaders to develop conscious competence in powerful literacy instruction and the use of data to inform decisions that result in improved student outcomes
• Motivate adult learners by facilitating professional development (in person and remotely) that is relevant, urgent, experiential, and problem-centered, including workshops, demonstration lessons, lesson study cycles, feedback rounds, and one-to-one coaching support
• Collaborate with educators and leaders to solve specific classroom, school, and / or district challenges through research, testing innovations, change measurement, and the scaling of improvement to close gaps
• Identify and confront institutional practices that work against closing opportunity gaps and act with cultural competence and responsiveness in interactions and decision making
• Cultivate relationships with colleagues in service of achieving ARC's mission-ensuring every student is reading and writing on or above grade level

Preferred Qualifications

Based in Blue Bell, PA, American Reading Company (ARC) is an educational services company serving over a quarter million students in 50 states, partnering with districts across the country since 1998 to foster independent reading and implementation of a high-quality ELA curriculum that drives towards results. ARC is a mission-driven company, providing language arts solutions in both English and Spanish K-12. They are a high-growth, triple bottom line (People, Planet, Profit), and a 100% solar-powered organization. They are an equal opportunity employer who greatly values their strength through diversity.

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