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Publication or Company Scholastic
Job Title Educational Consultant
Industry Book Publishing, Internet/Online/New Media, Magazine Publishing, Teaching/Academia
Salary Competitive
Benefits
Job Duration Full Time
Job Location Virginia Beach, VA
Job Requirements Responsibilities: Scholastic Education is a division of Scholastic Inc., focused on creating materials, programs and services for the pre K through secondary education students and educators. Recently, owing to the importance of the READ 180 and reading intervention business, Scholastic is hiring personnel to support the division's overall goal of increasing student achievement by supporting educators with training, professional development, coaching, and data analytics services to support large urban districts. More information about our Read 180 program can be found here: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/read180/

Position Summary: The objective of the Educational Consultant is to provide premier customer planning, service, in-person support and coaching to teachers and administrators using Scholastic programs to maintain the customer base and grow existing sales of technology products and related services. As well as providing product training and professional development, the candidate will drive pro-active customer support approaches to ensure fidelity, success and to gather and report results. Full-time, part-time and temp positions available.

Qualifications: Experience required:

  • 4 year college degree, Masters Degree a plus
  • Teaching experience with READ 180
  • Excellent training, facilitating and presentation skills
  • Thorough knowledge of educational pedagogy, especially reading instruction
  • Understanding of current educational context and market (NCLB, funding, accountability, etc)
  • Upper elementary or secondary teaching background
  • Understanding and experience with issues around adolescent literacy and striving readers
  • Experience with training delivery and adult learners
  • Travel required

NOTE: Please include salary requirements in your cover letter.

Scholastic Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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