Professional Development & Training Specialist - Australia (Contractor)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

Seesaw is seeking an exceptional educator to join our Professional Learning team. This customer-facing role will focus on delivering impactful Seesaw product training and professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators. You will be the Seesaw expert, facilitating interactive sessions both virtually and occasionally onsite.

About Us

Trusted and loved by 25 million educators, students, and families worldwide, Seesaw is the only primary learning experience company, offering a platform to deliver a suite of award-winning tools, resources, and supplemental content for teachers to deliver joyful, inclusive instruction. Through interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features, Seesaw keeps teachers, administrators, and families in the learning loop by providing continuous visibility into the student's learning experience to support and celebrate success.

Our Mission: Seesaw’s mission is to create an experience where students are inspired to be their best. We all deeply value education and come to work knowing that what we do today enables future generations. Seesawers take pride in knowing that our work makes the learning experience better and more accessible to all.

Your Team

This role is part of the Professional Learning team. You will be the Seesaw expert supporting teachers and administrators with using Seesaw. You will lead Professional Development sessions for groups of teachers (and occasionally administrators) of varying sizes in a virtual or onsite setting to drive success with Seesaw.

Your Role

Seesaw is looking for an exceptional educator who is ready to use their experience, knowledge and skills to facilitate interactive, impactful Seesaw product training and professional development opportunities for our customers. You will be called upon to deliver training virtually or occasionally onsite as needed.

Responsibilities

• Deliver virtual or onsite professional development and training to support the effective use of Seesaw.
• Check your calendar, slack, and email daily for updates from the team and/or sessions booked.
• Maintain pre and post session documentation and notes in designated systems, including sending follow up resources to customers via email.
• Maintain a strong knowledge of the latest features in Seesaw as well as support resources that may need to be provided to customers.
• Raise any customer issues that arise with speed and urgency, helping to resolve and communicate back to the customer, as needed.

Requirements

• 3+ years of primary teaching experience
• Prior experience with educator coaching and/or delivering professional development a plus
• Knowledge of Seesaw and/or use of Seesaw in the classroom strongly preferred
• Exceptional presentation skills
• Highly organized, flexible, able to think critically, and a quick learner
• Positive, upbeat, proactive, and professional attitude. Collaborative teammate who is values-driven and supportive
• Tech-savvy and comfortable using technology to present and demonstrate
• Ability to travel if needed, especially in peak season
• Willing to work flexible schedule when customer demands require it (evening, early morning, as needed)
• Comfortable with Google Suite (Docs, Sheets)