Thank you for your interest in becoming an AVID Staff Developer for the year 2025. Please use this application to provide information about your knowledge, skills, and experience as it relates to the role of Staff Developer. After initial review, those who meet the qualifications outlined in this description will receive information regarding the next steps, through MyAVID.
WHAT IS AVID?
We’re a nationally recognized nonprofit that partners with 8,000 schools across the country to shift to a more equitable, student-centered approach, closing the opportunity gap so that ALL students are prepared for college, career, and life. And the results? Well, they speak for themselves.
AVID provides 2.5 million students annually with the tools they need to think critically, collaborate, and set high expectations to confidently conquer the challenges that await them. We accomplish this work by training over 85,000 educators every year through in-person and virtual professional learning opportunities.
WHAT IS THE JOB?
The AVID Staff Developer facilitates effective face-to-face and virtual professional learning to adult learners using the AVID Professional Learning Practices (APLP). In this role, you will be asked to complete planning and preparation before each assigned AVID training, as well as validate different training approaches, create positive rapport, and be open to giving and receiving feedback during the actual training. Staff Developers serve as the lifeblood of AVID professional learning experiences, and we pride ourselves on having engaged and passionate educators serve in these vital roles.
What we are looking for in an AVID Staff Developer:
- Engaged educators that will serve as passionate ambassadors of the AVID mission
- A commitment to deepen knowledge around the AVID College and Career Readiness Framework and AVID Professional Learning Practices
- Evidence of past success in facilitating professional learning for adult learners
- A strong base of digital skills, including the effective use and management of digital learning tools and a learning management system (LMS)
- For virtual trainings, effectively utilizes and manages a videoconferencing platform to enhance the learning experience
WHAT DO YOU BRING?
Required
- Must have experience attending Summer Institute / Path to Schoolwide / AVID DigitalXP / AVID Ignite / AVID ElevateXP
- Must have AVID Practitioner experience: experience implementing AVID in a classroom, school or district
- Willingness to travel, as assigned, and work evenings and weekends
Preferred
- Currently serving as an AVID Practitioner or recent experience serving as an AVID Practitioner.
SALARY RANGE: $40 - $60 per hour, DOE + Travel Stipend + Quarterly Tech Stipend
Physical Demands:
In performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to:
- Stand frequently and for extended periods of time
- Constantly operate a computer and other technology
- Frequently communicate and exchange accurate information
- Traverse distances frequently
- Move about the worksite environment
- Occasionally move objects up to 30 pounds
- Detect and discern objects near and far
- Typical hotel and venue conditions; moderate to high noise
- Typical travel conditions
- Demanding timelines
- Subject to frequent interruptions and extensive contact with others