The Micro-Credentialing Learning Coordinator will guide the Micro-Credentialing Learning team in planning, organizing, communicating, and monitoring evidence-based services with school partners to ensure that they are aligned with specified project outcomes. The incumbent will oversee project management, participant management, and development of high-quality resources in support of educator, family, and student engagement in College and Career Readiness activities and services. This professional will facilitate the ongoing development of each member of this team to help team members realize their full professional potential. This incumbent’s job tasks will include:

Communications

• Serving as a liaison between the GEAR UP for LIFE Project Director, project staff, school stakeholders, and community partners,
• Resolving project-based conflict and taking corrective action as needed,
• Acting as an ambassador for the K20 Center and the sponsored project,
• Participating in meetings and committees representing the project in K20 Center and sponsored research outreach efforts,
• Gathering staff feedback, recommendations, and insights to inform and improve project services,
• Disseminating K20 Center and project information to project staff members,
• Coordinating with the Interactive Learning and Learning Support Teams to generate asynchronous learning activities and micro-credentialing supports within the eKadence learning management system,
• Supporting the publication of easy-to-use implementation resources of core project services to the K20 LEARN repository.
• Overseeing the development and implementation of communication plans that support partners,
• Engaging in GEAR UP services including schools' site-based action plans and resulting professional learning and services, student exploration of college and university campuses, student engagement with professionals and their careers, parent/family understanding of postsecondary opportunities and processes, and teachers’ professional growth in evidence-based practices to better prepare students for postsecondary education opportunities.

Evidence-Based Design

The incumbent will support the K20 GEAR UP for LIFE team's understanding of trends and developments in educational literature by:

• Determining the nature and extent of the information needed, selecting sources, and critically evaluating information and its sources,
• Preparing annotated bibliographies of selected sources that summarize the central theme and scope of the peer-reviewed articles reviewed,
• Producing summaries and explanations of the complete and current state of knowledge on selected topics (e.g. validated instruments for cognitive engagement) as found in academic books and journal articles,
• Using a collaborative instructional design approach with stakeholders, adapt the evidence-based strategies into micro-credentialed learning experiences for students, families, and educators by designing learning solutions that reflect evidence-based [adult/student] learning theories to address the learner needs,
• Employing various learning methods and emerging technologies to reach learning outcomes, and
• Publishing high-quality resources to K20’s LEARN repository.

Talent Management

The incumbent will ensure the project has the staff infrastructure and resources required to implement the sponsored research goals effectively and efficiently by:

• Monitoring staffing requirements,
• Recruiting and hiring exceptional candidates,
• Focusing on staff engagement and retention,
• Developing and maintaining a high-performance culture,
• Providing consultative coaching and mentoring support to project staff through the performance improvement and development processes, including periodic formative (K20 Center) and summative (OU) evaluations.

Professional Learning Facilitation

The incumbent will facilitate professional learning experiences to ensure quality, service, and operational goals associated with selected standards are achieved by:

• Conducting/reviewing needs assessments to understand learner needs,
• Collaborating with instructional designers to define the operational goals/learning objectives of the selected learning criteria (based on established learning standards),
• Utilizing best practices in learner-centered instructional methods and alternatives to lectures that accommodate the different learning styles of students and adults,
• Providing support to schools' improvement efforts through micro-credentialed learning, and
• Ensuring the GEAR UP schools' professional learning infrastructures and resources are in place to support job-embedded learning experiences, evidenced by the observable mastery of criteria, resulting in an awarded credential.

Evaluation and Reporting

The incumbent will utilize tracking tools and risk management data found in K20 Center’s grant management platforms (TREK, PLANS, and LEARN) to establish service goals, monitor, and report progress by:

• Communicating the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the project to stakeholders,
• Gathering and communicating information to help make data-informed planning decisions about the project, and
• Reviewing and implementing evaluation criteria to evaluate progress toward project goals, objectives, and outcomes.

The incumbent will implement risk management practices using K20 Center’s grant management platforms (TREK, PLANS, and LEARN) and use K20's team services and deliverable tracking tool (POLARIS) to document their Key Performance Indicators to identify and mitigate risks and challenges to grant-defined outputs and outcomes by:

• Documenting, monitoring, and, when needed, refining evaluation procedures throughout the lifetime of the project,
• Monitoring and communicating the extent to which the project goals, objectives, and outcomes were met; and
• Developing criteria for program improvement.

Project Management

The incumbent will develop, implement, and refine performance improvement and project management methodologies by:

• Managing the day-to-day responsibilities of the micro-credentialing learning team,
• Developing long-range strategic planning to support site-based action plans and associated professional learning related to implementing each action plan, and
• Monitoring project milestones to ensure resources are available and applied appropriately to achieve desired performance goals in a timely manner.

Participation Management

• The incumbent will use active tracking tools, K20's research participant management system (TREK), and risk management practices to support communication with internal (project team members, research teams, etc.) as well as external stakeholders (project sponsors, etc).

As Needed

• The incumbent will perform various additional duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position.