Professional Learning Specialist (ELA) - Central Suffolk County, Long Island, NY (Literacy)

Location: Hybrid role with required onsite district work in the Long Island area; candidates must live within 30 miles of the posting location. Heavy travel is required when schools are in session, with travel of up to 80% nationally and throughout the designated territory.

Salary: $60,750–$99,750 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops education technology and learning programs, including i-Ready, serving K–8 students and supporting educators, schools, and districts.

What you will do

• Deliver targeted professional learning to teachers, instructional coaches, school leaders, and district leaders on literacy programs, effective implementation, and evidence-based instruction.
• Provide job-embedded and classroom support, including lesson planning, pacing support, collaborative planning, coaching, and identifying implementation strengths and growth areas.
• Support district-wide adoptions and implementations of hirify.global literacy solutions, including digital assessment and instruction, core literacy, and supplemental resources.
• Use assessment data, student needs, and instructional practices to help educators make informed decisions that accelerate literacy development.
• Partner with school and district leaders to identify instructional priorities, implementation goals, and professional learning needs, and develop annual professional learning plans.
• Manage, monitor, and evaluate implementation effectiveness while collaborating with Sales, Partner Success, educators, and education leaders.

Requirements

• Master’s degree and 3+ years of experience teaching Literacy or English Language Arts, coaching literacy or ELA teachers, serving in a literacy leadership role, and/or providing literacy-focused professional development.
• Strong knowledge of effective K–8 literacy instruction, including evidence-based practices in reading, writing, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and foundational skills.
• Knowledge of the Science of Reading and evidence-based foundational literacy practices, including phonological awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Experience using assessment data to identify student needs, plan instruction, and support data-informed instructional decisions.
• Fluency with digital instructional and assessment tools and comfort discussing and applying data with educators and leaders.
• Understanding of adult learning principles and the ability to design and facilitate professional learning for individual educators, small teams, and school- or district-wide groups.
• Ability to provide classroom and job-embedded coaching, support effective implementation, and maintain alignment with implementation goals and instructional best practices.
• Strong communication, facilitation, relationship-building, adaptability, and project-management skills.
• Strong working knowledge of the New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards for Grades K–8 and current literacy priorities.
• Willingness to travel throughout the designated territory and nationally, including overnight travel and company meetings; a valid driver’s license is required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and diverse student populations.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on equitable classrooms, literacy instruction, and lasting impact on student learning.
• Collaboration in a supportive professional community grounded in feedback, shared learning, best practices, and collective problem-solving.
• Company-provided professional learning, educational conferences, and ongoing team development opportunities.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, employer-contributed 401(k), and a company cell phone.
• Employees may retain travel points from work-related flights and hotels; mileage reimbursement may be available for applicable travel.