Curriculum Resource Consultant

Savvas Learning Company is a global education company that produces award-winning learning solutions that empower educators and engage students with the highest quality content.

Recognized as an industry leader, we serve millions of K-12 learners with innovative, student-centered educational programs that turn today’s classrooms into active learning environments. By embracing technology, personalized learning, and immersive experiences delivered across multiple platforms, we design our learning solutions to be more accessible and relevant to each student.

Our comprehensive solutions for core curriculum, and supplemental and intervention programs - supported by an array of professional development services - allow teachers to use data to inform classroom practices and tailor instructions to an individual’s abilities and learning styles.

The Curriculum Resource Consultant will work in partnership with the Canadian sales director, sales representatives, and content-area managers throughout Canada as a content specialist supporting the sales process from prospecting to product activation for Rubicon, a Savvas Company, products, services, and solutions. They will share expertise in Rubicon’s offerings, pedagogy, and the competitive environment. They will partner directly with the sales teams, product marketing and management teams to advance Rubicon’s products, services, and solutions in Canada.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Drive sales and regional goals by presenting and supporting all types of pre-sale events including pilots, sales presentations/caravans/campaigns, along with high priority activations in key accounts.
- Represent Rubicon, a Savvas Company, as a thought leader in K-12 education, stay current on national and provincial initiatives, and develop relationships with thought leaders.
- Present at local, provincial, regional and national conferences, as appropriate. Work with the sales director and sales representatives to determine need and schedule.
- Work with sales director, sales representatives, and content-area managers to help carry out identified training needs (i.e.) mentoring, coaching, sales presentations, pilots, and activation delivery. Can serve as program specific information liaison to and from the field to these same leaders.
- Work with sales director, sales representatives, and content-area managers on training opportunities for the field. Expert “go to” person to help answer questions from the field and provide customer feedback.
- Will serve to communicate to and from the field:

- Product needs and development — feedback from field
- Sales presentations — what works, tweaks, etc.
- Activation workshop materials/agendas — feedback from CS/customers
- Competitive information
- Content area issues and trends
- Collaborate on sales presentation messaging and training, in coordination with the Canadian sales director, sales representatives, and content-area managers.
- May attend product specific meetings such as product management, marketing, training and development to represent sales, activation, CS field, and virtual needs.
- Collaborate on activation materials development and training as directed. Works with development at the start of the project, advises on interim strategies for the field, helps to organize field implementation specific to province.
- Collaborate with sales director, sales representatives, and content-area managers in other areas concerning issues, trends, and solutions regarding sales, activation delivery, upselling strategies, competition, etc. Has knowledge of these areas to lead the rest of the field team and support their needs.
- Collaborate with all leadership teams (Sales and Product) to help create pilot strategy and ongoing pilot calendar and training plans.
- Model coaching conversations to provide effective teacher feedback.
- Differentiate instruction based on teacher/student need.
- Coach and model the instructional features of the resources.
- Observe classroom practices following the professional learning to identify implementation progress of the key instructional features of the resources.
- Provide teachers with critical feedback to guide implementation progress of the key instructional features of the resources.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Education
- B.A. degree required.
- Master’s degree in content area preferred.

Skills/knowledge/abilities
- Must possess a deep understanding of content area(s) and trends in Canadian education market
- Academic experience and or training in K-12 education with proven expertise in specific content areas.
- Experience in networking with high-level district administrators and decision-makers.
- Previous experience in selling and servicing in the education market is desirable.
- Ability to have pointed conversations with school district experts in the specified content area.
- Strong presentation and communication skills - verbal and written.
- Demonstrate the ability to deliv