
Education • Non-profit • Professional Learning
Cognia is a forward-thinking nonprofit organization dedicated to improving education for all learners. As a global leader in educational improvement, Cognia provides a holistic approach encompassing accreditation, certification, assessment, and professional learning services tailored for various educational institutions including public and private schools, charter schools, and state education agencies. With a commitment to advancing learning, Cognia leverages its extensive network of educators to implement strategies and insights that promote continuous improvement and academic excellence in schools worldwide.
September 30

Education • Non-profit • Professional Learning
Cognia is a forward-thinking nonprofit organization dedicated to improving education for all learners. As a global leader in educational improvement, Cognia provides a holistic approach encompassing accreditation, certification, assessment, and professional learning services tailored for various educational institutions including public and private schools, charter schools, and state education agencies. With a commitment to advancing learning, Cognia leverages its extensive network of educators to implement strategies and insights that promote continuous improvement and academic excellence in schools worldwide.
• Develop and maintain meaningful local working relationships with education agency representatives, partner organizations, schools, and districts • Serve as the key contact for all Cognia services for education agencies, partner organizations, schools, and districts • Retain, engage, and grow membership and continuous improvement services • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop proposals for services • Manage current and future Cognia activities with all clients and provide contract supervision and oversight • Utilize expertise in Cognia’s Continuous Improvement System to provide guidance and solution recommendations • Craft and drive implementation plans aligned to organizational strategic priorities to meet benchmarks • Maintain and grow knowledge of state and federal program regulations, funding, best practices, and trends • Provide advocacy for continuous improvement and lead Advisory Committees to cultivate thought leadership • Provide progress reports to Senior Director, Regional Vice President, or Cognia leadership • Generate an annual state budget for travel and operation of state office • Participate in continued personal and professional growth and perform other services as assigned
• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Education Policy or related field required • Master’s Degree preferred • Three (3) to Five (5) years of related experience preferred (≈36 months) • Proven track record of success as a leader and/or partner providing continuous improvement facilitation and support in an education-related organization • Proven track record of successfully assessing institutions’ needs to improve learning and organizational effectiveness • Demonstrated experience in building relationships and/or strategic partnerships • Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of education, quality learning environments, curriculum and effective instruction, program development and evaluation, learning assessment and diagnosis, and/or research related to teaching and learning • Extensive knowledge base of current issues in education, especially continuous improvement • Strong oral and written communication skills • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment • Ability to attain extensive knowledge of all products, services and solutions offered by Cognia • Ability to deliver high quality oral and written presentations • Ability to build and maintain connections and relationships with leaders of educational organizations and agencies within the territory • Ability to work with minimal supervision and assume personal initiative • Proficiency with Microsoft Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint), Google Suite, Dropbox and other web-based applications • Ability to train, guide, and contribute to the oversight and evaluation of others • Willingness to travel significantly (20-40%)
• generous paid time off and holiday breaks • comprehensive insurance plans • 12.5% retirement savings contribution immediately vested • professional development opportunities (educational opportunities, professional associations, networking)
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