EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: Dec 27, 2024 - The Educational Specialist collaborates with instructors and program coordinators to explore and implement effective instructional strategies, emerging technologies, and educational tools to improve training courses. The role involves standardizing instructional materials, reviewing both internal and external courses, and ensuring alignment with NFPA standards, MA regulations, and other reference materials. Additionally, the specialist assists in the development of training content, explores various learning methods such as e-learning and mobile learning, and supports the expansion of course offerings to meet evolving educational needs.

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1. Educational Specialist, Bright Futures Academy, Boise, ID

Job Summary:

  • Support and monitor participant's engagement with remote learning activities as prescribed by the school. 
  • Helping students successfully navigate various remote learning platforms
  • Support student completion of homework and provide additional tutoring when needed to build proficiency in academic content areas with specific emphasis on mathematics and English language arts and literacy
  • Review and implement curricula and lesson plans identified by the Academic Programs Manager and content specialists. 
  • Implement supplemental tools that reinforce content retention and expose members to learning proficiency standards
  • Implement academic accountability systems that promote participant’s own personal educational responsibility
  • Participate in overall program planning activities for assigned cohort and Learning Lab site at-large
  • Work with Site Director and Site Supervisor to ensure proper record keeping and compliance with all reporting requirements for federal, state, and local governments and compliance with all reporting requirements for Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the NYC Department of Education
  • Support the routine evaluation of all Learning Lab activities on a continual basis and ensure that programs and activities respond to member needs
  • Work in partnership with all Learning Lab staff to ensure a collegial and productive work environment, maintain a clean and safe environment of assigned program area
  • Regularly conduct safety checks of assigned program area, accurately track and monitor the use of all equipment and supplies
  • Monitor and support participants through risk management, appropriately report concerns about issues of child safety regulations


Skills on Resume:

  • Remote Learning Platform Expertise (Hard Skills)
  • Tutoring (Soft Skills)
  • Curriculum Implementation (Hard Skills)
  • Content Reinforcement (Hard Skills)
  • Academic Accountability (Soft Skills)
  • Compliance and Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Program Evaluation (Hard Skills)
  • Safety and Risk Management (Hard Skills)

2. Educational Specialist, Harmony Learning Solutions, Salem, OR

Job Summary:

  • Conducting assessments to determine student reading levels
  • Creating reading plans to match student ability and learning styles
  • Guiding children through reading and writing activities to help them overcome obstacles to literacy
  • Consulting with parents and teachers to recommend at-home strategies to improve reading skills
  • Working with school librarians to include materials on literacy education
  • Coordinating school-wide reading intervention and literacy programs
  • Assist children as they log on to digital learning, and provide support throughout the day, answering questions and ensuring that children are only accessing appropriate web content.
  • Facilitate drop off and dismissal for children
  • Organize program supplies such as pens, pencils, markers, books, and paper.
  • Ensure all children are wearing masks and keeping six feet of distance between one another.
  • Facilitate brain breaks inside the classroom or outdoors.
  • Assist in cleaning and disinfecting classroom areas during the day or after the program.


Skills on Resume:

  • Reading Assessment and Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Individualized Education Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Instruction and Mentorship (Soft Skills)
  • Collaboration and Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Program Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Digital Learning Support (Hard Skills)
  • Classroom Management (Soft Skills)
  • Organizational and Maintenance Skills (Hard Skills)

3. Educational Specialist, Inspire Youth Development, Madison, WI

Job Summary:

  • Supports educational public events
  • Assists in maintaining database information that supports education projects at MSFC.
  • Supports Elementary and Secondary education projects by engaging learners, educators, and institutions to achieve established goals.
  • Identifies shortfalls and matches between MSFC research needs and the skills available in higher education institutions.
  • Operates MSFC’s Educator Resource Center (ERC). Represents MSFC to other government organizations, educational leaders, and local, state and national representatives.
  • Communicate with and support educators and informal learners about NASA’s education products and services.
  • Travels to various locations nationwide in support of MSFC education projects.
  • Prepares and delivers presentations using various technologies including PowerPoint, WebEx, and NASA’s Digital Learning Network. 
  • Plans MSFC tours for various educational groups.
  • Oversee daily schedule of digital learning, breaks, and meals/snacks which could vary depending on school bell schedules.


Skills on Resume:

  • Event Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Database Management (Hard Skills)
  • Engagement and Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Research Needs Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Resource Center Management (Hard Skills)
  • Public Relations (Soft Skills)
  • Educational Product Knowledge (Hard Skills)
  • Presentation and Technology Skills (Hard Skills) 

4. Educational Specialist, Growth Pathways, Fort Collins, CO

Job Summary:

  • Assist Department of Fire Services’ instructors in identifying, learning, and adopting effective instructional strategies and technological tools to enhance courses.
  • Work with instructors and program coordinators to experiment with emerging instructional design methodologies, education technologies, and teaching strategies, and conduct research on effective use of these technologies and strategies.
  • Recommend training development guidelines to create quality training deliverables which may include courses, assessments, quizzes, exercises, instructor guides and performance simulations.
  • Standardize instructional materials and evaluation items and ensure materials consistently meet editorial standards, program specifications and standards for quality, graphics, format and style.
  • Review internally and externally developed courses and provide recommendations for improvement.
  • Liaison with Subject Matter Experts to validate existing course content, evaluations, training environment and associated data
  • Lead training content review sessions with Subject Matter Experts and program coordinators and ensure cross-reference of instructional content with referenced NFPA standards, MA regulations and statutes, technical books, videos and other source materials.
  • Develop or assist in the development of training courses, training outlines, scenarios, simulations, job aids, evaluations, assessments and exercises.
  • Determine the best methods of online learning and blended learning, based upon audience, and collaborate with instructors to create appropriately modeled material.
  • Assist in expanding course offerings to incorporate social media, mobile learning, e-learning and identify associated performance support requirements.


Skills on Resume:

  • Instructional Strategy Development (Soft Skills)
  • Research on Emerging Technologies (Hard Skills)
  • Training Development Guidelines (Hard Skills)
  • Editorial Standards and Quality Control (Hard Skills)
  • Course Improvement Recommendations (Soft Skills)
  • Collaboration with Subject Matter Experts (Soft Skills)
  • Training Content Creation (Hard Skills)
  • E-learning and Blended Learning (Hard Skills) 

5. Educational Specialist, Sunrise Education Hub, Fayetteville, AR

Job Summary:

  • Work as LMS system administrator including controlling all functions of user accounts, access rights, and configuration center.
  • Collaborate with instructors, program coordinators, graphic artist, media specialist, and information technology office to design multimedia and interactive course components such as videos, podcast, webcasts, and interactive learning modules.
  • Liaison with the agency's LMS software developer to address updates or inconsistencies with the system, drives software enhancements, logs software bugs, service pack implementation as well as budgeting for upgrades.
  • Ensure the curriculum maintains compliance with all American Council on Education (ACE) and Continuing Education (CE) requirements and recommend additional educational standards to be adopted, such as Quality Matters standards.
  • Liaison with external accreditation staff to ensure certification program curriculum complies with third party accreditation requirements, such as the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualification System (ProBoard).
  • Oversee the MA Firefighting Academy accreditation and certification programs.
  • Support Train-the-Trainer and training deployment, including planning, preparing, assisting and teaching instructor development seminars.
  • Using advanced writing skills, proofread and edit own work and work of others to improve quality, readability, consistency, and effectiveness of course materials
  • Coordinate final review of assigned documentation.
  • Quickly and effectively edit training content to meet expected deadlines.
  • Stay current on industry trends, course delivery technology, curriculum development and instructional methods, including attending conferences and seminars
  • Conduct knowledge transfer for instructional design and development sustainability.


Skills on Resume:

  • LMS System Administration (Hard Skills)
  • Multimedia Course Design (Hard Skills)
  • Software Liaison (Hard Skills)
  • Compliance Management (Hard Skills)
  • Accreditation Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Instructor Development (Soft Skills)
  • Proofreading and Editing (Hard Skills)
  • Industry Trend Awareness (Soft Skills) 

6. Educational Specialist, Creative Learning Strategies, Rochester, MN

Job Summary:

  • Provide training to physicians and staff for all Allscripts/Misys applications and other network applications.
  • Respond to requests for assistance from staff experiencing problems with EMR software issues via TrackIt.
  • Choose help desk tickets by using the pre-determined priority order to assure that the most urgent calls are responded to first.
  • Provide Training for new hire orientation and EMR
  • Create documentation for training purposes. 
  • Update and maintain training materials as appropriate. 
  • Evaluate new delivery methods for training.
  • Provide implementation and training on new modules and upgrades in EMR using webinar and phone training.
  • Research and evaluate distributed documentation regarding software and hardware changes and enhancements in order to be able to provide current information to staff.
  • Conduct integral testing of any new software applications or any changes/upgrades being implemented. 


Skills on Resume:

  • EMR Software Training (Hard Skills)
  • Help Desk Support (Soft Skills)
  • Ticket Prioritization (Soft Skills)
  • Documentation Creation (Hard Skills)
  • Training Material Maintenance (Hard Skills)
  • Training Method Evaluation (Soft Skills)
  • Module Implementation Training (Hard Skills)
  • Software Testing (Hard Skills) 

7. Educational Specialist, Empower Learning Group, Savannah, GA

Job Summary:

  • Identify any system bugs or conflicts with existing workflow. 
  • Follow up with the vendor to achieve resolution.
  • Create and maintain EMR templates for documentation.
  • Implementation, training, and support on Lab Interface with local lab and EMR vendor.
  • Conduct regular auditing to ensure quality use of EMR. 
  • Share feedback with department supervisors. 
  • Provide retraining where needed.
  • Work closely with the Information Technology department in general support of all network software (EMR and other network applications).
  • Assist other members of IT team with projects
  • Provides after-hour/on-call service for staff and physicians


Skills on Resume:

  • System Bug Identification (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor Liaison (Soft Skills)
  • EMR Template Creation (Hard Skills)
  • Lab Interface Training and Support (Hard Skills)
  • EMR Auditing (Hard Skills)
  • Feedback Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Retraining Support (Soft Skills)
  • IT Department Collaboration (Soft Skills)

8. Educational Specialist, Pathway Education Center, Lansing, MI

Job Summary:

  • Manage the design, support, and effective implementation of youth-friendly, goal-oriented instruction that results in academic success for all students
  • Serve as an organizational expert in all aspects of teaching and learning, including current trends and research in the field of education
  • Forge collaborations with instructional staff across the agency to ensure that curriculum and instruction meet the needs of a diverse population of learners, is aligned with Common Core State Standards, and meet contractual expectations and benchmarks
  • Develop and refine curriculum and instruction practices at Phipps Neighborhood
  • Work with management to schedule and track Child Development standardized questionnaires, assessment tools, rating scales, and scoring systems.
  • Prepare reports to summarize classroom assessments.
  • Create education materials, assist with training new educators, and support staff in continued professional development.
  • Promote CDE Title V, Community Care Licensing and other best practices in early childhood development philosophies based on Head Start Performance Standards.
  • Enter data and prepare reports using Microsoft Office and various Child Development industry applications.
  • Provide support to program staff
  • Coordinate communication with other Housing Works/Bailey House programs


Skills on Resume:

  • Instruction Design (Hard Skills)
  • Educational Research Expertise (Soft Skills)
  • Collaboration with Staff (Soft Skills)
  • Curriculum Development (Hard Skills)
  • Assessment Tracking (Hard Skills)
  • Report Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Staff Training (Soft Skills)
  • Data Entry (Hard Skills) 

9. Educational Specialist, Knowledge Tree Academy, Lincoln, NE

Job Summary:

  • Tracking of educational information of all school-aged clients in Out of Home care
  • Monitoring of Tutoring outcomes for all students participating in tutoring services
  • Supporting the Case manager with ensuring clients have appropriate educational needs addressed
  • Monitor the FSFN education tab for all school-aged clients to ensure the tab is current
  • Following up with Case managers on Red flag reports
  • Following up with Case managers to ensure that the education tab in FSFN is updated at the beginning of each school year, as well as throughout the school year if a client changes schools
  • Attend Citrus FCN Education Meetings
  • Serve as point of contact for education needs or issues, including camps and scholarship information
  • Follow up with Case managers for graduation eligibility lists that are provided to Citrus FCN for Citrus Graduation events"
  • Conduct phone, mail, and field outreach to locate and monitor Peers' activities throughout the organization.
  • Participate in advocacy to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.


Skills on Resume:

  • Educational Tracking (Hard Skills)
  • Tutoring Monitoring (Hard Skills)
  • Educational Needs Support (Soft Skills)
  • FSFN Monitoring (Hard Skills)
  • Case Manager Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Meeting Participation (Soft Skills)
  • Education Point of Contact (Soft Skills)
  • Advocacy (Soft Skills)

10. Educational Specialist, NextGen Learning Systems, Durham, NC

Job Summary:

  • Serve as a liaison between the program and internal/external resources.
  • Update and distribute program applications.
  • Coordinate application, entrance exam, and enrollment process for the Program.
  • Develop and maintain a database of all Peers working at Housing Works/Bailey House
  • Monitor graduation, start and end dates.
  • Coordinate placement of Peers within Housing Works/Bailey House.
  • Conduct weekly support group, and individual counseling to program participants.
  • Communicate with case managers
  • Assist with the maintenance of department records and files.
  • Provide excellent customer service to participants and vendors.
  • Participate in staff and program development meetings


Skills on Resume:

  • Liaison Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Program Application Management (Hard Skills)
  • Enrollment Process Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Database Management (Hard Skills)
  • Graduation Monitoring (Hard Skills)
  • Support Group and Counseling (Soft Skills)
  • Case Manager Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Customer Service (Soft Skills)