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Bobbi Bear

Bobbi Bear

National Advocacy & Learning Director
Lancaster,PA

Summary

Proven creative force in the educational technology marketplace focused on building, facilitating, and managing professional learning and customer advocacy to drive new and renewal business through partnership, collaboration, and educator and administrator empowerment.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Director of Customer Advocacy

McGraw-Hill/Achieve3000
Red Bank, NJ
12.2017 - Current

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee strategic professional development and customer success support for $14M of East Region accounts, including, but not limited to, Pittsburgh City Public Schools, Baltimore City Public Schools, Charleston County School District, and Fulton County Schools.
  • Build and facilitate elevated professional learning "beyond product" for district administrators and teachers based on needs' assessment coupled with ongoing collaborative conversations aimed to cultivate success
  • Facilitate virtual and onsite meetings with district administrators to review implementation progress and strategize professional learning next steps based on needs
  • Manage 23 district account teams as "champion of communication and action", reporting account health and next steps to company's Executive Council on weekly basis

Achievements:

  • Achieved net retention of 107% for 2020-21 business year

Professional Learning Services Manager

IXL Learning
San Mateo, CA
08.2015 - 12.2017

Responsibilities:

  • Hired, coached, and developed team of eight learning specialists serving internal and external customers
  • Assisted in strategic growth of professional learning services team, streamlining expanded team's daily operations and implemented system for project management focused on collaboration, creativity, and accountability
  • Created and executed company's professional learning series of on-demand eLearning courses
  • Consulted with sales and marketing teams to drive sales and improve customer support resources and protocols
  • Facilitated virtual and on-site professional learning workshops and keynote addresses

Achievements:

  • Built company's 17 professional learning modules within expected time frame and budget, resulting in $500K in sales in launch's first quarter
  • Developed company's first intensive, streamlined on-boarding course for all professional learning and sales team new hires

Literacy Educator

Manheim Central School District
Manheim, PA
09.2005 - 08.2015

Responsibilities:

  • Developed and facilitated engaging and rigorous literacy instruction for 8th grade classroom
  • Collaborated with district's teachers and administrators to build literacy curriculum aligned to Common Core ELA standards
  • Coached literacy department staff on variety of educational technology tools to engage students and provoke progress

Achievements:

  • Launched district's first language arts hybrid learning classroom

Education

Master of Education -

Cabrini University
Radnor, PA
09.2006 - 05.2008

Secondary English Education Certification -

Millersville University
Millersville, PA
09.2003 - 05.2005

Bachelor of Arts -

University of The Arts
Philadelphia, PA
09.1994 - 05.1998

Skills

    Professional learning creation and delivery

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Timeline

Director of Customer Advocacy

McGraw-Hill/Achieve3000
12.2017 - Current

Professional Learning Services Manager

IXL Learning
08.2015 - 12.2017

Master of Education -

Cabrini University
09.2006 - 05.2008

Literacy Educator

Manheim Central School District
09.2005 - 08.2015

Secondary English Education Certification -

Millersville University
09.2003 - 05.2005

Bachelor of Arts -

University of The Arts
09.1994 - 05.1998
Bobbi BearNational Advocacy & Learning Director