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Faculty Development Specialist
Locations: Camp Pendleton, CA Clearance Required: Secret Employment Type: Full-Time
About the Role
The JAAW Group LLC is seeking Faculty Development Specialists to build and sustain a high-performing instructional workforce across all MISTC locations. This position is responsible for managing instructor certification, conducting professional development workshops, and ensuring all MISTC instructors meet Marine Corps training standards.
Responsibilities
- Manage Instructor Development Plans (IDPs) for all assigned instructors, maintaining both paper and electronic records in SharePoint and Teams
- Execute structured instructor certification processes, ensuring new instructors are certified within four months of assignment
- Plan and conduct quarterly instructor development workshops on doctrine, adult learning, digital tools, and instructional innovation
- Deliver MCISD/SAT-E refresher training to sustain doctrinal instructional consistency
- Develop and maintain Response Cell training lessons for BSTEX execution
- Provide tailored adult learning instruction, helping faculty apply problem-centered and experience-based learning techniques
- Conduct cross-site faculty evaluations and joint lesson rehearsals to prevent instructional drift
- Monitor instructor performance through classroom observation, student critiques, and peer review
- Produce Faculty Development Reports documenting workshop execution, certification status, and instructor readiness
- Advise MISTC leadership on instructor readiness, professional development gaps, and certification compliance
Required Qualifications
- 10 years of instructor and faculty development experience
- Expertise in adult learning theory and instructional methodology
- Active Secret clearance
- MCISD/SAT-E certification
- Facilitating Learning Experience Course (FLEX) certification
- Designing Learning Experience Course (DLEC) certification
- Instructor Certification Management experience
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Adult Learning, or Curriculum Development
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior MISTC, TECOM, or Marine Corps schoolhouse experience
- Experience managing distributed faculty development programs across multiple sites
- Familiarity with MCTIMS and Learning Experience Review Board processes