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Professional Learning Facilitator: a guide for teachers
By Devin Lewis, Founder of NextGround
- Leads the room
- Teaches adults
- Designs sessions
- Manages resistance
You might like this if
- You're the one they ask to present
- You like a room of adults
- You design as much as you deliver
What the job is
PD facilitators design and lead learning sessions for teachers and leaders, for a district, a nonprofit, or a company.
A day in the role
Running a three-hour workshop, adjusting on the fly when the room pushes back, and spending the afternoon designing next month's session.
Teaching skills that translate
Leading a class becomes leading a room of adults, and handling a disengaged student becomes handling a skeptical veteran teacher.
How teachers get there
Volunteer to lead PD at your campus, collect participant feedback, and keep your session materials as a portfolio.
Pay and outlook
Occupation: Training and development specialists
- Median pay
- $69,280 ($75,090 in educational services)
- Projected growth
- 11% through 2035, about 46,000 openings a year
View the source. Data as of May 2025 wages, 2025 to 2035 projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
NextGround can help you prepare for
Session designFacilitation movesAdult learningNavigating resistance