Steps for Interviewing
Amplify Professional Learning Specialist Applicants
Congratulations on being invited to interview for the Professional Learning Specialist role!
Please take these three steps in order to schedule and prepare for your interview.
Step 1: Review the PLS Flipbook
Step 2: Schedule your Interview
Step 3: Prepare for your Interview
Interviews will take place from March 17th to March 28th.
Please sign up for your interview by March 17th.
Step 1: Review the PLS Flipbook >
Amplify Professional Learning Specialists (PLS) will be responsible for facilitating high-quality professional development (PD) to teachers and school leaders, ensuring educators feel confident taking steps to implement our programs and ultimately drive student success.
Please read the PLS flipbook to ensure you have a clear understanding of the role and ensure this is the right fit for you. These details are captured in pages 16 – 29 of the flipbook.
Several key PLS responsibilities are highlighted below:
- Delivering remote and onsite professional development for approximately 30-40 educators per session during the summer season (May – September 2025), possibly longer.
- Must be available to be scheduled during normal school hours (Monday–Friday) in all U.S. time zones.
- Must be available a minimum of three days per week on Monday through Friday from July 7–August 22. Three consecutive days is strongly recommended as it will potentially lead to more onsite delivery opportunities.
- PLSs who are current educators and returning to full-time roles at school/districts must have a return to work date after August 22nd.
- May not be unavailable for more than 1 week between July 21–August 15. Must be available August 18–22.
- Traveling via car, plane, and/or public transportation, sometimes with minimal advance notice and including overnight stay at hotels.
- Paying all travel-related expenses in advance, with reimbursements being processed 2-3 weeks following submission of the expense reimbursement requests.
Please reach out to pls_hiring@amplify.com if you have additional questions.
Step 2: Schedule Your Interview
Our first round of interviews will take place between March 17th – March 28th.
Please schedule an interview for the specific role for which you have applied:
- Literacy or STEM Candidates: schedule a 30 minute interview below in the calendar titled “PLS Interviews: March” by March 17.
- Bilingual Candidates: schedule a 45 minute interview on the “Bilingual PLS Interviews: March” only by March 17. You do not need to sign up for a separate 30 minute interview.
- Once you have scheduled your interview, you should receive a confirmation email from Calendly. If you do not receive this email, please reach out to PLS_hiring@amplify.com for support.
If you need to reschedule your interview, you may do so directly by clicking the reschedule link in the confirmation email from Calendly to select a new interview option during the current interview window. Once you have rescheduled, you will receive a new confirmation email and updated calendar invitation. Please do not sign up for more than one interview.
We ask that you only reschedule if absolutely necessary and request at least 24 hours notice prior to your interview day/time.
Step 3: Prepare for Interview
Prior to your scheduled interview, prepare your interview activity! Please view the video to the right for help preparing.
- Guidance for the task can be found here: PLS Performance Task Guidance Document
- You should come ready to share your screen via Google Meet and present the provided activity in under 5 minutes.
- Talking points are included for each screen to guide your presentation.
- During your interview we will be looking for proficiency with the following tech skills: independently sharing screen, speech matching animation, and moving from screen to screen with ease.
Offer, Onboarding, and Training
- Qualified candidates will receive an offer via email. The offer will include your product placement and regional assignment.
- If you accept the offer, our partner contracting agency will reach out to you to provide the necessary documentation to begin the onboarding process. This will include a background check. You will also need to provide college transcripts, please begin gathering these items.
- Once you have completed the onboarding process with our partner contracting agency, you will begin your official Amplify PLS onboarding process on April 28th. A majority of onboarding will be remote, with one in person training on May 17th – 18th. More details to come!
- Once you are certified, our PD Operations team will begin to schedule you for PD engagements within your region and across the country!
Info Session
Get more details from PD staff members about the PLS role, regional placement, the onboarding process, and ongoing support.
We will address the most common questions we receive:
- What is the role of a PLS?
- Where will I deliver sessions? What content will I deliver?
- How will onboarding work?
- How will I be supported?
This session will be recorded and posted here following the session.
Date & Time: Monday, March 17 at 5 pm EST
Zoom link: https://amplify.zoom.us/j/6156384064?omn=88446104921
Thank you for your interest!
Contact us with questions at pls_hiring@amplify.com