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Renaissance Learning

District Consultant

🇺🇸 Chicago, IL 🕑 Contractor 💰 $50 per Hour 💻 Consulting 🗓️ August 6th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Renaissance Learning North America is hiring a District Consultant. The role involves leading the strategic implementation of Renaissance products in local public schools by delivering training, coordinating services, and collaborating with district personnel and Renaissance teams to ensure effective product use and resolve issues.

Highlights
  • Lead strategic implementation of Renaissance educational products in public school districts.
  • Deliver professional development training on best practices for product usage.
  • Coordinate professional development and technical services with assigned districts.
  • Create and maintain detailed project schedules with the Customer Success Management Team.
  • Communicate regularly with school and district leaders as well as Renaissance personnel.
  • Analyze district and school level data after assessments to guide implementation.
  • Experience with Renaissance products, especially Star, is preferred.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • This is a part-time contractor role paying $50 hourly for 20-40 hours per week.
  • Candidates must live in or near the Chicagoland area and have knowledge of school district operations.

District Consultant Full Description

About Renaissance
When you join Renaissance®, you join a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology! Renaissance’s solutions help educators analyze, customize, and plan personalized learning paths for students, allowing time for what matters—creating energizing learning experiences in the classroom. Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth, with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Every day, we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other, win together, strive for the best, own our actions, and grow and evolve.

Job Description
The Professional Learning team is seeking an education consultant to lead the strategic implementation of Renaissance® products purchased by the local public schools. We will need someone who can work effectively onsite with key personnel in the district and cross functionally with departments at Renaissance. This is a part- time contractor role located in Chicago, IL.  Candidates must live in or around the Chicagoland area.

In this role as District Consultant Contractor, you will be responsible for:
  • Deliver professional development training on best practices for product usage
  • Coordinate professional development and technical services to the assigned district
  • Create and maintain a detailed project schedule in collaboration with the Customer Success Management Team
  • Work closely with key Renaissance leaders to resolve customer issues in a timely and professional manner
  • Establish and maintain clear lines of communication with schools, district leaders, and Renaissance®
  • Host weekly status meetings with key district leaders
  • Build awareness for the implementation process then work with stakeholders to monitor the implementation and form recommendations for next steps
  • Work with campuses remotely and onsite (when applicable) to monitor the implementation and form recommendations for next steps
  • Identify and act on opportunities that improve or expand the districts implementation
  • Analyze data at the district and school level after each assessment period
  • Participate in internal meetings and professional learning opportunities 

Qualifications
For this role as a District Consultant Contractor you should have:
  • Knowledge of Renaissance products: Star preferred
  • Attention to detail and accuracy with strong communication and organization skills
  • Ability to communicate with key district leaders
  • Positive, professional attitude with flexible travel schedule
  • Understanding of how school districts operate
  • Comfortable with Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) 
  • Live in or around the Chicagoland area

Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Salary Range: $50 hourly (20-40 hours expected per week)

Benefits for eligible US employees include:
  • World Class Health Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Telehealth
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off
  • 12 Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork program
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Life & Disability Insurance
  • Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs

Benefits listed apply to eligible U.S. employees in accordance with Renaissance’s benefits eligibility criteria. Contractor and other non‑employee roles are not eligible for Renaissance employee benefits.

Frequently cited statistics show that some women, underrepresented individuals, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities may only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Renaissance, we encourage all applications. Roles evolve over time, especially with innovation, and you may be just the person we need for the future!

Equal Opportunity Employer 
Renaissance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate with respect to any term, condition or privilege of employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, marital status, or status of an individual in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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Reasonable Accommodations 
Renaissance also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Talent Acquisition.
Employment Authorization 
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
For more information about Renaissance, visit: https://www.renaissance.com