Skip's Edtech Jobs: January 13, 2024

Thank you for reading the EdSkipper, Skip’s newsletter about skipping from education to education-aligned careers. Every Saturday, I send out a list of curated remote jobs. Premium subscribers receive access to additional jobs in the Edskipper database and two additional emails a month with advice to help you apply more competitively.

While the new year has just brought the first edtech layoffs, it’s also bringing robust hiring. I’ve found some wonderful jobs this week, including some six figure job positions looking for educators and or k-12 admin expertise.

~I hope you find some fantastic jobs to apply to this weekend,
Chelsea

Last Week’s Poll: Location-Specific Job Board?

I’ve twice tried to add location-specific jobs to the job board. Both times I’ve abandoned it because it is uber time consuming on my backend (sourcing from enough states, adding them to the database, writing summaries). This most recent time around, I was testing whether companies would be more likely to pay to post these roles than for roles available nationwide (where recruiters report they are getting too many applicants to easily sort through).

Fun fact about the job board: even though I have a lovely set-up for companies to pay, it’s very rare that any of them actually buy a post. (This wasn’t unexpected: you may have seen that Daphne Gomez recently shuttered her job board for, if you read between the lines, similar reasons.) So I actively source 99% of the jobs you see. Demand-side economics in action!

But I wanted to test if location-specific jobs could be a revenue generator.

And was it?

That’s would be a big fat nope! (I didn’t sell a single post!!!)

But y’all continue to find it helpful. And I hear you. I’m tired too of clicking on a job that says, ‘national’ only to find out that they mean the 16 states where they’ve set up tax entities and not the 34 other states we typically use the word ‘national’ to reference. And I often hear that you miss a job that is in your state and had half the applicants of the national ones…

So I’ve decided on a temporary solution that I hope will strike a good balance: I’ll continue sharing really great location-specific roles — but only here in the newsletter. This makes it a lot easier for me but hopefully still brings some competitive roles to your attention.

Why is this a temporary solution, you ask? Well, for that you’ll just have to stay tuned. Exciting plans for the first half of the year that should allow me to reboot the location-specific jobs and more! ;-)

This Week’s Poll

FULL-TIME JOBS

These are only some of the jobs I’ve posted this week! View all the remote jobs.

SPOT THE THEME!

Amplify is hiring a Product Specialist, Literacy with 5+ years k-8 teaching experience who can travel up to 60%. The Product Specialist will be a part of the sales team, providing content expertise support to the sales reps, delivering professional learning in schools and remotely, and creating customized resources that drive sales conversions. $105-115k. PRO TIP: Amplify is frequently closing its popular jobs in less than a week. If you want this role, apply this weekend!

Age of Learning is hiring a National Curriculum Specialist, Math who has 7+ years district-level curriculum/instructional leadership experience. The Specialist will support sales, marketing, and customer success for schools by understanding educator's needs and translating those needs to inform messaging. $110-135k

TeachTown is hiring a Program Enablement Specialist who has 2+ years teaching/professional development leadership experience in schools (with a preference for a BCBA). The Specialist will support internal teams with content expertise, supporting sales presentations, training, and program support documentation. $80-85k

TRAINING/LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT and INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

Him & Hers, a health and wellness platform, is hiring an Instructional Designer with 2-3 years relevant instructional design experience. The ID will create a new training and content program for their Fulfillment/Pharmacy department, from hiring and onboarding to team development to customer education. $75-90k

Rubicon is hiring a Training & Implementation Specialist for their SmartCity Products, which help communities reduce waste. The Specialist will train new customers on Rubicon's products, maintaining user manuals as well as implementation documentation and curriculum. 2+ years experience training or implementing products. $67-75k (up to 50% travel)

zSpace is hiring a Professional Learning Specialist with 5+ years teaching experience who is available to travel up to 75% of the time. The PLS will create customized trainings for educators as well as offer technical support as needed. Initial sessions will be in-person followed by on-going, remote support as needed. $75-90k

NOTABLE LOCATION-SPECIFIC JOBS

So I’m NOT temporarily pausing location-specific remote jobs 
but I also didn’t look for them this week because I thought I would.
So this is what I’ve got. Look for more next week!

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is hiring a Director, California Black Educator Initiative (Strategic Partnerships- West Coast). 7-10+ years in education or non-profit with teaching experience prefered. $125-135k CALIFORNIA (pref)