Skip's Edtech Jobs: March 2, 2024

Thank you for reading the EdSkipper, Skip’s newsletter about skipping from education to education-aligned careers. Every Saturday, I send out a round up of curated remote jobs from Skip’s job board!

I was reading a job description this week that resonates with why I curate edtech/ed adjacent jobs that are looking for education experience rather than just any old business experience. It said: “We find educators with leadership experience within the K-12 space to be successful in this position given their knowledge of the complexities of managing a classroom, understanding of the unique educational landscape, and ability to instill buy in from their fellow educators.”

Edtech is the future of education as districts merge in-person and digital learning experiences and leverage tech to do that. But I often worry that economics will drive that transition rather than education-centered objectives. (We see this so much in education and the arts already…)

That’s why I share jobs from companies that value educator experience — they know that their products are better when they involve educators at every step of the process, from software development to the student experience.

On a different tech note, the website transition for premium subscribers is going really well!

There are 450+ jobs (~300 national, the rest location-specific) on the new site. I added 71 national roles in the past week and any closed roles were (automatically!) deleted. I checked all jobs Friday afternoon.

Our next step is to skip everyone to the new website. We anticipate launching the full site very soon (this week even?!) so stay tuned!!

Programming notes for premium members: the website will be down for scheduled maintenance Tuesday, March 5th starting at 6pm. We’re anticipating 1+ hours of downtime. I sent out an email with your log-in information Thursday. (If you didn’t receive, it check your spam because I sent out a lot of very similar emails so that can trigger spam filters.) Reach out if you have any questions/problems setting up your account/feedback.

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

FULL-TIME JOBS

These are only some of the jobs I’ve posted this week! View all the remote jobs I’ve posted here. All roles are curated from the database of jobs available to premium subscribers.

CUSTOMER SUCCESS/PARTNERSHIPS

Thrive Scholars is hiring a Director of College Success with higher ed experience. The Director will manage a team of advisors, create and implement processes and procedures, and evaluate their impact on helping students thrive in college. $82-88k

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

The Education Design Lab (“The Lab”) is hiring a Skills Designer, Digital Transformation curriculum development and professional learning experience with a higher ed background. The Skills Designer will maintain and update their durable skills framework to implement a human-centered design framework to address higher ed equity gaps. The Skills Designer will also create curriculum and other learning resources, personalized to meet partner schools' needs. $85-95k Apply by March 11. (This role sounds really amazing!)

TRAINING/LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

Tis the season for PLS roles — I’m seeing a ton of these, part-time, full-time and everything in between so long as you’re willing to travel.

Instruction Partners is hiring a Content Lead, Math - Flexible (Anticipated) with teaching and instructional coaching/admin experience. (Note: This is an anticipated opening.) The Content Lead will observe classroom instruction, review instructional material, and develop recommendations to improve classroom teaching practices and materials. The Content Lead will also develop materials and professional development. $83k (up to 50% travel)

WestEd is hiring an experienced educator with instructional coaching or administration experience for their School Improvement Facilitator role. The Facilitator will analyze data to determine the appropriate coaching, professional learning resources, and technical assistance to provide schools and districts. Spanish fluency preferred. $88-132k

OTHER JOB CATEGORIES
TalkingPoints is hiring a Product Marketing Manager who has direct industry experience and a k-12 teaching background. The Manager will manage their GTM (go-to-market) strategies, collaborate with various departments to establish product messaging, conduct market research and analysis, and create customer-facing product education content. $115-135k

NOTABLE LOCATION-SPECIFIC JOBS

Location-specific jobs are temporarily only available on the premium website until we fully launch to all users. Here’s a sneak peak!

National Math All-Stars is hiring a Family Advisor in Texas who will manage a caseload of 25-30 families, providing regular support and connecting them to resources that support student’s math and science engagement from elementary to high school. $70-80k

Goalbook is hiring a District Customer Success Manager with education experience (and a preference for some edtech experience) located in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, or Missouri. $70-115k

Curriculum Associates is hiring a Territory Manager-Partner Success to help districts set-up iReady. This is the role I quoted above about why they’re looking for educators and former educators! $60-99k North Carolina or Maryland.

UnboundEd is hiring a Manager, Literary Partnerships in California (LA). This is a Professional Learning Specialist position for reading and language arts. Teaching + admin experience. $85-110k

Cengage is hiring a contract Content Developer for their National Geographic product line who has 2+ years in educational publishing.$45-50/hour (FT) Ohio.