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Skip's Edtech Jobs: November 18, 2023
Chelsea Avirett
November 18, 2023
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 two additional emails a month with industry insights and advice to help you apply more competitively to the jobs you’re passionate about.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope that you have a wonderful time eating yummy food, spending time with people you care about, and resting a bit from the hectic pace of life.
I’m looking forward to hosting Thanksgiving this year for family and a few friends. My husband and I love to cook so we always have a fairly elaborate spread. He’s also vegan so it’s traditional-with-a-twist: seitan roulade, vegan gravy and stuffing, brussel sprouts with shiitake ‘bacon,’ delicata squash biscuits, and some kind of squash dish. I’m always iffy on what squash dish to cook — people tend to skip it unless there are marshmallows on it!
Every year, I make a vegan charcuterie board. Vegan spreadable cheeses are a niche product that are starting to taste pretty good. Last year, I tried my hand at vegan carpaccio (aka marinated portabella mushrooms), and it was delicious. And, the rest of any charcuterie board is really vegan anyway — nuts, crackers, fruit, and olives/pickles. This year I might try to learn how to cook spiced nuts!
Since I’ll be busy cooking (and so are most recruiters), I’ll be taking next week off from job posting (here and on the job board) as well as from the Saturday newsletter.
Stay tuned after Thanksgiving for the next premium newsletter as well as the regular Saturday scoop.
~I hope you find some fantastic jobs to apply to this weekend and have a restful holiday,
Chelsea
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PREMIUM CONTENT: PREMIUM CONTENT: Edskipper Edtech Database
I spent this entire week staring at databases. And I still could do more of it!
This week’s focus was on tagging the 650 companies that I have in my edtech database so that I can identify the best ones to include in the database. I’m still finalizing my lists and I’ll probably spend the rest of the year testing just which companies I want to source from on a weekly basis.
As I’ve been tagging the company websites, I’ve been grabbing cool jobs for the job board or the database. Friday morning I checked 85 core job boards plus checked all the jobs and companies I posted last week. I made sure the jobs were still accepting applications and looked to see if there were any new jobs at those companies.
Here’s what the final tally of jobs looked like across all my channels:
~15 free jobs on Skip’s job board (85% of them good fits for teachers!)
167 total jobs on the Edskipper database across 75 distinct companies. (All these jobs are looking for candidates who have either education or edtech backgrounds (or both)!)
Almost 10% of these roles are part-time jobs!
The major job categories? Sales by a long shot, then program management jobs, followed by curriculum/assessment jobs. Customer success, data/research, marketing, L&D, and product jobs are well represented as well.
What kind of experience are these companies looking for? One third of them are looking for candidates with edtech/industry experience, but 9 jobs are looking for school-based admin and 41 are looking for teachers. There’s also a nice subset of jobs that is ‘background agnostic’ — if you have the relevant skills, they want you to consider applying.
I’m still testing this resource so it’s a great time to share feedback or your wishlist! You can always hit reply to this email. :-)
The database is only available to premium subscribers.
FULL-TIME JOBS
These are only some of the jobs I’ve posted this week! View all the remote jobs.
FEATURED JOB
Merit America is hiring 14 Program Success Managers and Career Coaches who will lead cohorts for people pursuing specific career tracks, monitor learner progress and connect with struggling students, and provide career counseling. They are looking for candidates with relevant skills. $68,500. Their Director of Talent Acquisition is Katie Rakusin, and she recently posted more about the roles on LinkedIn, including a link to their webinar for more information about the positions.
CURRICULUM JOBS
Coursemojo is hiring an English Language Arts (ELA) AI Activity Designer who has 4+ years experience teaching. The Activity Designer will create interactive, AI-driven exercises to support middle school and high school literacy and reading comprehension. $59-89k.
DATA/RESEARCH JOBS
Flatiron School is hiring an Operations and Outcomes Reporting Coordinator who has experience working with complex Excel/Sheets data and can manage project with strict timelines. The Coordinator will be responsible for drafting, auditing, and publishing their annual jobs report that tracks the careers of their graduates. $60k.
James Bell Associates is hiring a Research and CQI Associate, Child and Family Development with a combination of advanced education and relevant skills in ECE. The Associate will provide evaluation, performance measurement, and continuous quality improvement (CQI) technical assistance (TA) to state awardees of federal funding and early childhood programs. $65-80k.
Communities In Schools is hiring a Sr. Data Associate who has experience with k-12 education data, Excel, and training/teaching methods. The Sr. Data Associate will provide technical support to schools adopting of CIS' data management program, including creating training materials, providing direct support, as well as tracking data and assisting with product evaluation. $53-63k.
PROGRAM / PROJECT MANAGEMENT JOBS
Jobs for the Future (JFF) is hiring a Coordinator for their Field Implementation Team. The Coordinator will provide scheduling support for events and projects as well as handle external communications. $55-60k.
New Classrooms is hiring a Chief External Relations Officer who has 10-15 years k-12 administrative experience and a broad network. Tasks include implementing their new strategic plan by enhancing and expanding their operations. $158-200k
NOTABLE STATE-SPECIFIC JOBS
These are only some of the jobs I’ve posted this week! View all the state-specific remote jobs.
Achievement First is hiring a Director of Science, 5-8 who can travel regularly to CT, NY, or RI. (Residency in those states is not a requirement!) The Director will create a research-based formative assessment strategy, year long professional development plans, and provide implementation and school support for HQIM curriculum. 4+ years teaching experience or combo teaching + admin.
Acceleration Academies is hiring a CA-certified Special Education Content Coach (Special Education Teacher) who has at least 1-3 years experience teaching. Content coaches serve as learning resources for their Graduation Candidates. $70-85k.
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