Do you:

Have a desire to shape the future of education and wish to join an organization that will change the future of educational publishing

Wish to develop and motivate a community of authors to create, collaborate, disseminate and publish online educational material and printed textbooks

Believe in open, user-generated content



Duties:

- Provide content-based leadership for CK-12

- Oversee development of math instructional text-based materials at middle and high school level

- Identify, develop or acquire high-quality, grade appropriate curriculum that serves as the kernel for global community use, reuse, innovation and scaling

- Recruit writers, negotiate and finalize contracts, and define scope and quality of work

- Establish pedagogical standards for the content where needed

- Develop a sample chapter for writers to model

- Review and manage the acceptance criteria for content

- Manage the flex book creation process and responsible for the creation of content that is able to be re-purposed into different levels, teaching needs, etc. (e.g. ESL)

- Coordinate communication among writers, domain experts and other vendors to produce timely completion of high quality materials

- Manage the development of mathematical images and graphics with writers, domain experts, and artwork vendors

- Coordinate all aspects of external review process and implementation of revision suggestions

- Review and edit content for factual accuracy, quality, readability, grade level suitability, pedagogy, currency and fit for state standards

- Actively support the recruitment of pilot sites for materials testing and secure user feedback to enhance materials

- Own the user experience. Work closely with K-12 school districts, teachers, and students to structure CK-12 content in ways that result in ongoing content authoring and enhanced learning

- Actively contribute to the open-educational resource paradigm for math materials for K-12 settings

- Collaborative and contribute to the team. This position will work with other discipline Leaders in the content group

Requirements:

Masters degree required, PhD preferred in mathematics

Ability to innovate and pioneer new opportunities online

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Outstanding interpersonal skills, initiative and problem-resolution skills

Experience in editorial and educational publishing

Experience and success in project management and management of multiple projects at a time

Entrepreneurial mindset and energized by start-up environment



Preferred:

Experience in the development of curriculum materials in K-12 in compliance with state and national standards

Experience in classroom teaching and training of teachers

Send resume and cover letter to jobs@ck12.org