Director, CORE Digital Content

ABOUT UNBOUNDED

UnboundEd recently joined with two other professional learning organizations, Pivot Learning and CORE Learning. Together as one entity, we are now the largest equity-focused professional learning organization in the nation. We provide evidence-based, comprehensive instructional and curriculum support to educators and school system leaders in over 40 states across the country.

UnboundEd empowers educators to transform teaching and learning. We work with classroom teachers, school leaders, and district executives to ensure engaging, affirming, and meaningful grade-level instruction so that we eliminate the predictability of student outcomes by race and socioeconomic status. We focus on the needs of students of color and those who have historically been at the margins because when we do that, all students benefit.

ROLE SUMMARY

Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, the Director, CORE Digital Product Content will be responsible for building and managing content focused on enhancing digital products. You will play a key role in refining and creating educational content for CORE’s digital literacy product, contributing to its effectiveness and impact. This role will lead the content development and changes; lead the Culturally Responsive Sustaining Pedagogy (CRSP) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) content strategies; and manage contractors/part-time writers. Collaboration with cross-functional colleagues and adherence to deadlines will be essential, as this role will work on fast-paced projects aimed at improving the program's quality and accessibility.

UnboundEd is a virtual organization and this employee can be based anywhere in the United States. UnboundEd has core business hours where we expect all staff to be available from 9 am to 5 pm local time and 20% travel is required.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

Content Development and Leadership: Lead the creation and refinement of instructional content for CORE’s digital language and literacy products.

• Build and manage a content team to develop digital products, including writers and contractors
• Develop tools and resources to support educators in understanding the Science of Reading pedagogy and language acquisition
• Lead the creation of new and enhanced instructional content for CORE’s digital programs
• Create and maintain documentation that supports activity design and development
• Lead the integration of DEI principles and Culturally Responsive Sustaining Pedagogy (CRSP) practices into program content
• Ensure content strategies and practices foster inclusivity and relevance
• Respond to questions from customer-facing teams, providing comprehensive answers and support regarding content, pedagogy, philosophy, user interface (UI), and learning experience (LX)

Quality Assurance and Improvement:

• Maintain content quality by addressing content bugs and conducting internal content reviews
• Collaborate with research teams to evaluate teacher performance and use insights to enhance the product's effectiveness.
• Maintain knowledge of the Science of Reading and language acquisition research and school-based application and trends through ongoing professional development and observations of program use.

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university and
• A minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience including, but not limited to, writing content for ed-tech products and working with Content Management Systems
• Strong knowledge in language acquisition and the Science of Reading body of research
• Other equivalent combinations of relevant experience and training will also be considered

THE STRONGEST CANDIDATES WILL HAVE/BE:

• Commitment to UnboundEd’s organizational values
• Learning orientation and commitment toward diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Knowledge of urban school environments
• Ability to work independently and effectively in a virtual, remote environment and build strong relationships with colleagues and partners across geographies and time zones
• Experience managing people
• Experience developing products through an asset-oriented and DEI lens
• Experience with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliance
• Willingness to work alongside a dynamic, highly collaborative, and vision-driven team
• Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to thrive in a fast-paced and changing environment
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