Content Associate, Physics (12-month contract, $70/hour, 25 hours/week)

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free, high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K - 12th grade and early college core academic subjects, focusing on math and science. We have over 155 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide, focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.

OUR COMMUNITY 

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve. We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an experienced and versatile physics educator to serve as a Content Associate. By offering high-quality standards-aligned science lessons for free, we hope to empower millions of students to take charge of their futures and improve their lives.

As a Content Associate, you will develop high-quality lessons for up to high school physics. Leveraging your deep content knowledge as a science educator and intuition for student needs, you will ensure that your lessons are engaging, rigorous, accessible, and aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and or The Advanced Placement® Program (AP). You won’t be working in isolation; you’ll be working closely with other members of the content team.

Our content team includes content creators from around the world who make our videos, articles, and practice questions. Today, our courses include nearly every math topic from K-14, science and humanities content covering high school and early college, test prep for several national exams, and much more! In the years ahead, we want to double down on making our courses great in classrooms and help push online education to the next level.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Work with the content team to expand our Science courses by leveraging market research, your subject matter expertise, and your intuition for learner needs
• Create high-quality content on schedule, designing and developing NGSS and College Board-aligned exercises and articles, leveraging pre-existing resources from Khan Academy and third parties.
• Learn and use our content management system to improve existing courses and build new courses 
• Act as an editorial expert by reviewing new content, participating in the maintenance of existing content, and working with partners

WHAT YOU BRING

• Classroom teaching experience
• Proven ability to create high-impact learning content in your discipline (minimum of 2 years of content development experience in science, high school and or AP-level physics)
• Strong intuition for how students like to learn and insight into common misconceptions (minimum of 2 years of relevant teaching/tutoring experience)
• Experience and aptitude working with the Next Generation Science Standards and AP to ensure alignment
• Desire to leverage online tools to publish quickly, gather user feedback, and iterate on content
• Impeccable command of written communication, an energetic can-do attitude as a fluent and efficient content creator, a keen editorial eye for high-quality text in exercises and articles, and a knack for both giving and receiving feedback
• Meticulous attention to detail and time management skills
• Project management skills (e.g. fluent with Google docs and spreadsheets and other tools) and a willingness to learn new tools
• A passion for education and a desire to change the world

NICE TO HAVE:

• An advanced degree in a science discipline 
• Expertise in more than one science domain. For example, expertise in physics and chemistry, or expertise in physics and biology.

HOW TO APPLY

In addition to submitting a resume, please include a brief cover letter highlighting your most relevant experience and explaining why you’re interested in this job.

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