HS Math Content Author

ChalkTalk; Remote; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to transforming education through innovative digital courseware. This role focuses on creating high-quality Algebraic Reasoning lessons and aligning curricula with state standards, significantly impacting student learning outcomes. As part of a dynamic team, you will leverage your expertise in high school math to enhance educational resources and improve user experiences. With a mission to provide the best education possible, this innovative firm has achieved remarkable growth and recognition in the EdTech space, making a real difference in the lives of students across the nation.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience writing high school math content for EdTech.
• 6+ years as a high school math teacher with proven results.

Responsibilities

• Author TEKS aligned Algebraic Reasoning lessons and adaptive practice questions.
• QA new and existing content, ensuring quality and alignment.

Skills

High School Math Content Writing

Curriculum Alignment

Teaching SAT/ACT Prep

Organizational Skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Education or related field

Teaching Certification

Job description

Job Type: Full-Time Employee

Work Environment: Remote

About ChalkTalk

At ChalkTalk, we believe that education is human. It's more than scores and statistics. Be part of a team that's transforming education and achieving up to 6x improvement in student learning outcomes.

ChalkTalk uses student assessments to generate digital courseware for every day in the course schedule. Every modular ChalkTalk lesson comes with teaching materials for the teacher; small group work and computer-adaptive practice for students; and progress reports for administrators. ChalkTalk is delivering improvement in student learning outcomes up to 6x, as measured by third-party test scores. It is currently used to power high school literacy and numeracy instruction district-wide at some of the largest US districts - including 8 of the largest 100.

ChalkTalk currently has 40 employees. Check out this quick overview of our product and what we do from 2020: https://vimeo.com/704658684. For a more updated list of our offerings, check out our website: https://chalktalk.com/curriculum

Responsibilities

Author Algebraic Reasoning lessons for TSIA2:

• Create TEKS aligned lessons using standards knowledge and expertise
• Author adaptive practice questions for each lesson that assess TEKS appropriately
• Utilize existing style guide to ensure lessons are consistent with existing content

QA new and existing content:

• Create metrics for defining high-quality lessons
• Use metrics to review existing content (SAT/ACT/TSI/Algebra 1) and edit content as necessary
• Iterate on existing content by creating additional materials to improve user experience, such as foundation lessons, teacher engagement strategies, etc.
• Review peer work to confirm alignment, rigor, and accuracy as well as edit for consistency and formatting

Create alignment guides:

• Align CCR curricula with state standards
• Create customer facing documentation to show alignment

MUST HAVE Qualifications

• 2+ years writing High School Math Content for an EdTech company
• 6+ years as a High School Math Teacher
• 1+ year of experience writing content or aligning curriculum to Texas or Florida standards (TEKS / BEST)
• Experience tutoring or teaching SAT or ACT prep with proven results
• Organized, self-starter who defaults to leadership and action

Why work at ChalkTalk?

• Mission: You want to help provide the best education possible to everyone on the planet.
• Impact: In just 15 weeks, districts that bought ChalkTalk saw their students experience 2–6X MORE GROWTH ON OFFICIAL STATE TESTS compared to their peers who received 52 weeks of traditional classroom instruction. Big impact with vulnerable student populations.
• Growth: Company has consistently grown, increasing revenue by double or more each year since 2019 and has 8 of the largest 100 school districts in the US as customers.
• Awards:
• 2020: Top 10 finalist out of 700+ companies at ASU+GSV Cup.
• 2021: Winner of FETC’s Best in EdTech alongside Microsoft & Lego.
• 2022: Winner of EdTech Week’s EdTech Cup in NYC.
• 2023: “North America EdTech 200” by HolonIQ.
• 2024: “The World’s Top EdTech Companies” by TIME Magazine & Statista
• Accelerators: AWS EdStart, OnRamp Education Accelerator, and Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) NYC