Content Creator, Biology (12 Month, Fixed Contract)

Position Overview

• Location Type: [Not specified]
• Job Type: Fixed-term (12 months)
• Salary: [Not specified]

Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free, world-class education globally. Their platform offers comprehensive learning materials for Pre-K through early college, with a focus on math and science. They aim to improve learning outcomes, particularly for students in under-resourced communities.

About Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Their 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. They 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

Khan Academy's community includes students, teachers, and parents from diverse backgrounds. The team comprises individuals from academia, traditional and non-traditional education, big tech companies, and startups. They value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, believing these are essential to achieving their mission and impacting the communities they serve. They are committed to investing in their people and professional development.

The Role

Khan Academy is seeking an experienced and versatile science educator to serve as a Biology Content Creator. This is a fixed-term position with an expected term of 12 months. The goal is to empower millions of students by offering high-quality, standards-aligned biology lessons for free.

As a Biology Content Creator, you will develop engaging, rigorous, accessible, and standards-aligned life science/biology learning materials for middle and high school classrooms. These materials will include hands-on activities, articles, and practice exercises. You will collaborate closely with the content team, which creates videos, articles, practice questions, and hands-on activities for various subjects including math, science, humanities, and test preparation.

Responsibilities

• Work with the content team to expand life science/biology offerings by developing engaging hands-on activities, articles, and practice exercises.
• Leverage subject matter expertise, classroom experience, and strong writing skills to develop rigorous and pedagogically sound life science/biology content on schedule.
• Design and develop 3D, NGSS-aligned middle school activities that prioritize the use of widely accessible materials.
• Apply knowledge of andragogy to design hands-on activity teacher guides to support educators in executing student activities.
• Design and develop new middle and high school standards-aligned articles and practice exercises.
• Learn and use the content management system to create publishable content.
• Act as an editorial expert by reviewing the work of other content creators.
• Contribute to the long-term strategic direction of Khan Academy’s content efforts by improving processes, sharing insights, and advocating for learners.

Requirements

• Proven ability to create high-impact learning content in your discipline (minimum of 2 years of professional content development experience in middle school life science or high school biology).
• Classroom teaching experience, strong intuition for how students learn, and insight into common misconceptions (minimum of 2 years of relevant teaching experience).
• Experience teaching [Content incomplete]