ELA Assessment Content Creator, Elementary Grades 3-5 (24 month Fixed Term)

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THE ROLE

Khan Academy is seeking an experienced and versatile assessment content creator to serve as an Elementary ELA Content Creator on the Assessments team.  This is a fixed-term position with an expected term of 24 months. As an assessment content creator, you  will contribute to the development of new, innovative K-12 assessments. The ideal candidates will possess deep knowledge of  grade 3 - 5 ELA, state standards, and assessment development best practices, and have a passion for teaching and learning. 

Our ELA assessments content team of middle school and high school ELA content creators work closely together as a team to optimize standards coherence and alignment, and work cross-functionally with engineers, designers, and other teams at Khan Academy whose close collaboration is essential to delivering a high-quality, equitable, engaging  assessment experience for all learners.

• →Contribute to the creation of K-12 assessments, leveraging your subject matter expertise to execute on blueprints to  create high-quality assessment content
• →Use and contribute to improvements in our content and item management systems
• →Ensure alignment of items with state standards and  item development best practices
• →Collaborate with teammates and cross-functional teams - product, design, and engineering -to create more engaging,  interactive, and informative assessments for our students 
• →Innovate with new item types made possible by AI technologies

• You are motivated by the Khan Academy mission “to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere."
• Experience in grades 3-5 ELA assessment development.
• 2+ years classroom experience teaching elementary school ELA.
• Deep pedagogical expertise and expertise in state and national standards.
• A focus on assessment as a positive experience integrated with learning.
• Experience with collaborative work on time-sensitive projects.
• Interest in using new AI tools as assistants in content creation.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written), as well as an eye for detail. 
• Excellent time management skills. 
• Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of other, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization.
• A  growth mindset that is curious and energized to innovate and create something new for our students. 
• Project management skills (e.g. fluent with Google docs and spreadsheets and other tools) and a willingness to learn new tools
• A bias to action. 
• A passion for education and a desire to change the world
• Nice to have: middle school assessment experience
• Candidates with significantly more experience may be considered for hire at the Senior level.

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