Instructional Designers and Content Area Domain Experts for Advanced Teacher Education

The NAATE program is unlike other professional learning programs in that it:

• Serves only high-performing, experienced teachers;
• Is a national program drawing teachers from public districts, charter management organizations and faith-based networks from across the country;
• Employs an inquiry-based pedagogical approach built on case-based learning;
• Is based on the belief that to become a teacher leader within a school, teachers must continue to hone their instructional craft as well as develop skills for leading and supporting other adults; 
• Includes an intensive in-residence program (2 weeks each summer over two years, and one long weekend during the academic year).

We are looking to fill full- and part-time Instructional Designers and Content Area Domain Experts positions on our team to develop the teaching and learning dimensions of our work. Instructional Designers will guide the development of content for the NAATE program including curriculum development, case study writing and pre-work and classwork design. Working with the founding team, Instructional Designers will play a critical role in shaping the program and creating content that engages, challenges, and stretches teacher participants in a way that is consistent with the extensive research and overarching design already completed.

About the Positions

With a target audience exclusively comprised of experienced, high-performing classroom teachers from high-needs schools, successful candidates for the position will have demonstrated success both in and outside the classroom and have intimate knowledge about high-needs schools. They will be proven exemplary teachers, having demonstrated mastery in advanced teacher instructional practices, curriculum design and advanced student assessment. Instructional Designers and Content Area Domain Experts will also have a deep understanding of pedagogical content knowledge, cognition and brain theory, and the Common Core, all foundational elements of the NAATE program.

NAATE is committed to finding the right people to complete this critical work. We are flexible in work arrangements, but are uncompromising in our effort to find people who meet a high bar of experience and demonstrated success in the classroom and leading adult learners. Key areas of work include:

Responsibilities:

• Creation of curricula and class level content within all teaching and learning modules; 
• Development of detailed case studies in the areas of instructional practices, assessment, differentiation, grouping, student discourse, and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK);
• Ongoing research into the key areas of study within the domain of teaching and learning coursework;
• Design of assessments for core subject teachers which require application of key learnings from the program—including creation of rubrics and other assessment tools for participants to use for self- and peer-assessment in the domain of teaching and learning;
• Development of an approach to peer feedback that requires teachers to submit, share, and provide feedback to one another on their classroom practice and their facilitation and leadership skills using the NAATE web platform;
• Work with partner organizations throughout the program design to ensure alignment and buy-in to program design.

Candidate Requirements:

• Demonstrated success as a 6-12 classroom teacher, preferably in a high-needs school 
• Deep content expertise in a core subject area as well as general experience across the domain of teaching and learning --including instructional strategies, and familiarity with seminal researchers and educational experts 
• Experience designing and delivering high impact learning experiences for adults 
• Experience working with public school districts, faith-based networks or charter school management organizations preferred 
• Extensive knowledge of practice, theory and research of classroom teaching 
• Understanding of and belief in case-based and inquiry-based learning for adults

Desired Skills and Attributes:

• Successful candidates will possess the following skills and attributes.
• Takes initiative and is self-directed 
• Thrives in fast-paced start-up and team environment 
• Is self-reflective and interested in growing professionally
• Comfort in giving and receiving critique and feedback from colleagues 
• Willingness to occasional travel
• Able to maintain perspective and has a sense of humor even when faced with obstacles

NAATE is a young growing organization supported by national funders and is looking for candidates who can embrace our mission and adapt to an organizational culture where we are working diligently to create a unique, world-class professional program of study for classroom teachers. Candidates should share our “work hard and have fun” approach.

If you are interested in our work, please email your CV/résumé to jobs@naate.org