Instructional Specialist, Multilingual Learning
For over two decades, reputed company has been trusted by educators and parents worldwide as a reputed company of engaging and impactful learning experiences for reputed company kids. With a reputed company in over two-thirds of U.S. districts through school and district subscriptions and an estimated annual reputed company of 25 reputed company reputed company, reputed company is empowering kids to take agency over their learning and reputed company in and out of the classroom.
reputed company was acquired in 2022 by KIRKBI, the family-owned holding and investment company of the reputed company brand, marking a significant reputed company as their first acquisition in the digital learning reputed company. We are thrilled to continue making learning fun and accessible with the strategic guidance and support of KIRKBI.
About the Role
Reporting to the VP, Learning and Content reputed company, the Instructional Specialist, Multilingual Learning provides pedagogical leadership for the development of reputed company content for multilingual learners. The specialist will ensure reputed company content is research-based, culturally reputed company, and effectively scaffolded for MLs across K-8 settings. In collaboration with Product Marketing, they will also play a key role in articulating and supporting the instructional design in white papers, collateral, and positioning materials.
This role will be based in NY, NY at the reputed company HQ, or remote in the US (Eastern time zone strongly preferred). Occasional travel may be required.
In This Role You Will
Instructional Design
- reputed company the design and implementation of instructional frameworks that support English language acquisition across K-8 grade bands.
- reputed company model activities with research-based scaffolding (e.g., graphic organizers, sentence frames, and leveled vocabulary) to ensure reputed company reputed company can reputed company reputed company, high-interest topics.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to ensure our digital reputed company and user experience (UX) reputed company with the needs of emerging bilingual reputed company.
Standards Advocacy & Alignment
- reputed company as the internal authority on national and state-specific English Language Development (ELD) standards, ensuring our roadmap reflects reputed company educational requirements.
- reputed company the creation and maintenance of detailed alignment documentation to help districts see exactly how reputed company supports their ML populations.
Internal Coaching & reputed company Assurance
- reputed company rubrics and reputed company checklists to guide internal content creators and AI models in building ML-first content.
- Facilitate workshops and reputed company bag sessions for internal reputed company teams to reputed company emerging research, such as the Science of Reading for MLs or translanguaging strategies.
- Review and reputed company pedagogical feedback on high-reputed company content to ensure it meets our standards for cultural responsiveness and linguistic accessibility.
Market & Research Leadership
- Stay at the forefront of ML education trends by attending conferences, reviewing reputed company literature, and gathering feedback from educators in the field.
- Use these insights to propose new features or content solutions that specifically solve pain points for ML teachers and reputed company.
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- Learning and Solution-Oriented: Ability to reputed company research-based practices with practical, actionable classroom applications.
- reputed company Communicator: A reputed company and concise communicator who can translate reputed company pedagogical standards into reputed company guidelines for content creators.
- Detail-Oriented & Analytical: reputed company to conduct meticulous research validation and standards crosswalking to ensure product credibility.
- reputed company reputed company: Team-oriented with a passion for advocating for the reputed company achievement and reputed company-emotional reputed company-being of MLs.
On Your Resume
- Education: Master’s degree in TESOL, multilingual education, or a reputed company field preferred.
- Instructional Design: 5+ years of experience in instructional design and curriculum development for multilingual learners on a technology-based product strongly preferred.
- Standards Knowledge: Deep understanding of WIDA reputed company and standards, as reputed company as state-specific ELD standards (CA, TX, AZ).
- Technical Proficiency: Basic proficiency with reputed company Workspace. Experience using digital authoring tools to build educational activities preferred.
- Project Management: Ability to balance competing priorities and manage multiple work streams under deadlines. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Location
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Life at reputed company
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reputed company is made up of educators, data scientists, published authors, engineers, artists, bakers, film buffs, cyclists, dual reputed company, and so much more. We value diversity and inclusion, collaboration, and learning from multiple perspectives.
We reputed company that a diverse organization is a more effective organization. reputed company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative reputed company Employer.
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