Leader of Professional Learning

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization on a mission to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. We already reach millions of students every month and are growing rapidly, and right now we’re hard at work helping learners address any unfinished learning that the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused. We also know that not all communities have been impacted equally by this pandemic, which makes our work focusing on providing equitable solutions to historically under-resourced communities even more important.

WE ARE DRIVEN BY OUR COMMUNITY

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life and so do we. We are fun, diverse, quirky people that come from a variety of backgrounds. Our team includes people from academia and from high tech companies and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. Valuing diversity, equity and inclusion is necessary for us to actualize our mission and truly impact the communities we serve. We believe that the best way to provide impactful education is to create a diverse team of people from different backgrounds, races, religions, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and experiences. We’re a hardworking team that’s passionate about helping learners and teachers around the globe! We strive to be world class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

THE ROLE

Are you ready to join a small team working on a big goal? Khan Academy is looking for a Leader of Professional Learning for teachers and administrators. Applicants should have a background in teaching, coaching teachers, delivering professional development and training, analyzing data, and working with district leaders of curriculum & instruction. Applicants should be passionate and experienced with creating effective training that inspire and prepare teachers to incorporate education technology into their day to day teaching practices throughout the year.

As a leader, you must be able to manage full-time and contractors who deliver training on Khan Academy’s curricular offerings, both for pre-sale demonstrations as well as post-sale professional learning.

You should be an expert designer of training materials & facilitator. You are also skilled at coaching & providing feedback to mentor team members so that they can achieve team standards for professional learning as well. As our PL leader you will help to identify relevant opportunities to deepen and expand the implementation of Khan Academy with district partners to help students learn. You will work closely with sales and district success teams to adjust our implementation approach to maximize student learning, and keeping our partnerships positive and strong.

The successful leader will think creatively about how to adjust the format, content & tone of professional learning sessions for various audiences and mediums, including in-person, live virtual, and on-demand virtual.

• Develop effective professional learning materials for teachers and administrators who use Khan Academy Districts, our paid offering for K12 school districts. Tasks include:
• Planning ahead for upcoming school year
• Writing, curating, and updating resources throughout the school year;
• Ensure high-quality finished output including eeveloping style-guide for resources so we have consistent and polished look and feel.
• Setting up systems to organize materials on an ongoing basis
• Developing best-practices for professional learning facilitation
• Develop a plan for delivering training through our busy season. You are responsible for coaching internal team members and hiring external contractors to be effective training facilitators.
• Own the success and iteration of materials for “grassroots” teachers who use our free teacher tools. Responsibilities include:
• Share teacher and administrator feedback with our product and content teams so we can continually improve our offering.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 5-7 years of experience in leading professional development for K12 educators
• Strong knowledge of learning science and adult learning to create effective, engaging training sessions.
• Proven organizational skills, high attention to detail, and superior time management
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• World class training skills, including exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Strong coaching skills, including the ability to mentor new trainers
• Strong initiative and self-starter. Able to be flexible in a startup environment.
• Strong ability to establish and refine processes
• Experience developing and analyzing qualitative and quantitative feedback & survey data in order to inform changes to individual & team strategies
• Detailed understanding of Khan Academy’s products, pedagogy, and content and how these are implemented in classroom contexts
• Strong technology skills including usage of ed tech tools, video recording software, live video-conferencing tools, & Google Workplace tools
• Former experience as a teacher or administrator is highly preferred.
• BA or BS, Master’s Degree highly preferred

PERKS AND BENEFITS

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team extremely well!

• Competitive salaries and annual bonuses
• Ample paid time off as needed – we are about getting things done, not face time
• Generous parental leave
• A fun, high-caliber team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to be brilliant
• The ability to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education
• Affinity groups where parents, black and hispanic/latino, women and gender minorities, and LGBTQIA+ identified folks come together
• And we offer all those other typical benefits as well: 401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance including medical, dental, vision, and life

THE TEAM (optional)

MORE ABOUT US

• Sal’s TED talk from 2011
• Sal’s TED talk from 2015
• Our team: http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team

OUR COMPANY VALUES

Live & breathe learners

We deeply understand and empathize with our users. We leverage user insights, research, and experience to build content, products, services, and experiences that our users trust and love. Our success is defined by the success of our learners and educators.

Take a stand

As a company, we have conviction in our aspirational point of view of how education will evolve. The work we do is in service to moving towards that point of view. However, we also listen, learn and flex in the face of new data, and commit to evolving this point of view as the industry and our users evolve.

Embrace diverse perspectives

We are a diverse community. We seek out and embrace a diversity of voices, perspectives and life experiences leading to stronger, more inclusive teams and better outcomes. As individuals, we are committed to bringing up tough topics and leaning into different points of view with curiosity. We actively listen, learn and collaborate to gain a shared understanding. When a decision is made, we commit to moving forward as a united team.

Work responsibly and sustainably

We understand that achieving our audacious mission is a marathon, so we set realistic timelines and we focus on delivery that also links to the bigger picture. As a non-profit, we are supported by the generosity of donors as well as strategic partners, and understand our responsibility to our finite resources. We spend every dollar as though it were our own. We are responsible for the impact we have on the world and to each other. We ensure our team and company stay healthy and financially sustainable.

Bring out the joy

We are committed to making learning a joyful process. This informs what we build for our users and the culture we co-create with our teammates, partners and donors.

Cultivate learning mindset

We believe in the power of growth for learners and for ourselves. We constantly learn and teach to improve our offerings, ourselves, and our organization. We learn from our mistakes and aren’t afraid to fail. We don't let past failures or successes stop us from taking future bold action and achieving our goals.

Deliver wow

We insist on high standards and deliver delightful, effective end-to-end experiences that our users can rely on. We choose to focus on fewer things — each of which aligns to our ambitious vision — so we can deliver high-quality experiences that accelerate positive measurable learning with our strategic partners.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply.