Fast Facts

Khan Academy is seeking a Biology Content Creator to develop high-quality biology learning materials for middle and high school students as part of a 12-month fixed contract. This role focuses on creating engaging, standards-aligned content to empower learners and improve educational outcomes.

Responsibilities: Create engaging hands-on biology activities, articles, and practice exercises for middle and high school classrooms in collaboration with the content team.

Skills: Proven content development experience in life science or high school biology, strong writing skills, project management proficiency, and a passion for science education are required.

Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of professional content development experience in life science or biology and relevant teaching experience is preferred; experience with multiple educational standards is a plus.

Location: The position can be done remotely within the Continental US and Hawaii with some flexibility.

Compensation: $77600 - $96900 / Annually

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

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

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve. We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

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. By offering high quality standards-aligned biology lessons for free, we hope to empower millions of students to take charge of their futures and improve their lives.

As a biology content creator, you will develop high-quality life science/biology learning materials for middle and high school classrooms. These materials will include hands-on activities, articles, and practice exercises. You will leverage your deep content knowledge as a science educator and intuition for student needs to ensure the content you create is engaging, rigorous, accessible, and standards-aligned. You won’t be working in isolation; you’ll be working closely with other members of the content team.

Our team is made up of talented creators who make our videos, articles, practice questions, and hands-on activities. Today, our courses include nearly every math topic from K-14, science and humanities content covering middle school, high school, and early college, test prep for several national exams, and much more! In the years ahead, we want to double down on making our courses great in classrooms and help push online education to the next level.

What you’ll do:

• Work with the content team to expand our life science/biology offering by developing engaging hands-on activities, articles, and practice exercises.
• Leverage your 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 our 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 upon our processes, sharing insights with other members of the team, and advocating for learners.

What you bring

• 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 like to learn, and insight into common misconceptions (minimum of 2 years of relevant teaching experience)
• Experience teaching or creating content for elementary (grades 3-5) life science/biology is a plus
• Experience and aptitude working with multiple standards sets (e.g. NGSS, state-specific science standards, etc.) to ensure coverage and alignment during content development
• Strong grounding in pedagogy and inclusive teaching practices, with the ability to design content that supports diverse learners, promotes equity, and reflects evidence-based instructional strategies
• Desire to teach at scale, designing educational content for a wide range of learners
• Impeccable writing skills, an energetic can-do attitude, and a knack for both giving and receiving feedback
• Meticulous attention to detail and time management skills
• Project management skills (e.g. fluent with Google docs, spreadsheets, etc.) and a willingness to learn new tools
• A passion for science education

PERKS AND BENEFITS

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

• Ample paid time off as needed – Your well-being is a priority.
• Remote-first culture - that caters to your time zone, with open flexibility as needed, at times
• An exceptional team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to do your best
• The chance 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
• Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups

At Khan Academy, we are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, the well-being of our employees, and our Khan community. This belief is why we have built out a robust Total Rewards package that includes competitive base salaries, and extensive benefits and perks to support physical, mental, and financial well-being.

The rate for this 12-month fixed contract would be the following: $77,600.00 - $96,900.00 USD or $104,862 - $131,077 CAD.

MORE ABOUT US

• Sal’s TED talk from 2011
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• Sal's TED talk from 2023
• 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, improving 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.

As part of this commitment, Khan Academy will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact [email protected]