Education Resource Specialist American Association of Chemistry Teachers
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Job Location:
Washington, AR - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 92000 - 111000
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This position will provide support to the K-12 Education Engagement and Outreach (KEEO) group as well as the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) by serving as the Managing Editor of Chemistry Solutions supporting the development of custom classroom resources for AACT members and functioning as the AP chemistry content specialist. This position requires regular correspondence with AACT members strong project management skills detailed peer-review abilities and high school chemistry teaching experience. Additionally this position will provide other support to the KEEO and AACT teams as needed.
Position Accountabilities
- Serve as the Managing Editor of the AACT quarterly periodical Chemistry Solutions.
- Support the development of custom classroom resources for AACT members including reviewing editing and creating content as needed.
- Collaborate with AACT team to support internal and external classroom resource development projects.
- Support the growth and development of AACT.
- Contribute to other KEEO initiatives as needed.
Additional details about Position Accountabilities:
- Serve as the Managing Editor of the AACT quarterly periodical Chemistry Solutions.
- Recruit and identify authors for the publication; collaborate with these authors to direct and support content creation.
- Review edit and revise content at various stages of the publication workflow.
- Collaborate with and direct both internal staff and external stakeholders throughout the publishing workflow to meet deadlines.
- Manage peer-review process including supporting members of peer-review team.
- Support the development of custom classroom resources for AACT members including reviewing editing and creating content as needed.
- Collaborate with AACT team to support internal and external classroom resource development projects.
- Review edit and improve published resources from the AACT library by creating supplemental content conducting testing and aligning content with national standards.
- Create unique classroom resources for the AACT classroom resource library to support specific project needs and collaboration opportunities.
- Conduct thorough peer-review for all teacher created content and related projects.
- Serve as AP chemistry content expert on the AACT team.
Education/Experience/Technological Knowledge
- Bachelors degree in chemistry or related science required.
- Graduate degree in teaching education or a related field is preferred.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience teaching high school chemistry with specific experience teaching AP chemistry classes.
- Proven experience creating curriculum for high school chemistry including AP chemistry.
- Formal or informal science writing/editing experience is highly desirable.
- Strong writing and verbal communications skills for interacting with teachers and external stakeholders.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills with superior customer service is a must.
- Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a dynamic setting.
- High attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 Excel and digital engagement platforms (Ex: Zoom) and screen recording/Camtasia or similar software.
This role is based in our Washington DC office. ACS employees work a hybrid schedule consisting of working onsite two days per work week as decided by functional area. The balance of the week is open to working remotely though employees are always welcome onsite each day if they choose.
A reasonable rate of compensation for this position is between $92000-$111000 per year.
Any actual offer of employment reflecting the total compensation package and benefits will be made in the sole discretion of ACS. ACS reserves the right to amend or modify its employment benefits and compensation structure at any time.
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Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Early Childhood Education
- Classroom Experience
- Education Administration
- Lesson Planning
- Special Education
- Adult Education
- Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Administrative Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Program Development
- Supervising Experience
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