at University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
DepartmentAI Data Science 4 Everyone
About the Department
Data Science 4 Everyone (DS4E) is a national initiative working to catalyze the adoption of data science and data literacy as a fundamental component of K-12 education. DS4E facilitates a broad and growing coalition of system leaders in U.S. education, seeded by support from Steven Levitt (Freakonomics), Arne Duncan (fmr. U.S. Secretary of Education), Linda Darling-Hammond (Learning Policy Institute, California State Board of Education), Eric Schmidt (fmr. CEO Google), Ken Griffin (CEO of Citadel), Scott Cook (co-founder of Intuit), and many others. Incubated at the Center for Radical Innovation for Social Change (RISC) and popularized by the 2019 Freakonomics podcast America's Math Curriculum Doesn't Add Up, DS4E is quickly expanding our dedicated team at the University of Chicago, striving to teach students the basics of modern data across school subjects and grade-levels. Our core focus is to raise awareness and work with stakeholders across U.S. education to ensure every student is data literate by high school graduation, and can meaningfully participate in and build a data-driven future. In just 3 years, DS4E has grown data science education programs in 17 states, hundreds of schools, and with numerous national partners. As a field catalyst, DS4E builds awareness with local, state, and national leaders, centralizes and disseminates resources, hosts convenings and communities of practice, creates partnerships to support, trains educators across the country, and helps schools and districts design new K-12 programs for all students.
Job Summary
The Community Manager will directly support K-12 educators across the United States in the design and implementation of data science and data literacy education opportunities in their classrooms. The Community Manager will guide educators to iterate on classroom practice by integrating new tools and technologies, trying new teaching methods, and designing new programs to best serve the needs of students in their communities. The Community Manager will help grow and sustain a national community of educators based on its shared mission, practices, and joy for data science education.
Responsibilities
- Designs, organizes, and leads community-wide programming, such as professional development webinars, office hours, lesson design sessions, and other educator-facing events.
- Facilitates collaboration and creates support networks between educators, for example by managing digital communities and organizing community of practice meetings.
- Works one-on-one with educators to support new content instruction, troubleshoots curriculum or technology implementation, and identifies best classroom practices.
- Fosters inclusive and diverse community culture, and ensures community members follow the DS4E Community Standards.
- Develops and maintains a growing library of resources for K-12 educators, including multimedia, web-based curricula resources, and classroom-ready datasets.
- Ensures all curricula and content listed on the DS4E website align with current research and are ready for classroom implementation at multiple levels of educator experience.
- Assists with the development for primary and secondary school programs. Requires a deep understanding of the field of primary and secondary school education.
- Applies experience in the identification and establishment of collaborative partnerships with schools.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
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Work Experience:
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
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Certifications:
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Preferred Qualifications
Education:
- College or university degree in education, statistics/data science, computer science, and/or related field.
Experience:
- 3+ years of K-12 classroom experience in teaching data science, computer science, statistics/mathematics, or integrated technology activities in other school subjects.
- 1+ years of experience in teacher coaching, pilot development, or other school/district leadership work.
- Demonstrated experience building peer-based learning environments for classroom educators.
Technical Skills or Knowledge:
- Demonstrated proficiency in two or more data analysis software tools, such as Google Sheets / Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerBI, R / RStudio, Python, SaS, Tableau, or others.
- Demonstrated proficiency in one or more Learning Management Systems (LMS), such as Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Google Classroom, etc.
Preferred Competencies
- Strong customer-service disposition. Work with a wide variety of stakeholders and model warm, inviting relationships in doing so.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Demonstrated history of creativity, innovation, and energy to engage other educators in new classroom practices.
- Passionate about education reform and imagining constructive ways our system can better serve our students.
Application Documents
- Resume/CV (required)
- Cover Letter (required)
When applying, the document(s) MUSTbe uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.
Job Family
Academic Affairs
Role Impact
Individual Contributor
FLSA Status
Exempt
Pay Frequency
Monthly
Scheduled Weekly Hours
37.5
Benefits Eligible
Yes
Drug Test Required
No
Health Screen Required
No
Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
No
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