Elementary ELA Content Creator (Assessment Team) - Fixed-Term Position

Khan Academy is seeking an experienced and versatile assessment content creator to serve as an Elementary ELA Content Creator on the Assessments team. This is a fixed-term position with an expected term of 24 months. As an assessment content creator, you will contribute to the development of new, innovative K-12 assessments. The ideal candidates will possess deep knowledge of grade 3–5 ELA, state standards, and assessment development best practices, and have a passion for teaching and learning.

Our ELA assessments content team of middle school and high school ELA content creators work closely together as a team to optimize standards coherence and alignment, and work cross-functionally with engineers, designers, and other teams at Khan Academy whose close collaboration is essential to delivering a high-quality, equitable, engaging assessment experience for all learners.

What You’ll Do:

• Contribute to the creation of K-12 assessments, leveraging your subject matter expertise to execute on blueprints to create high-quality assessment content
• Use and contribute to improvements in our content and item management systems
• Ensure alignment of items with state standards and item development best practices
• Collaborate with teammates and cross-functional teams—product, design, and engineering—to create more engaging, interactive, and informative assessments for our students
• Innovate with new item types made possible by AI technologies

WHAT YOU BRING

• Experience in grades 3–5 ELA assessment development
• 2+ years classroom experience teaching elementary school ELA
• Deep pedagogical expertise and expertise in state and national standards
• A focus on assessment as a positive experience integrated with learning
• You are motivated by the Khan Academy mission: “to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.”
• Experience with collaborative work on time-sensitive projects
• Interest in using new AI tools as assistants in content creation
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written), as well as an eye for detail
• Excellent time management skills
• Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of others, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization
• A growth mindset that is curious and energized to innovate and create something new for our students
• Project management skills (e.g., fluent with Google Docs and spreadsheets and other tools) and a willingness to learn new tools
• A bias to action
• A passion for education and a desire to change the world
• Nice to have: middle school assessment experience