Common Sense Media Inc Hiring for Education Program Manager, Digital Citizenship at San Francisco, CA Full Time

Every day, millions of families turn to Common Sense for trusted advice and unbiased ratings. We offer the largest library of independent, age-based, and educational ratings and reviews for everything your kids want to watch, play, read, and learn. Our movie and TV ratings are available on Target.com, Xfinity, Apple TV, and many other partner platforms helping families make smart media choices. Through our schools program, we provide educators with a curriculum that teaches the essential digital citizenship and literacy skills every student needs to succeed. We also work with policymakers, industry leaders, and concerned parents and teachers to improve the media and education landscape for kids, families, and schools.

We are seeking an Education Program Manager to develop and support content for Common Sense’s Digital Citizenship Program. As an Education Program Manager, you will work on a team to conceptualize and create high-quality and research-based K–12 learning resources and curriculum.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-time (40 hours per week)

REPORTS TO: Director, Education Development & Programs

LOCATION: San Francisco, CA (remote available)

WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Your goal is to create resources that support students, educators, and schools in creating a positive and productive culture around media and technology.

Education Content Development

Conceptualize, plan, and develop friendly, easy-to-use educational content for educators and students on digital citizenship, news and media literacy, social and emotional learning, and related topics (lessons, activities, guides, videos, webinars, interactives, professional development materials).

Manage large-scale content development projects, working cross-functionally with Design, Product, Video, and Marketing teams.

Manage education content on our website, including uploading and organizing.

Iterate on existing content, making improvements based on user feedback and product advancements.

Stay on the pulse of educator needs and user preferences for the Digital Citizenship Program and online professional development.

Pilot new content and develop processes for continual feedback from educators, students, and experts to help inform revisions.

Ensure content is aligned with and drives adoption of our engagement journey.

Educator Professional Development

Define professional learning competencies, structure, and learning pathways.

Develop self-guided, asynchronous online learning.

Apply adult learning principles to create interactive learning experiences.

Write advice and newsletter articles.

Develop standards alignment charts.

Write implementation support resources.

Get ongoing feedback from educators about professional development preferences.

Content Partner Management

Support the management of content and licensing partnerships, including working with partners on content adaptations, and integration of learning content into partner platforms and programs.

Additional Duties

Carry out other special projects and duties related to the Digital Citizenship Program and deliverables as needed.

Present in webinars and at conferences.

Attend user observation sessions and utilize UX to acquire feedback to support content and program development.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR:
Former K–12 educator with experience creating teacher- and student-friendly materials, such as lesson plans, student activities, videos, and professional development.

Background content knowledge of digital learning, digital citizenship, and media literacy.

Knowledgeable about best practices and challenges of teaching and learning with technology.

Background in online and in-person teacher professional development, adult learning principles, and instructional design.

Knowledge of the video development pre- and post-production process, including storyboarding, scripting, and storytelling.

Passionate about designing high-quality, research-based learning resources for educators and students on digital citizenship, media literacy, and teaching with technology.

Enthusiastically open to feedback, revisions, and improvements as part of the content development process.

Knowledge of Common Sense Education’s mission, suite of offerings, audience, and teacher implementation strategies for digital citizenship and digital learning.

Follow the latest trends and research on children and technology, digital citizenship, digital learning, and professional development for teachers.

Comfortable and collegial working style with a variety of partners from pre-K–12, industry, academics.

Organized and able to work on multiple projects with overlapping deadlines.

Nice-to-have knowledge: Articulate, Google Suite, Asana, Slack, Zoom, Salesforce, Google Analytics, SurveyMonkey.

WHAT WE OFFER:
The chance to work with a great team of talented and passionate professionals.

Competitive health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and a matching 401(k).

An organization that offers work-life balance.

The opportunity to really make a difference in the lives of kids and families!

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Common Sense values the diversity of its employees and is an equal opportunity employer. For more information on our values, please visit our statement on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Common Sense will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. However, job offers are made on the condition that the applicant subsequently passes a criminal background check. If the background check indicates a prior criminal conviction, we will conduct an individualized assessment to determine whether the conviction should result in denial of employment.