Center for Responsive Schools 85 Avenue A TURNERS FALLS, MA 01376 Company Description: Center for Responsive Schools (CRS) is a nonprofit educational development organization and publishing house committed to developing high-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) programs, products, and services for students and educators. Salary Range: Location: Per Year TURNERS FALLS MA Job Type: Category: Full Time Education/Training Education Level: Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree Preference: Required 3+ Preference: Required Skills/Certifications/Licences: Description: The Educational Designer for Responsive Classroom Middle School is responsible for collaborating with members of their team to create, design and develop learning activities, content, tools – including digital and multi-media tools-and other educational and instructional products for teachers and students. This position is responsible for conducting research and collaborating with a team of experts to design elegant and practical teaching and learning experiences, materials and resources that are related to a diverse teacher and student population. The Educational Designer is also responsible for delivering courses, workshops and training and services that they develop or participate in developing, representing CRS at a variety of events, participating in peer reviews and contributing to the development of CRS retail products and services as assigned. Must be a continuous learner and stay current in areas such as best instructional and learning practices, SEL, positive student discipline, curriculum design, and adult learning. This position is eligible for a teleworking arrangement under the company’s Teleworking Policy. PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: Develops a range of learning activities, materials and content to support educational projects and programs • Writes and creates learner goals, organizes and (when appropriate) develops content or recommends the development of instructional content based upon instructional theory and best practices in the field. • Collaborates with a team to create detailed schematics, planning guides, storyboards, mock-ups and other visual representations to establish the basic structure of the layout and plan for instructional materials. • Develops expertise in the Middle School Responsive Classroom approach, Social and Emotional Learning, and curriculum development to inform curriculum. Quality Assurance • Participates in the annual needs assessment and planning process for program, workshop and course management and takes responsibility for contributing to product improvement as assigned. • Participates in annual audit of CRS Programming to assure program coherence, consistency, and current articulation of each Program. • Develops and improves tools to assess the effectiveness of program services. • Works collaboratively on peer review teams to review books, book chapters, blogs, newsletter articles, or other materials • Writes or serves as content contributors for books, book chapters, blogs, newsletter articles, or other similar instructional information • Works on peer review teams for any CRS work or projects. Course and Workshop Delivery; Working with Clients; Representing CRS • Delivers workshops and serves as a facilitator at CRS sponsored events. • Meets with educational stakeholders to coach or consult on instructional or school needs Requirements: • Requires a 4-year degree in the field of education, instructional design, or a related discipline from a regionally accredited institution, 3 + years of teaching experience, and the ability to complete the Responsive Classroom four-day course. • Experience with working on a collaborative team on instructional design • Excellent time management, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills • Demonstrated ability to convey complex information in a clear and concise manner • Ability and interest in working with a high degree of autonomy and with a high degree of professionalism • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google productivity software