Education Outreach Coordinator - Children's Learning Institute's TSR Content and Innovation

UTHealth Houston and Children's Learning Institute TSR Content and Innovation team is hiring an Education Outreach Coordinator to coordinate content development projects, track timelines and deliverables, facilitate communication among multiple stakeholders, and help ensure projects move forward efficiently. This position plays a key role in supporting the development of professional learning resources for early childhood educators and requires strong organizational, technical, and project coordination skills.

Ideal candidates will have a bachelor's in education, early childhood education, or a related field with experience in early childhood education, preferably in a classroom. Strong project coordination, organization and time management skills are crucial. Excel, project tracking tools, and an interest in working with technology is preferred. Content development, curriculum, training, or educational program support experience preferred

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• 100%25 paid medical premiums for our full-time employees  
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Position Summary:

Develops and writes curriculum, reading research and writing training for literacy and math development for the early child.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Writes statewide curriculum for use in Pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools.
• Designs presentations and trains teachers nation-wide on the most current research information and classroom instruction techniques.
• Translates current research into lessons for teachers. Demonstrates model lessons in classrooms for teachers; provides on-going side-by-side coaching for teachers in classroom settings.
• Travels to local, state, and national training sites to evaluate classroom instructions.
• Evaluates current school textbooks and provides feedback on how to differentiate, improve and upgrade instruction techniques.
• Reviews national reading curriculums for Pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools.
• Collects and reviews testing data from sites for research.
• Writes and directs classroom instructional video.
• Prepares executive summaries and reports upon completion of on-going classroom sites.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Knowledge of current reading research applications, experience with presenting best practices in reading, experience classroom teacher who has supervised and coached teaching.
• Teaching certification with required endorsements for subject and level assigned by State of Texas preferred

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's Degree required. Bachelor's in Early Childhood preferred. Master's Degree in Education preferred

Minimum Experience:

7 years of experience in teaching or curriculum writing required May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.