About TalkingPoints
TalkingPoints is an award-winning education technology non-profit organization with the mission to unlock the potential of low-income, underserved families to support their children’s learning by partnering with their children’s schools. COVID-19 remote learning environment has made our mission ever more urgent and important. We’re building a one-of-a-kind product in the market, a multilingual family engagement platform that connects families and teachers using human and artificial intelligence powered, two-way translated messages and personalized supports — eliminating language, time limitations, and know-how as barriers to school/family connection.
Millions of teachers and families are using TalkingPoints in their classrooms, schools and districts across the U.S. TalkingPoints works with key school district partners such as Seattle Public Schools, Boston Public Schools, Buffalo Public School, Wake County and NYC DOE. We have won awards from NYU, MIT, Google, Forbes and are backed by Google, Eric Schmidt, AT&T, Cisco, and Stanford University to name a few.
We're at a critical inflection point in the organization's growth, our user base has grown exponentially in the past year while our team doubled and will double again over the next year. It's an important time to join our team and build on our momentum and ability to support students and families during this critical time in which education equity gaps are more concerning than ever. Learn more.
Diversity: we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it!
The Opportunity
The Head of Learning (or Learning Strategy Consultant) is responsible for representing TalkingPoints expertise as a Universal Family Engagement platform that accelerates student success through technology-enabled family engagement. This role requires a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of utilizing subject-matter expertise in family engagement and family-school partnerships to drive impact. The Head of Learning will build and represent TalkingPoints expertise, including developing organizational expertise and learning strategies that empower optimal use and training of the TalkingPoints platform for our partners, as well as supporting TalkingPoints leadership position externally in building the category of Universal Family Engagement. Reporting to the CEO or the Chief Revenue Officer, you will:
Strategic Leadership:
- Develop and execute a comprehensive learning strategy that aligns with the organization’s vision and goals, with a focus on effective definition and adoption of Universal Family Engagement.
- Design and execute on trainings and workshops that build capacity of district partners in adopting Universal Family Engagement, in leveraging technology-based family engagement to improve student outcomes
- Stay abreast of educational trends, technologies, and best practices to inform org strategy for family engagement.
Org-Wide Support
- Lead internal enablement including the creation and continuous improvement of learning frameworks and resources that leverage our platform and team to support universal family engagement.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and design teams to ensure learning principles of universal family engagement strategies support all of our product offerings.
- Work closely with the partnerships teams (Sales and partner success) to understand customer needs and challenges, and opportunities to enhance product adoption and impact.
Thought Leadership:
- Contribute to thought leadership content across multiple formats (e.g., webinar presentations, written guides and blogs)
- Establish and maintain relationships with educational institutions, family engagement experts, thought leaders, and industry organizations to promote our category of Universal Family Engagement and gather valuable insights.
- Represent the organization at conferences, webinars, and other events to advocate for the organization's philosophy and approach to universal family engagement.
Who You Are:
- Deep knowledge of the field of family engagement (ideally technology-enabled) and application of educational technologies to improving student outcomes.
- Excellent communication, presentation and public speaking skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas to a variety of audiences with priority over external audience
- Proven experience working in senior role, ideally within the superintendent’s cabinet in a large school district setting (e.g., Chief Academic Officer, Chief Engagement Officer)
- Proven experience in a senior learning or educational leadership role within the EdTech industry, working closely with school district customers.
- Master's or Doctoral degree in Education, Instructional Design, Learning Sciences, or a related field.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and manage a diverse team.
Nice to Haves:
- Experience with the U.S.-based K-12 education systems
- Experience in or empathy with communities we serve (e.g., underserved populations, education, immigration, bilingual and/or multicultural environments)
- Experience building professional development and/or curriculum
The consultant hourly rate range is $100 - $150. The actual compensation may vary depending on factors such as experience, location, market conditions, education/training, and skill level. We are also open to considering candidates interested in a full-time employment opportunity.
Overall fit with our org culture - we look for team members who are:
- User and mission-oriented: we are devoted to our mission with empathy towards the communities we serve.
- All-in together: we go above and beyond the job description, working together as a team.
- Agile & action-oriented: we get things done, knowing that our progress is urgent to our communities.
- Always Learning: we are always learning, with a growth mindset, to reach our full potential.
- Boldly Courageous: we take risks in order to achieve big things.
- Resourceful: we are creative, solution-oriented, and scrappy.
What We Offer:
- An incredible opportunity to build a mission-driven, rapidly growing startup tech nonprofit
- Flexibility to work remotely
- Fun, smart, dynamic, and motivated team
How to Apply:
Please submit your resume, a brief paragraph describing your interest, and a link to your LinkedIn profile
TalkingPoints is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all qualified individuals have an equal opportunity to contribute and succeed. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.
