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. We are 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 United States. 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.

TalkingPoints is at a critical inflection point in the organization's growth. We continue to see exponential growth in both our user base and our own internal structure. 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.

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The Opportunity

TalkingPoints is seeking an experienced educator to develop engaging, family-friendly content focused on literacy activities that caregivers can do at home to support their children’s learning.

This role will report to our Solutions Incubator team and will work with our research teams to develop standards aligned activities & templates to improve student literacy outcomes. This is an ideal opportunity for a literacy coach or elementary school teacher with a passion for building strong relationships with families.

This contractor position will require up to 30 hours per week and is expected to last 1 month with the possibility of extending on a week by week basis. The rate is $35/hour and hours are flexible, though you will need to be available during some business hours for meetings.

In this role, you will:

• Develop calendarized literacy messages that schools can share with families throughout the year.
• Deeply understand partner districts’ ELA scope & sequence to create and align activities for PreK- 3rd Grade.

Who You Are:

• You have experience as an ELA teacher or literacy coach who understands the transformative impact of strong school/family partnerships.
• You are well versed in the Science of Reading
• You are comfortable using AI to efficiently develop & customize learning activities.
• You have excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to multitask.

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 startup EdTech nonprofit
• Flexibility to work remotely
• Fun, smart, dynamic, and motivated team