DEI Content Auditor, K-12 (Contract)

Reports to: Program Manager or Director
Department: K-12
Location: Work from Home (US or Canada)

LearningMate is looking to expand our talent pool of Subject Matter and Domain Experts in the areas of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Culturally Responsive Teaching; and Social Emotional Learning. We are dedicated to designing equitable and inclusive digital curricula and programming for the modern learner. 

Primary Purpose:

In this role, you will collaboratively work to lift instruction designed to deepen learner understanding and engagement in grades K-12 online courses for a public, virtual school. You will bring a critical eye to all instructional materials and assessments by fact-checking, examining for bias, and ensuring student and teacher-facing content are inclusive and respectful of diverse perspectives. You will work with a team that seeks to support all learners by writing engaging content that supports all learners.

Responsibilities:

  • Review content utilizing a variety of DEI review tools; writing guidelines, checklists, scorecards and rubrics
  • Review content for missing information, misinformation, and bias
  • Review content and assess if it represents a diverse range of cultures, races, genders, sexual orientations, and abilities
  • Review content and assess if it uses inclusive language and avoids stereotypes and microaggressions
  • Review content to ensure it takes into account the cultural, social, and historical context of the topics covered
  • Create recommendations to improve existing lessons and assessments based on DEI practices
  • Prepare client-facing presentations
  • Interact with LearningMate and client stakeholders 

Qualifications:

  • Experience crafting high-quality instructional materials and assessments for grades K-12 in the US and or Canada
  • Experience teaching and cultivating a welcoming and inclusive learning environment for elementary or secondary learners
  • Experience in one or more key areas of DEI practice; 
    • Access and Equity
    • Diversity, inclusion, and Representation
    • Bias and Stereotypes
    • Cultural Relevance and Responsiveness
    • Plain Language
    • Social Emotional Learning
  • Familiarity with different taxonomies and standards alignment
  • Experience in content editing of quality curriculums
  • Experience preferred in writing in an LMS and managing complex spreadsheet 
  • Ability to multitask effectively and work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

SOW – Scope: To Be Determined based on project needs

  • Attend kickoff and training meetings for the project
  • Identify recommendations for edits to course/lessons in alignment with DEI writing and style guidelines as specified by the client
  • Identify recommendations for edits in various platforms and in documents (e.g., Google documents, Google Sheets) and update the project management tool (e.g., Smartsheet) for schedule adherence
  • Adhere to the review schedule as specified by the project team
  • Apply subject-matter expertise to further support the learner and to increase engagement and the effectiveness of the lesson
  • Ensure that the following key design elements are present:
    • Alignment to objectives
    • Appropriate content flow for the audience
    • Appropriate instructional strategies for the audience
    • Appropriate and varied use of multimedia to support instruction
    • Appropriate and varied use of the learning platform’s components to support instruction
  • Verify all content and assessment components are factual, up-to-date, and accurate
  • Save a PDF copy of the edited lesson to your computer if needed for reference
  • Consult with the project team on issues that occur during course development

If you have expertise in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Culturally Responsive Teaching; and/or Social Emotional Learning, in the K12, Higher-Ed, Human Resources, or Workforce Development space, please share more about yourself by completing our Talent Pool form. After joining our Talent Pool, a LearningMate team member will be in contact when your area of expertise aligns with a current or upcoming project or initiative.

Please send in your resume at mitali.gupta@learningmate.com and enter [INSERT JOB TITLE] – Your Name as the Subject Line.

LearningMate is an equal employment opportunity employer.

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