Company Overview

The School Improvement Network was founded in 1991 to Provide Solutions to Increase Learning in Today’s Schools.  Now, as the leading provider of practical and sustainable media-based school-improvement solutions, our work services the needs of thousands of districts and schools across North America.  Well-known brands, such as The Video Journal of Education, PD 360, and the SINET Learning Framework are all produced by the School Improvement Network.  To produce our comprehensive library of professional development resources, the School Improvement production team has documented, in video and print, the best practices in over 3,000 classrooms across North America. They have worked with dozens of the most respected experts in education, and annually produce a large volume of media-based training materials, including DVDs, books, and online video.

We are deeply passionate about helping every student, teacher, and administrator be successful.  In order to accomplish this goal, we are committed to actively seeking out the most talented people for each of our open positions.  We are pleased you are considering joining us and look forward to getting to know you through our application process.

Position Description

The School Improvement Network is looking for a highly-qualified Content Producer-Writer.  In this position, the candidate will be on the forefront of educational change in North America.  The job will require visiting the most successful examples of school improvement, documenting the work of these schools on video, interviewing the top-experts in education on camera, and crafting this footage into dynamic media-based training programs in video and print and in online courses.  To fill this position, the candidate needs to have a good understanding of successful educational practices, and a passion for improving our schools as we support educators in leading all students to high levels of success.

Responsibilities:

• Produce media-based professional development training programs for school improvement.


• Write training materials to be delivered through video, print, and online-courses.  This material must be based on current educational research and utilize video footage shot in schools.


• Understand current educational research in relation to best teaching practices and school improvement.


• Manage production responsibilities, such as budgeting, scheduling, site-visit arrangements, and coordinating work with the production crew.


• Develop and manage relationships with educators, researchers, and experts featured in media programs.

Requirements:

• Project and/or team management experience


• Educational experience as teacher, researcher, and/or administrator


• Some experience in the field of professional development is preferred


• Demonstrated writing and/or media production ability


• College education, preferably graduate work

Thank you for your interest in joining the School Improvement Network!