In the last nine years, Prodigy Education has grown from 3,000 local users to more than 100 million registered users worldwide. As one of the fastest-growing ed-tech startups in North America with global impact, Prodigy connects students, parents, teachers, and school districts with resources that promote a lifelong love of learning. Anyone with an internet connection is welcome to create a free account for its renowned Math Game and try an effective and engaging math platform for grades 1 to 8. For more information visitwww.prodigygame.com, or @ProdigyGame on Twitter.
At Prodigy Education, we have an incredible team that works tirelessly to turn our goal of making education a human right into a reality. We are immensely grateful for our amazing team and all they do every day. We welcome people who share our passion to join our team, where you will have the opportunity to help an entire generation of students to LOVE learning.
Our passion is our mission - to help every student in the world love learning!Please note: During the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to keep all our candidates safe, Prodigy is hiring and on-boarding 100% remotely for the time being.
Overview:
- At Prodigy, we are working hard to achieve our mission of helping every child in the world to LOVE learning. The only way we can achieve that goal is by ensuring that we have high quality, engaging educational content for our users; that’s where you come in! With over 15 million math questions answered on Prodigy per day, we're looking for a teacher to join our education team to help ensure students around the world are able to use Prodigy not only as a practice tool, but as a platform they are able to learn from.
Your Impact:
- Creating English Language Arts educational content for our product
- Developing curriculum-aligned questions and hints that help students master a variety of concepts throughout their learning journey
- Generating ideas for features and tools that continues to enable Prodigy to be relied on by students, teachers, and parents as an invaluable educational resource
- Constantly looking for ways to make Prodigy a more valuable educational tool
Who You Are:
- Bachelor of Education, P/J
- Major or Minor in English
- Classroom experience at the elementary level
- Amazing attention to detail when creating thousands of questions with minimal errors
- Proficient with technology and online tools (eg. G-suite, Excel)
- Ability to problem solve within a team environment
- Willingness to learn and work in a hyper-growth company
Bonus Points For:
- Additional courses in English Language Arts instruction/pedagogy
- Experience with programming
What We Offer:
- The opportunity to build a career of value and witness first hand the impact Prodigy has as the most engaging math platform in the world!
- A culture of transparency, where team members are involved in important conversations
- No micromanaging here! We believe in our employees skills and abilities, we encourage you to bring new innovative ideas to your team
- Full health benefits from day one (1) for you and your family, fully covered! Nothing is ever taken off your pay cheque
- We are a profitable company, with eligibility to participate in stock options for all employees
- Late or early riser? We understand! We offer flexible working hours that allow you to schedule your 8 hour day with a bit more flexibility. We do have core office hours, to ensure team members can be present for important meetings and department needs. Our core office hours are 10:30am - 3:00pm
While we operate 100% remotely for the time being, our company culture and values remain at the core of everything we do. We are offering a number of remote-friendly activities such as:
- Virtual trivia
- Zoom meditation, stretching, and fitness sessions
- Daily remote challenges via Slack
- Virtual Prodigy Prepares cooking series featuring our very own employees!
- Remote work employee budget for things like home office equipment etc.
When this pandemic comes to an end and it is safe to be back in the office. Here's a glimpse into what you can expect:
- Feel like working from home ? Prodigy is office optional!
- Team building events that not only include you as a Prodigy employee, but your significant other and children as well
- Company pizza lunch every second week for ‘All Hands’, where we discuss important Prodigy milestones
- Do you need some fun to help break up your day? We have that covered! Join in some Ping Pong games, Smash Bros competitions or board games!
Come as you are. We believe the power of our collective potential will transform education. We are building towards a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace to emp