Literacy Research Associate

Overview

Are you passionate about supporting and partnering with educators to improve educational opportunities and outcomes, with a focus on English language arts/literacy instruction? Are you looking for opportunities to use your experience, knowledge, and research skills to support educators to improve teaching, learning, and the systems that support them? Are you an enthusiastic collaborator, eager to work closely with colleagues and grow your skill set? Do you value working directly with practitioners through applied research and examining questions of critical interest to educators?

SRI Education is committed to designing and implementing high-quality research, evaluation, and technical assistance (i.e., providing research-grounded support to educators). We investigate and influence critical questions and issues in K–12 and postsecondary education, improving systems, enhancing instruction, addressing student wellbeing, and supporting diverse learners. We seek to hire an Literacy Research Associate with experience conducting research who can contribute to projects focused on English language arts (ELA)/literacy as well as support projects across other education content areas.

This position is fully remote within the U.S., however if you prefer onsite and are located near an SRI office, we may accommodate a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

Work on an interdisciplinary team to evaluate and/or provide technical assistance for large-scale improvement efforts. These are likely to include professional learning programs or the development of new resources designed to support foundational skills, reading comprehension, multilingual learners, writing from source material, and disciplinary literacy at scale. Lend ELA/literacy expertise to projects on an ad hoc basis (provide occasional consultation or targeted contributions around topics such as: literacy assessment, measuring literacy-focused instructional practice, review of ELA curricular materials, and reviewing and synthesizing current literacy research.

Conduct literature, website, document, and policy scans and reviews. Support data collection and analysis (e.g., survey administration and data visualizations; scheduling and conducting classroom observations; conducting interviews and analyzing qualitative data). Provide project management and coordination support (e.g., tracking progress toward project milestones; making recommendations for project procedures; creating, organizing, and managing project documents and databases, such as schedules and status reports for clients). Prepare district research applications and Institutional Review Board (IRB) packages.

Contribute to meeting facilitation via activities such as taking notes, summarizing and synthesizing themes, coordinating collection of feedback, and analyzing data and summarizing results. Prepare reports, briefs, and presentations of research findings appropriate for non-academic, academic, and policy audiences. Consider diverse…

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