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Date:Sep 18, 2024
Location: US
Company: HMH
Job Title: Staff Learning Scientist
Location: Remote
Who We Are
NWEA® is a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that supports students and educators through research, assessment solutions, policy and advocacy services, professional learning and school improvement services that fight for equity, drive classroom impact and push for systemic change in our educational communities. For nearly 50 years, NWEA has developed innovative pre-K–12 assessments, including their flagship interim assessment, MAP® Growth™ and their reading fluency and comprehension assessment, MAP® Reading Fluency™. For more information, visit NWEA.org to learn more.
What you will do
The Staff Learning Scientist is critical for ensuring HMH solve the problems and produce inferences that support teachers and have evidence to ensure the inferences produced are valid and trustworthy. They do this by combining their experience in research and modeling with their expertise in learning theories, learning facilitation, and learner-centered design to build and validate models that drive theoretically coherent k-12 education products. They have demonstrable experience modeling student learning from product data, validating those models , and monitor ing the quality of their inferences while in production. They are critical for ensuring HMH solves the problems and produces inferences that support teachers and have evidence to ensure the inferences produced are valid and trustworthy. Moreover, the Staff Learning Scientist will serve as a critical liaison with UX design, providing guidance and substantive context for harmonizing model inferences and the user experiences that leverage them. They must think flexibly and creatively about research applications within specific product constraints and be able to clearly communicate ideas and findings to non-experts .
Responsibilities:
Model Development: Collaborate on creating and evaluating models to support K-12 student learning.
Validation Studies: Lead the design and execution of validation studies for models related to student learning.
Team Collaboration: Work with learning scientists, engineers, designers, product managers, and SMEs to develop and refine educational products.
Documentation: Create detailed documentation of work results, including white papers, memos, technical reports, and SOPs.
Leadership & Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior colleagues in product development.
What you will need
Education & Experience:
PhD in Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Leadership, Research Methods, or a related field.
Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, preferably in developing and evaluating educational technology products.
Technical & Analytical Skills:
Verification & Validation: Experience designing verification and validation processes for educational technology products.
Research Design: Expertise in experimental and quasi-experimental design.
Modeling: Experience with model exploration, experimentation, and selection, including causal models, psychometric models, deep learning techniques, and Bayesian inference.
Machine Learning: Deep understanding of the Machine Learning lifecycle, best practices, algorithms, and domains.
Coding: Strong coding skills in R, Python, and SQL, with familiarity in software engineering principles such as testing, code reviews, and deployment.
Tech Stack: Proficiency in modern ML tech stack, including cloud-based environments (AWS SageMaker, Redshift, Snowflake), and version control systems like git.
Familiarity with model risk management frameworks such as NIST AI RMF.
Communication & Collaboration:
Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders and collaborate with leaders to ensure efficient communication channels.
Teamwork: Experience collaborating with and understanding the needs of stakeholders from various business functions and working with domain experts to leverage their expertise into solutions.
Project management : Demonstrated project management skills necessary to lead and direct multiple small-to-medium projects.
Personal Attributes:
Innovative Thinking: Ability to take a product-oriented mindset, using conceptual and innovative thinking to develop and apply solutions with consideration for user experience.
Imagination: Demonstrates imagination by looking for new ways of seeing, thinking, and working.
Inclusivity: Listens, encourages, and respects differences; treats all people fairly, with honesty and transparency, and encourages open communication and feedback.
Salary range: 120k -140k.
Application Deadline: The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Oct 6, 2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date but is not guaranteed.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, pregnancy, gender identity, ethnic/national origin, ancestry, age, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, citizenship status, status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran, other covered veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity. We actively participate in E-Verify.
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