Education Program Associate

The Right Question Institute (RQI) is looking for an eager full-time Program Associate based in New England to support the work of our Teaching & Learning Program team. This position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a passionate, intellectually curious team, effect change in the field of education, and support educators in their work to transform thinking and learning in the classroom.

This is essentially a remote role with some team meetups in and around the Cambridge, MA area.

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, RQI is a nonprofit organization that aims to make education and democracy work better. RQI offers a simple, powerful strategy that builds people's skills to ask better questions, learn, participate more effectively in decisions that affect them, and advocate for themselves.

RQI works across a variety of fields. In the field of education, our vision is that every student will learn to ask and pursue their own questions. By building that skill, students become engaged critical thinkers, curious lifelong learners, and active advocates for themselves and their communities.

The cornerstone of RQI's Teaching & Learning Program is the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a powerful step-by-step protocol designed to teach students how to formulate, improve upon, and use their own questions. We support educators in using the strategy by developing free resources and transformative professional learning experiences. The Education Program Associate will work closely with RQI's Director of Professional Learning and Education Program Coordinator to advance this vision by supporting key aspects of the education team's work.

RQI values its intentional and thoughtful organizational culture, which is characterized by collaboration, openness, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to innovative, iterative thinking centered on learning and continuous improvement. RQI strives to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.

The Education Program Associate is a crucial member of the Teaching & Learning team. The Associate will work as a meaningful thought partner to colleagues, collaborate closely with senior staff, and help develop, manage, and drive projects, strategies, and opportunities.

As Education Program Associate, your responsibilities include the following:

1. Engage RQI's Educator Community
Respond to incoming requests and questions from educators, start conversations with educators, and build relationships with and between educators using RQI's educational strategy. Conduct outreach to and build relationships with teachers and organizations whose students, content areas, or geographic areas are currently underrepresented or underserved in our community.

2. Support Trainings, Presentations, and Events
Assist with the preparation, delivery, and logistics of virtual and in-person presentations, conferences, and online courses. This may include designing new training materials, developing Power Points, coordinating with organizational partners, setting up a conference booth, providing technical support, keeping the team accountable to deadlines, and more. This role also includes opportunities to assist with facilitating and delivering presentations in partnership with senior staff.

3. Document Impact
Collect and organize quantitative and qualitative data about the reach and impact of our program on the teachers and students we serve (for example, by sending out surveys, collecting documentation from individual teachers, and reviewing Google Analytics). Create effective visuals for both internal reports and public-facing materials, and manage the processes that keep our team on track for internal and…