Instructional Technologist

Title: Instructional Technologist

Department: SEO Curriculum & Instruction

Report to: Assistant Director, Online Learning

Compensation: $70,500 - $83,000

FLSA: Exempt

Location: Hybrid – 3 days/week in office

All candidates must be within commutable distance of SEO’s offices at 55 Exchange Place, New York, NY 10005, upon hire.

Founded in 1963 during the Civil Rights Movement, SEO closes educational and career opportunity gaps for 7,000 ambitious young people annually.

SEO Scholars is a free, eight-year, academic program that transforms public high school students in New York City, San Francisco, North Carolina, and Miami into college graduates. SEO Scholars successfully educates and mentors students to and through college. 100% of Scholars are accepted into four‑year colleges, 85% of Scholars graduate with a Bachelor’s degree, and 80% are first‑generation college graduates. All are welcome to apply.

As a member of the Curriculum & Instruction’s Online Learning team, the Instructional Technologist serves primarily as a technology expert while also playing a key role in supporting course development. As the technology expert, this role manages the systems and account administration of our EdTech platforms and tools while also providing training materials, workshops and tech support on these topics. This role will also be a key contributor to initiatives to scale course development and expand team capacity, such as collaborating with IT to develop system automations and platform integrations.

Additionally, the Instructional Technologist supports the Curriculum & Instruction (C&I) team in designing and setting up courses that create effective and engaging learning environments aligned with desired outcomes. The role collaborates with the instructional designer and other C&I team members across disciplines to adapt and optimize assessments, activities, and assignments for digital platforms, ensuring accessibility, ease of use, engagement, and robust data collection in asynchronous and hybrid learning models.

• Create and manage accounts of scholars, instructors, and staff across multiple tools and platforms.
• Configure course and system settings within our EdTech platforms and tools to support data collection, course development, and instructional processes.
• Set up and maintain LTI and API integrations between Brightspace and external platforms.
• Assist with vendor communications to design and maintain automations that improve efficiency and data flow.
• Support and contribute to initiatives that scale course development and expand team capacity, and manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Collaborate with other Online Learning team members to evaluate digital tools and emerging technologies for instructional alignment, integration capacity, accessibility, and data collection; conduct pilots as needed.

• Collaborate with the Instructional Designer to create dynamic and engaging HTML pages, HTML templates, and interactive assessment tools (using JSON).
• Partner with C&I and grade-level teams to build and manage course content and activities in Brightspace and other platforms, ensuring accessibility, engagement, and effective data collection for asynchronous and hybrid models.
• Develop scalable systems and processes for Brightspace course design and related tools in collaboration with C&I, operations, and IT teams, including automation, platform integration, gamification, and differentiated learning pathways.
• Apply instructional technologies, learning theories, and universal design principles when supporting online and hybrid course development.
• Manage content items within the Brightspace Learning Object Repository and revise/edit these items as necessary.
• Collaborate with the Research and Evaluation team to design data collection methods and analyze data to improve instructional materials and learning experiences.

• Answer, resolve, and/or elevate support requests from staff, instructors, and scholars related to educational technologies or online curriculum.
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