Eight Reasons to Work at the K20 Center
The K20 Center for Community and Educational Renewal is a statewide research and development center that promotes innovative learning through school-university-community collaboration. Our mission is to cultivate a network of experts engaged in educational research, training, and support. All of our resources are developed through robust collaborative development applying the latest technologies and perspectives. We are looking for talented professionals from a variety of fields and backgrounds to help us achieve our goals and provide their expert insights.
1. We make students’ lives better.
K20’s mission is to make a positive, sustainable, long-lasting impact on our partner schools and communities. Your work will empower educators with tools and training that they can share with colleagues, creating a network of fellowship, support, and innovation. You will have the chance to unlock the potential of each student by honoring their unique strengths, introducing them to college and career options, and preparing them for their futures.
2. We put technology in teachers’ hands.
Our mission is to revolutionize the resources, tools, and supports available to educators and students. If you love exploring new tech, you understand our passion for using the latest gadgets and apps to engage students and accelerate their learning. Our employees are always on the hunt for new and improving technology, and the Center’s tools, resources, and services are always evolving.
3. We offer competitive benefits.
As part of the University of Oklahoma, the K20 Center offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package including insurance and retirement benefits. You’ll also get all the other perks of working at OU: a generous 50% tuition waiver and flexible work schedule for those attending classes; staff discounts on sporting events, theater tickets, and other events; gym membership access; and other amenities on our beautiful campus.
4. We offer a flexible work-life balance.
Our work culture encourages flexibility and opportunities for play. We also take time to celebrate our successes and uplift each other through social events like lunch parties, cornhole tournaments, chili cookoffs, costume contests, and more.
5. We encourage you to grow into your career goals.
The K20 Center is growing, and that means new opportunities are always opening. As a K20 employee, you will embark on your own learning path, engaging in professional development training tailored to your interests and professional aspirations. By ensuring you and your colleagues are always learning, we know we are always offering the latest educational strategies and technologies while preparing you for opportunities within the center and beyond. We hire internally for new positions as appropriate, which means you can count on upward mobility in your K20 career.
6. We value collaboration and focus on continual growth of a positive culture and climate.
Building a diverse and inclusive culture is critical to serving our educational stakeholders and the community at large. To this end, we want our employees’ unique experiences and areas of expertise to inform our community efforts. Whether you partner with a cohort principal to draw up new plans for their school or partner with a technologist to discover new uses for augmented reality, we work hard to support you with a workplace culture where each individual is valued, your perspective is treated with respect, and opportunities are equally accessible to all.
7. We value your expertise.
We recruit talent from across the state and the country, searching for experts like you who share our mission to transform education. Our team includes principals, counselors, and teachers who understand the needs of students firsthand, as well as technologists, artists, writers, game developers, media experts, and a variety of other specialists to push the envelope of educational innovation.
8. We trust you.
We want you to chart your own course for success by piloting new ideas, brainstorming possibilities, and pursuing what keeps you curious. Each member of our diverse team draws from their specialized knowledge to drive us toward new horizons in education. To this end, we trust you to rise to new challenges in creative, self-driven ways. Additionally, we are committed to democratic leadership—your input matters to us, and we value your unique insight and feedback.
Current Career Opportunities at the K20 Center
Provide ongoing, high-quality professional learning activities for educators (primarily PK-5) in the use of student-centered instructional practices to improve student academic readiness.
The Instructional Technology Curriculum Specialist will use evidence-based instructional practices to craft, deliver, and support professional learning experiences for participating educators. The specialist will help educators adopt learner-centered instructional practices to foster higher-order thinking through real-world connections and substantive conversations that increase the learner’s depth of knowledge.
The Instructional Designer will use evidence-based practices to craft, deliver, and support standards-based curriculum for students, professional learning experiences for educators, and college and career readiness activities for all stakeholders. This professional will collaborate with subject matter experts, K20 Center staff, and other stakeholders to identify meaningful learning outcomes and select the most appropriate instructional approach (face-to-face, hybrid, or online) to realize those objectives fully. The Instructional Designer will utilize learner-centered instructional practices that foster higher-order thinking through real-world connections and substantive conversations that increase the depth of knowledge.
The University of Oklahoma’s K20 Center is an educational research and outreach center and is known for innovation. This position will serve its latest K20 Center’s 7 year GEAR UP programs awarded in the fall of 2018 which seeks to empower students from underserved communities, providing them with resources, mentorship, and academic support to enhance their readiness for post-secondary education. Join the K20 team and help to foster student success, elevate aspirations, and promote college and career readiness to create a brighter future for the cohort youth.
The Videographer & Media Specialist will be asked to support project goals by capturing, editing, and producing compelling video content. They should be skilled in conceptualizing, planning, and executing video shoots, collaborating closely with stakeholders. The incumbent should be proficient in non-linear editing techniques and equipment operation to create impactful content for diverse platforms, ensuring brand consistency and engagement who is an adaptable team player committed to excellence.
The Family Engagement Specialist will support the Family Engagement team in planning, organizing, communicating, and monitoring evidence-based services with project partners and ensure they align with specified project outcomes. The incumbent will oversee project management, participant management, and development of high-quality resources supporting their team’s services.
The Motion Graphic Artist sought to design, create, and animate assets, illustrated characters, and environment assets, crafting, editing, and rendering content. Proficient in industry-standard software, the incumbent will collaborate with a creative team to produce engaging motion graphics for diverse learning projects. This artist will be asked to transform concepts into captivating visuals, ensuring brand consistency and a high level of aesthetic quality. The incumbent will be expected to stay abreast of industry trends and techniques to elevate GEAR UP for LIFE’s visual content.
The Career Exploration Specialist will support the mentoring team in planning, organizing, communicating, and monitoring evidence-based services with project partners and ensure they align with specified project outcomes. The incumbent will oversee project management, participant management, and development of high-quality career exploration resources supporting the mentoring team’s services.
The Quality Assurance Specialist at the K20 Center oversees interactive learning application performance. They create and execute test cases, scripts, and plans aligned with technical documents, adhering to industry standards. This role involves mentoring testers, managing a defect database, and conducting regressions. Additionally, they assist in field testing, offering implementation recommendations. Flexibility to fulfill various duties is essential.
The Interactive Designer will serve as a subject matter expert in using instructional design’s adult learning theory, instructional design best practices, and leveraging various delivery modalities and new technologies in the development of interactive learning experiences. The incumbent would use evidence-based practices to plan, design, develop, and support the delivery of learning to project stakeholders (students, families, and educators). This professional will collaborate with subject matter experts, K20 Center staff, and other stakeholders to identify meaningful learning outcomes and select the most appropriate instructional approach (face-to-face, hybrid, or online) to realize those objectives fully. The Interactive Learning Designer will utilize learner-centered instructional practices that foster higher-order thinking through real-world connections and substantive conversations that increase the depth of knowledge.
The Student and Family Micro-Credentialing Learning Specialist will guide the planning, organizing, communicating, and monitoring of evidence-based micro-credentialing learning experiences for students and their parents and ensure that they are aligned with specified project outcomes. The incumbent will oversee project management, participant management, and development of high-quality learning experiences that support students’ exploration of College and Career Readiness activities and services.
The University of Oklahoma’s K20 Center is an educational research and outreach center and is known for innovation. This position will serve its latest K20 Center’s GEAR UP for LIFE (LIFE) program awarded in the fall of 2023 which seeks to empower students from underserved communities, providing them with resources, mentorship, and academic support to enhance their readiness for post-secondary education. Join K20’s LIFE team and help to foster student success, elevate aspirations, and promote college and career readiness to create a brighter future for the cohort youth.
The Senior Interactive Applications Developer will provide leadership in the support (updates and modifications) of existing applications and the development of new software applications, as required by the sponsored research project. This professional will require the skills and experience to lead the development of reliable web-based applications that support dissemination of grant-developed resources, structure the strategic planning, and secures, organizes, and reports on grant-funded activities.
