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Educational Research Intern

Lalilo

Educational Research Intern

National
Part Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Educational Research Intern 

    TO APPLY:

    • Please submit your resume AND a cover letter explaining why you would like to join Lalilo. APPLICATIONS WITHOUT A COVER LETTER WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

    ABOUT LALILO

    Lalilo is an EdTech Startup building a web-based app to help elementary teachers differentiate their reading instruction. Our vision is to support educators in the classroom by gathering pedagogy, design, and artificial intelligence in the most engaging learning platform. We believe teachers have the hardest, most impactful, and most important job in society - and we want to help them in their mission to help students. We also believe every student should be given every chance to succeed, and this starts by becoming a proficient reader.

    Our tool is used monthly by more than 80,000 teachers as well as 700,000 students and growing! On the student side, students evolve through different worlds and collect treasures as they go. They complete exercises in phonics, sight words, word families, and comprehension. On the teacher side, detailed reporting allows teachers to better understand student strengths and areas of need. Educators can also print weekly reports and invite families to use the platform at home.

    We are a team of 32 passionate, hard-working, and fun individuals based in Paris, New York, and San Francisco.

    ABOUT THE POSITION

    We're looking for an eager postgraduate student or recent graduate who is able to lead a 3-4 month long efficacy study evaluating the effectiveness of Lalilo for increasing student's literacy in grades K -2. You will be the primary contact in leading our efficacy study with a pre-selected group of teachers and will help bring key results back to the Lalilo team. You will be supported by dedicated and committed cross-organizational Lalilo team members. Collaboration on our research design, executing the experiment, and writing up the results will be your main objectives. However, most of all, your contribution to Lalilo's efficacy studies will help us measure and improve the impact of Lalilo across the world.

    EXPECTATIONS:

    • Thinking creatively and flexibly about how to operate studies in a remote learning world
    • Developing and fostering relationships with schools and district contacts
    • Defining research milestones and achieving these goals by their deadlines
    • Creating a robust data collection system with teacher partners
    • Exploring multiple sources of data (surveys, focus groups, etc.) to develop key insights
    • Analyzing, developing and interpreting scientific results
    • Maintaining clear documentation and producing visual representations of results
    • Co-authoring relevant external-facing publications

    ABOUT YOU:

    We're looking for somebody who:

    • Loves research and has a strong inclination to assess impact through data driven results ;
    • Is an outstanding communicator who deeply cares about educators and can relate to them ;
    • Is extremely organized and structured. Able to navigate in unstructured environments ;
    • Has strong academic writing skills and overall excellent written communication ;
    • Pays attention to details and has the organizational skills to work independently ;
    • Is very tech-savvy and able to thrive in a tech startup ;
    • Is excited by the idea of joining an early-stage startup.

    ON YOUR RESUME:

    • Experience with experimental design in educational settings 
    • Strong understanding of multiple statistical methodologies used in efficacy studies

    NICE TO HAVE:

    • A current Master's or PhD student in an Education-related field or recent graduate
    • Proven record of successfully contributing educational research within schools and districts
    • A background in qualitative research
    • Experience with survey experiments and a statistics software
    • Past experience with DIBELs or other early literacy assessments

    APPRECIATED: 

    • Previous work as an educator

     

    MORE DETAILS:

    • Part-time 20 hour per week
    • Compensation: competitive hourly salary
    • Opportunities to co-author white papers
    • Flexible work schedule
    • Outstandingly mission-based and fun work environment :)

    NEXT STEPS:  We'll be accepting applications until the 4th of December. We'll initially contact candidates for a screening call which will be followed by a technical test and cultural fit interviews.

    Early literacy competency directly impacts students' confidence and academic success later on. We continue to be inspired because we believe we're making a difference for young students across the globe by helping improve students' reading and writing skills. Join us in our mission!