Now Hiring: Teacher Programs Manager

Are you passionate about the American founding, the Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence? Are you interested in ensuring the rising generation learns about America’s history, core documents, and shared values? If so, this opportunity may be for you.

About the Jack Miller Center

The Jack Miller Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting education in America’s founding principles and history, an education vital to thoughtful and engaged citizenship. We work to advance the teaching and study of America’s history, its political and economic institutions, and the central principles, ideas, and issues arising from the American and Western traditions, all of which continue to animate our national life. We support professors and educators through programs, resources, fellowships, and more to help them teach our nation’s students.

About the Founding Civics Initiative:

The Founding Civics Initiative is the Jack Miller Center’s project to support K-12 civics educators through high-quality professional development programs and classroom resources. This growing initiative at JMC emphasizes the importance of teaching founding documents to middle and high school students, deepens K-12 teachers’ understanding of the content they teach, and builds a community of educators committed to meaningful civics education for the next generation.

Position overview

The Teacher Programs Manager will support the expansion of Jack Miller Center programming for K-12 educators under the direction of the Director of the Founding Civics Initiative. The Manager will be responsible for working with JMC partner professors to develop, implement, and execute programs for teachers that deepen their understanding of America’s founding principles and help them apply their learning to their curriculum. In addition, the Manager will contribute to the development of JMC curricular materials and resources for teachers available on JMC’s website.

Office Location: The Jack Miller Center’s office is located in Bala Cynwyd, PA, but this is a remote position with an expectation of travel.

Salary: $75,000 – $85,000

Reports to: Director of the Founding Civics Initiative 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Execute JMC professional development programs for K-12 educators independently and in partnership with JMC partner professors; programs feature discussion of primary source texts from the American political tradition as well as application workshops focused on curriculum development and teaching strategies, particularly for history and civics courses grades 6-12.
2. Attend conferences and events on behalf of JMC.
3. Create new models of professional development programming for educators. 
4. Build ongoing collaborative relationships with teacher participants and JMC faculty partners.
5. Build relationships with educators, school administrators, and non-profit professionals to promote JMC programming.
6. Develop curricular materials and resources for teachers available on JMC’s website and educator newsletter.

Skills and Requirements

1. Strong commitment to the mission of the Jack Miller Center
2. Ability to travel multiple days per month as needed and up to 20 days total during the summer
3. At least 5 years of experience teaching in a middle or high school classroom, preferably with a focus on civics, government, and/or American history
4. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
5. Strong interpersonal skills with an enthusiasm for network-building
6. Self-motivated; ability to work independently essential
7. Detail-oriented, strong time-management skills, and ability to prioritize work
8. Collaborative team player with the ability to successfully engage with colleagues across the organization
9. Ability to interact professionally with professors, donors, and other individuals involved in our efforts
10. Flexibility and adaptability with job requirements and workflow
11. Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

Benefits

The Jack Miller Center offers an excellent benefits package that includes a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, generous paid time off, smart phone reimbursement, and group medical, vision, dental, and life insurance.

How to apply

Qualified candidates should email the following application materials in one PDF with his or her name in the file title and “Teacher Programs Manager” in the subject line to Lauren Altobelli at careers@gojmc.org:

• Résumé
• A cover letter detailing your experience, interest in and passion for JMC’s mission, and your salary requirements
• Sample lesson plan

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview.