One stop solution to your remote job hunt!

Remote – United States

Part time

Req_10059

A pioneer in K12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 10 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.

The K-5 Math Editor will work closely with the K-5 Managing Editors and Curriculum Developers for grade bands across grades K-5, reviewing and editing Amplify math content for clarity, conciseness, voice, and mathematical accuracy. This editor will review math content to ensure it meets the expectations for style, phrasing, and formatting per the Amplify Core Math Authoring Guide. They will also perform additional duties as described below and report to the K-12 Editorial Lead for Mathematics. This is a part-time position with up to 29 hours per week.

Responsibilities:

• Review and edit multiple mathematical lessons and assessments per day, across a wide range of grade levels (K-5). This includes student edition, teacher edition, assessments, and other ancillary materials.
• Ensure consistency of voice and adherence to program style, vision, and philosophy. Make edits as well as comments and suggestions for improvement.
• Ensure that lessons implement the style, formatting, phrasing, and vision of Amplify’s Core Math Authoring Guide. Make sure that lessons have the authoring templates crafted at the start of the project with regard to the authoring guidelines, formatting/phrasing, and strict word and page counts.
• Review content as a secondary level reviewer for mathematical accuracy and mathematical coherence across lessons.
• Ensure alignment between student and teacher edition content.
• Respond to questions or clarifications about edits or the Authoring Guide from the Curriculum Team
• Meet on a weekly basis with Managing Editors and Curriculum Developers for unit planning.
• Supervise editorial progress and ensure that it keeps pace with Amplify Math’s production schedule.
• Collaborate with the project management team and other departments to supervise project health, and identify and resolve issues and risks.
• Verify the mathematical correctness of Amplify Math content, including both print and digital content.
• Review proofs of print content, giving feedback to the Curriculum Team and the production vendor, making direct edits as appropriate.
• During proof reviews, check all titles, footers, and folios per the book map and table of contents. Conduct a cold read. Verify spacing on the pages are appropriate for the task and allow students enough room to write. Check styling of mathematical type and other styling according to the design.

Basic Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience editing or copyediting with mathematics curriculum
• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics or mathematics education
• Comfortable using Google Docs’ editing and change tracking functions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and respond to changing priorities
• Experience working efficiently on teams with erse priorities and focus, i.e., a Curriculum Team comprised of Curriculum Developers, Managing Editors, Designers, Graphers, and Writers

Preferred Requirements:

• Masters’ degree in education
• 5+ years of editorial or copyediting experience with K-5 mathematics curriculum
• Experience with MathType

**Amplify’s COVID-19 vaccination policy requires all staff to provide proof of vaccination for in-person meetings unless an approved exemption is provided.