About the role
ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY
Khan Academy is a fast-paced nonprofit on a mission to provide free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We reach millions of students every month and are growing rapidly. We’re building a library of world-class instructional and practice resources that empowers learners. Whether they’re studying matrices, mitosis, or multivariable calculus, we want to offer students the resources to realize that they can learn anything.
ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY INDIA
Khan Academy India aims to deliver a world-class user experience to learners in India that is locally relevant and are enabled by a strong on-the-ground team and operations. Our learning system is mastery-based, which allows students to master key concepts at a pace that’s right for them before moving on to more challenging content. From serving under 500,000 learners in 2016, we are now serving almost 4 million learners a month across our websites, apps, and youtube channels. These learners include both independent learners accessing us at home, and teacher-directed learners in schools. Our focus is to reach the underserved by making our content accessible in local languages and by working with large public school systems. Khan Academy is already available in Assamese, Hindi, Hinglish, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi, and Punjabi.
ABOUT THE INDIA CONTENT TEAM
Our content team in India includes content creators who make thousands of awesome videos, articles, and practice questions aligned with the Indian curriculum to help both teachers and students. We are actively working on content localization in other regional languages as well, which means the content we co-create reaches a wider number (both nationally and globally), thereby quintupling the impact.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for a Chemistry content creator to lead our efforts of creating syllabus-aligned videos for Grades 11th-12th. This will be a freelance position where you will be given an initial onboarding on our content principles and then you will be paid per video created.
In this role, you would:
Create videos and exercises for Khan Academy.
Continuously iterate and improve content based on feedback received.
ABOUT YOU:
You would be a great fit for the role if
You have a combined 4+ years of experience in teaching and creating educational content for Chemistry. Impeccable written communication skills are non-negotiable.
HOW TO APPLY
Attach your resume in the space provided below.
Please address the below-mentioned task and attach your response in the space provided below.
Please note that applications without an appropriate link to the task will be ignored.
Please address the below-mentioned task and attach your response (google Docs/pdf/etc.) in the space provided below. (For the videos, upload them on google drive/YouTube and share the link in the doc)
SUBMIT ONE VIDEO in English on ANY of the following topics.
Topic 1: Compare structures, properties, and environmental significance of oxides of nitrogen.
Topic 2: Describe structure, physical properties, preparation methods of cyanides and isocyanides
Topic 3: Define normality, apply the dilution law (N₁V₁ = N₂V₂) to prepare solutions of desired concentrations.
A guide to creating the video:
The video should not last more than 12 minutes. Assume all the necessary prerequisites.
The tone should be conversational. Imagine you’re talking 1:1 to a student or a friend. The best conversations happen when the tone is natural. Just be yourself!
The video should strive towards providing a deep understanding of the topic. Huge plus if you are able to build an intuition for the topic.
Our recent videos can be found on the Khan Academy India English YouTube channel:
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