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Content Development Intern

Housman Institute Content Development Intern
The Housman Institute is an early childhood training, research, and advocacy organization that provides the building blocks of emotional intelligence for lifelong learning and success. We work with schools, administrators, educators, mental health professionals, parents, and caregivers in effective implementation of our programs with the goal of developing children’s emotional intelligence. Our evidence-based begin to ECSEL (Emotional, Cognitive, and Social Early Learning) promotes the development of emotional competence on the path toward self-regulation, which research shows is critical to lifelong learning, mental health well-being, and success in learning and in life.

One of Housman Institute’s most recent projects is our ECSEL Curriculum Library (ECL). The ECL is a destination for teachers to find ECSEL-integrated, CASEL-aligned curriculum activities that have been designed with an emergent curriculum mindset. Teachers will subscribe to get access to a growing collection of activities for children beginning in infancy through Kindergarten. ECL has a large variety of topics and learning areas, and makes teaching (and learning) easy and fun!

Responsibilities:
As a Content Development Intern, qualified candidates will assist Matt Campbell, VP of Instructional Design and Product Development:
  • Producing content related to knowledge of children’s emotional, cognitive, and social early learning.
  • Supporting the development of the ECSEL Curriculum Library.
  • Writing ECL lessons for the development groups of infant, toddler, preschool, and/or pre-k.
  • Supporting the development of online and in-person training courses by gathering materials for content creation.
  • Writing and editing material for training manuals and other academic articles.
  • Refining our digital/video media library to use in online training courses according to specific course topics.
  • Other tasks assigned to be the VP of Instructional Design and Product Development.

Open to: Graduate students and Junior or Senior Undergraduate students studying Education or Psychology.

Required:
  • Major in Psychology, Education, English, or related areas.
  • Background knowledge in children’s social-emotional learning and curriculum development preferred.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Quick learner and proactive problem-solver.
  • Experience working with children ages 0-8.
  • Flexible schedules for 10-15 hours per week.
  • Access to technology (this position is remote).
  • Familiar with Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Drive.

Currently accepting applications for Fall 2021, Winter 2022, and Spring 2022.

For more information, contact:
Emily Stone
Content & Curriculum Development Specialist and Coach
estone@housmaninstitute.org
http://www.housmaninstitute.org