Job Description
Cognitive Learning Data Scientist – MTSS
Remote
Full Time
Content and Curriculum
Experienced
Founded in 2007, Rethink Ed, a division of Rethink First, is an educational technology company headquartered in New York City that is transforming the way teachers and students learn, grow, develop, and succeed—in school and in life. Rethink Ed helps school districts end the struggle to create healthy, positive cultures of learning to bring out the best in administrators, teachers, students, and parents. With evidence-based learning solutions, technology-based tools and resources, and on-demand video instruction created by a team of educational and clinical experts, Rethink Ed’s four platforms (social and emotional learning for all learners; training and professional development for all staff; step-by-step behavior interventions; and educator- empowering skills curriculum) are changing the world one student, one teacher, one classroom at a time.
Rethink Ed is looking for a Cognitive Learning Data Scientist who will play a crucial role in helping develop our MTSS product. We are looking for someone who has experience developing algorithms and rubrics to determine where a student is developmentally and what interventions they would require around academics, social and emotional learning behavior, and determining risk status. They will collaborate with researchers, product, UI/UX, and curriculum designers across the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Clean, process, and explore student data from various educational assessments and screeners across academics, behavior and social and emotional learning.
- Develop models and algorithms to measure student proficiency, draw insights from student assessments around academics, social and emotional learning and behavior, and provide recommendations on cut off scores and ability leveling
- Work with research team, product managers, UI/UX researchers, and curriculum designers to develop a product in the MTSS space.
- Manage a team of external consultants with similar experience that will analyze data and make recommendations
- Developing, evolving, and integrating innovative content and scoring for MTSS
- Identifying ways to incorporate tests and assessments into the learning and development process (e.g., a test linked to a learning experience)
Qualifications:
- Ph.D. in a relevant field (cognitive science, psychology psychometrics, educational measurement or equivalent)
- 5+ years of relevant, professional experience
- Preferred: Knowledge of R, Python, SAS (or other statistical software), and SQL
- Expertise in statistical modeling or psychometrics, e.g., Bayesian
- Familiarity with visualization software (e.g., Tableau)
- Experience analyzing behavioral or social science related data
- Strong affinity with education and student learning
- Ability to balance scientific rigor and creativity with fast-paced development and practical solutions
- Experience creating scalable and efficient production-level code, or interest in acquiring these skills
- Sample of work (e.g., research report, dissertation, publication, conference presentation)
Benefits
- Generous health, dental, & vision benefits package
- Flexible paid time off
- 7 paid company holidays + 1 floating holiday
- 401k + matching
- Parental leave
- Pay: Starting at $150,000 with flexibility based on experience.
Our commitment to an inclusive workplace
RethinkFirst is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate the unique differences of our employees because that is what drives curiosity, innovation, and the success of our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.