About Primer

Fixing our K-12 education system is a civilizationally-important problem. We believe that all of our problems — including the ones that dominate the headlines — are downstream of education.

We have a simple thesis on how to solve it: empower 1,000's of educators to launch microschools in their communities.

We believe the historical tradeoff between price (tuition) and quality is a false dichotomy.

PrimerOS automates and eliminates much of the costs of traditional schools. Microschools have a structural advantage — asset-light real estate — which means much lower capex and opex. You put it together, and you get something that's never existed before: a world-class education that's accessible to normal American families and can rapidly scale.

Who You Are

You are an expert in Literacy who enjoys the freedom of working from home.

• You have 2+ years of recent full-time experience teaching 3rd-8th grade

• You have high expectations for student achievement and get a rush while analyzing the assessment data you frequently use to inform your planning.

• You love to build and adapt the curriculum to create engaging, rigorous, and relevant experiences for your students.

• You build relationships with kids through engaging content and tasks.

• You're flexible, adaptive, and excited to lead in this new world of microschools. You are eager to work with others to create a new way for kids to learn.

• You're comfortable with online tools similar to Google Classroom and Zoom.

• This is a fully remote position, so you must be comfortable working that way

What You’ll Do

The majority of this work falls into the following buckets.

• Curriculum Planning - You'll adapt the curriculum in your content area to meet the needs of your students in a hybrid setting.

• Teach - You'll teach approximately 6 lessons per day, virtually, to cohorts of kids.

• Data - You'll collect and analyze diagnostic data and use it to inform planning, grouping, and interventions.

• Mastery-Based Grading: By regularly documenting data, you'll give kids, families, and other teachers a clear window into a student's progress.

• Collaboration: You will work with other Literacy teachers and our on-the-ground Microschool leaders to improve student outcomes.

Why you should not join us?

• You should not join us if you believe the traditional education system works well for kids and families- we are looking to provide a new education system.

• You should not join us if change and flexibility are hard for you. We are a startup and entering our 3rd year of running schools. Things frequently change to meet the needs of our kids.

• You should not join us if you believe the only way for kids to learn is through a teacher-led, in-person experience. We are using a hybrid of in-person, apps, and virtual platforms.

If this sounds like you, fill out the application below with a bit about yourself and we'll take it from there! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email us at jobs@primer.com.