Content Intern, Physics

OUR COMMUNITY

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve. We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

THE ROLE

• Our US Content team includes the curriculum developers who design and develop the courses, lessons, videos, articles, and practice questions on Khan Academy. As a Content team Intern, you’ll have the chance to work side-by-side with our team’s Content Creators to develop, launch, and upgrade content on courses in your area of expertise.
• Under the guidance of a seasoned mentor, you’ll own and drive a project that gives you end-to-end experience with all aspects of Khan Academy’s content creation cycle. You’ll also have a chance to share your project through a culminating presentation at the close of the internship experience.
• You’ll be part of an Intern Learning Community that will provide you with opportunities to learn from colleagues across the organization, while learning how different teams within an educational technology organization collaborate to design and deliver world-class digital learning experiences to learners and educators.
• You’ll explore ways to integrate our AI-powered tutor, Khanmigo, into our content to provide more tailored and interactive learning experiences to students.
• You’ll leave your internship with a deeper understanding of what content creation looks like in an educational technology company, and will be empowered to make informed decisions about the next steps of your career, whether they include remaining in a school or district-based role or transitioning to a career in edtech.

WHAT YOU BRING

Passion for education and instructional design

• You are motivated by the Khan Academy mission “to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.”
• You have deep knowledge and expertise in Physics
• You have experience teaching Physics at the K-12 or university level, giving you a deep empathy with learners, teachers and classrooms.
• You’re able to harness creativity, empathy, and pragmatism to design learning experiences that are standards-aligned and lead to positive learning outcomes, even within the resource, curricular, and technology constraints of today’s classrooms.
• You are committed to equity and to delivering engaging and meaningful learning experiences to all learners, particularly those in historically underrepresented groups or communities.

Strong execution and collaboration

• You can connect your day-to-day work to larger departmental, school, or district-wide goals while also paying close attention to details to ensure that your work is clear, concise, and error-free.
• You’re an adept project manager who can break a complex task into manageable pieces and track your progress towards a goal or outcome. You stay organized even when there are multiple tasks to complete.
• You’re kind, collaborative, and a strong communicator; you can successfully share, solicit, and act on feedback. You can sum up complex ideas and communicate them to a variety of audiences.
• You have proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of others, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout an organization.

Interest and availability

• You relish classroom teaching, but are curious about careers in content creation within the educational technology space, and are eager to learn more through an authentic full-time summer experience.
• You are available to participate in an 8-week full-time remote internship program between the end of your 2024-25 school year and the start of your 2025-26 school year, and are also available to share out your summer work at a remote event in August of 2025.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team extremely well! We offer:

• Ample paid time off as needed – Your well-being is a priority.
• Remote-first culture – that caters to your time zone, with open flexibility as needed, at times
• An exceptional team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to do your best
• The chance to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education
• Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups
• And we offer all those other typical benefits as well: 401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and life

At Khan Academy we are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, the well-being of our employees, and our Khan community. This belief is why we have built out a robust Total Rewards package that includes competitive base salaries, and extensive benefits and perks to support physical, mental, and financial well-being.

The rate for this internship is $50 USD / $62.50 CAN per hour.