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Really Great Reading

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2005

📚 Education

🤝 B2B

💰 Private equity on 2020-08

Education • B2B

Really Great Reading is a research-driven literacy company that delivers Science of Reading–aligned curriculum, decodable readers, intervention programs, and professional development to K–12 schools and districts. RGR offers supplemental and intervention materials, assessments, coaching, eLearning courses, webinars, and classroom resources designed to improve foundational reading skills, support English learners and students with dyslexia, and restore adolescent literacy. The organization emphasizes evidence-based programs, district-level implementations, and measurable student outcomes.

📋 Description

• Design Adult Learning Experiences: Design and develop engaging facilitator-led, virtual, and asynchronous professional learning grounded in evidence-based adult learning theory. Create learning experiences that help educators understand, apply, and sustain structured literacy practices. • Build Professional Learning Systems: Design comprehensive learning pathways that extend beyond individual trainings by developing coaching frameworks, certification programs, micro-credentialing opportunities, implementation supports, and ongoing learning experiences that promote sustained instructional growth. • Create Facilitator & Train-the-Trainer Resources: Develop facilitator guides, presentation scripts, participant materials, discussion protocols, practice activities, and train-the-trainer resources that enable internal teams and district facilitators to deliver learning experiences with consistency, confidence, and instructional excellence. • Design Coaching & Fidelity Tools: Create implementation resources that support instructional coaching, including fidelity observation checklists, coaching conversation guides, implementation rubrics, self-assessments, and progress-monitoring tools that help educators translate learning into classroom practice. • Translate Research into Practice: Transform complex literacy research and structured literacy principles into engaging, practical professional learning experiences that help educators understand not only what to do, but why it matters and how to successfully apply it. • Anticipate Educator Needs: Design professional learning that proactively addresses common implementation challenges by embedding guidance, examples, coaching prompts, and practical solutions that support educators through instructional change. • Continuously Improve Learning Experiences: Analyze educator feedback, implementation data, coaching insights, and emerging research to iteratively improve professional learning assets and ensure materials remain current, effective, and aligned with organizational priorities. • Maintain Professional Learning Assets: Manage and update existing professional learning materials to reflect curriculum enhancements, product updates, implementation learnings, and evolving research while maintaining quality and version control. • Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with Curriculum, Product, Sales, and Success to ensure professional learning resources support product launches, implementation priorities, customer needs, and organizational goals. • Leverage Emerging Technologies: Utilize instructional technologies—including AI-enabled tools, when appropriate—to improve the efficiency, scalability, accessibility, and quality of professional learning while maintaining instructional integrity.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Literacy, Instructional Design, Learning Experience Design, or a related field (Master's preferred). • 5+ years of experience designing professional learning, instructional materials, or educator training within K–12 literacy. • Demonstrated expertise in the Science of Reading, structured literacy, adult learning theory, and instructional design, with the ability to translate educational research into engaging, high-impact professional learning experiences. • Strong technical writing, instructional design, and digital course development experience. • Experience creating facilitator resources, coaching tools, fidelity measures, and implementation supports. • Ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive 401(k) with company matching • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance • Paid Time Off to support rest, renewal, and life outside of work • Employee Discount Program and partner savings • Ongoing professional development and learning investment • Wellness initiatives designed to support physical, mental, and emotional well-being • Evolving benefits shaped by team member voice and values