
Education Resource Specialist - American Association of Chemistry Teachers
American Chemical Society
Washington, DC
Education / Training
Position Accountabilities
- Serve as the Managing Editor of the AACT quarterly periodical, Chemistry Solutions.
- Support the development of custom classroom resources for AACT members, including reviewing, editing, and creating content as needed.
- Collaborate with AACT team to support internal and external classroom resource development projects.
- Support the growth and development of AACT.
- Contribute to other KEEO initiatives as needed.
- Serve as the Managing Editor of the AACT quarterly periodical, Chemistry Solutions.
- Recruit and identify authors for the publication; collaborate with these authors to direct and support content creation.
- Review, edit, and revise content at various stages of the publication workflow.
- Collaborate with and direct both internal staff and external stakeholders throughout the publishing workflow to meet deadlines.
- Manage peer-review process, including supporting members of peer-review team.
- Support the development of custom classroom resources for AACT members, including reviewing, editing, and creating content as needed.
- Collaborate with AACT team to support internal and external classroom resource development projects.
- Review, edit, and improve published resources from the AACT library by creating supplemental content, conducting testing, and aligning content with national standards.
- Create unique classroom resources for the AACT classroom resource library to support specific project needs and collaboration opportunities.
- Conduct thorough peer-review for all teacher created content and related projects.
- Serve as AP chemistry content expert on the AACT team.
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or related science required.
- Graduate degree in teaching, education, or a related field is preferred.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience teaching high school chemistry, with specific experience teaching AP chemistry classes.
- Proven experience creating curriculum for high school chemistry, including AP chemistry.
- Formal or informal science writing/editing experience is highly desirable.
- Strong writing and verbal communications skills for interacting with teachers and external stakeholders.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills with superior customer service is a must.
- Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a dynamic setting.
- High attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365, Excel, and digital engagement platforms (Ex: Zoom), and screen recording/Camtasia or similar software.
A reasonable rate of compensation for this position is between $92,000-$111,000 per year.
Any actual offer of employment, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be made in the sole discretion of ACS. ACS reserves the right to amend or modify its employment benefits and compensation structure at any time.
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) was founded in 1876 and is a congressionally chartered independent membership organization that represents professionals at all degree levels and in all fields of the chemical sciences.
With more than 200,000 people in its global community, ACS is one of the world’s largest scientific societies and leading sources of authoritative scientific information. A nonprofit organization, ACS is at the forefront of the evolving chemistry enterprise and is the premier professional home for chemists, chemical engineers and related professionals around the globe.
ACS is dynamic and visionary, committed to improving all lives through the transforming power of chemistry.
Its vision, a world built on science, was developed and adopted by the ACS Board of Directors, and fully complements its mission: advance scientific knowledge, empower a global community and champion scientific integrity.
ACS publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences, and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. It also gives more than $22 million every year in grants for research in petroleum and related fields. ACS plays a leadership role in educating and communicating with policymakers and the general public about the importance of chemistry in everyone’s lives.






