Job Summary:
The Senior Research Manager will play a lead role on two Project Zero projects: The Open Canopy project and the Good Starts project. Working closely and collaboratively with the Principal Investigators and other senior researchers, this individual will actively participate in the intellectual work of the project and will have the following specific responsibilities:
- Lead the exploration of a potential collaboration between The Open Canopy and the Tenement Museum of New York, and other entities.
- Lead the design and pilot of a specialized professional development experience for Open Canopy teachers. This process will include creating assets that could be used beyond this specific professional development sequence (e.g. video segments, written guidelines).
- Lead the data collection and analysis regarding the impact of the professional development experience and make recommendations for future Open Canopy professional development offerings and research.
- Lead a project to map out the Greater Boston early childhood education research community for the Good Starts project in order to identify possible connections, overlaps, and gaps.
- Participate in regular meetings with the each project team, providing feedback and input on the project鈥檚 direction, work fronts, and various work products.
This is a term position with an end date of 6/30/26 with likelihood of continuation.