Collaborative Classroom is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization committed to ensuring that all students become readers, writers, and thinkers who learn from, care for, and respect one another. Our evidence-based programs help children develop as proficient readers and writers, appreciate the ideas and opinions of others, learn to agree and disagree respectfully, think critically about big ideas, and become responsible citizens of the world. Our commitment to continuous, embedded professional learning empowers educators to grow their teaching practices, build school community, and create the conditions for authentic, student-centered learning.

Our evidence-based programs help children develop as proficient readers and writers, appreciate the ideas and opinions of others, learn to agree and disagree respectfully, think critically about big ideas, and become responsible citizens of the world. FIND OUT MORE

Our Mission
Collaborative Classroom is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization committed to ensuring that all students become readers, writers, and thinkers who learn from, care for, and respect one another.

Our Impact
Since the organization’s founding in 1980, our work has reached more than 8 million students and 328,000 teachers in classrooms across the country, developing fluent readers and skilled writers, supporting instructional equity, transforming discipline practices, and bolstering student and teacher engagement.

District partners and independent researchers have documented and assessed the changes our work has produced. Review the research and read case studies.

Career Opportunities

Become a part of a team of extraordinary people who share a passion to change the world, one classroom at a time.

A mission-driven, nonprofit organization, Collaborative Classroom is committed to ensuring that all students become readers, writers, and thinkers who learn from, care for, and respect one another. Learn more about our mission.

We believe in a collaborative, dynamic, and positive work culture. We look forward to connecting with you.

Keys to Success

Vision
Collaborative Classroom is dedicated to changing classrooms by providing curricula and professional learning that support the academic, ethical, and social development of children.

Operating Principles

• We are a learning organization. We engage with research and with educators across the country and incorporate what we learn into our program development and professional learning and into the dissemination of our curricula.
• We support a collaborative work environment that focuses on problem solving and enables us to build successful teams in order to realize our vision.
• We strive to set clear and transparent goals when making decisions and setting up projects.
• We enable, encourage, and empower employees to improve our systems, structures, and working relationships.

Our Benefits
We offer a competitive benefit program, including:
 

• Vacation accrual of 17 days of vacation during the first three years of employment
• Sick leave accrual up to 10 days per calendar year
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and applicable eligible dependents. Employer premium contribution is 79% to 85%
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer contribution of 3%
• FSA Plan which includes health, dependent care, and commuter accounts
• Company-paid life, long and short term disability insurance
• Employer-paid medical disability leave program after one year of service
• Health activity reimbursement program

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