About the Role
TILI's research team will be a small group of experienced educators and graduate students who will support TILI's director in ensuring that curriculum and training resources are backed by research-based practices. Contributors to the research team should be interested in sourcing up-to-date resources, studies, and academic writings in any of the following areas: multilingual learners, special education, gifted education for the purpose of consolidating information and presenting it to the research team. Presentations will lead to conversations about practical applications for the development of TILI curriculum frameworks.
Requirements
Parallel Curriculum Resources from TILI
The Instructional Leaders Initiative of Oklahoma (TILI OK) is in the business of developing instructional frameworks for supporting multi-lingual learners, struggling readers, and gifted students.
With the use of AI, these frameworks can be applied to existing core content curriculum in public school settings to provide modifications and interventions on a level that was not previously practical
At a time when many people are looking for ways to use AI shortcuts in education, TILI is ahead of the pack on the development of frameworks that uphold the highest standards in instructional knowledge
TILI is developing an industry model for teacher-forward, modified curriculum based in educational research.
Your research helps to uphold our standards.
The Best Contributors to Our Research Team Are:
Experienced K-12 classroom educators who know the needs of ML/SpEd/Gifted students and have a history of getting great results in teaching them
Graduate students in education who have a high standard for excellence in resource materials and can source and present in an accessible manner
Great communicators who can engage in in-depth conversations about research-supported teaching practices and the practicalities of curriculum application
Hours, Pay, and Location:
Independent Research Assignments: If your application as a presenter is accepted, you will have the opportunity to discuss your unique perspective and interests with TILI's Director, Kara Saunders, and launch a personal study project that will culminate in a virtual presentation.
Virtual Presentations: Attend virtual presentation events as a presenter or contributor and participate in a conversation about how the information from each presenter can be applied to the development of TILI's educational frameworks.
Dates and Pay: TBA - $100/Presenter
Note: There is no pay for contributors who wish to attend the virtual presentations and participate in the conversation but an application is required to ensure that all contributors share a professional background in education.
About the Company
The Instructional Leaders Initiative of Oklahoma (TILI OK) is a start-up educational consulting and curriculum company launching in Tulsa in the summer of 2026. Building on the background of its director, Kara Saunders (K-12 instructional leader), TILI is taking on the advent of Artificial Intelligence through the lens of an educator by asking two pivotal questions:
How can we use AI to provide cutting edge educational interventions that keep teachers (not computers) at the front lines of real-world education?
How can we leverage the "people smart" skills of educators and others in people-forward professions to make people skills the leading professional skills of the future workforce?
TILI and its sister organization, People Smart, will provide educational products and corporate trainings that answer these questions with creativity and humanity.