About Teaching Strategies
What is Teaching Strategies?
Teaching Strategies, LLC is an early childhood education company. Its 14 October 2026 press release calls it "the leading provider of early childhood curriculum, assessment, professional development and family engagement solutions", and says its flagship products, The Creative Curriculum and GOLD, "reach about 4.5 million children each year in more than 80 countries". The products are delivered through a platform it calls SmartTeach, and the homepage also lists a child care management solution for private child care. The About page timeline starts in 1966 with founder Diane Dodge setting up a Head Start education program in Mississippi, records an early edition of The Creative Curriculum self-published in 1978, the launch of GOLD, an online assessment, in 2010 and the addition of the ReadyRosie family engagement system in 2019. The same page claims 15 million children served over the last 10 years, 270,000 or more classrooms since 2018, '90% of Head Start programs' and '63% of the largest districts' (the page does not say what these two figures measure), and the homepage shows customer stories from Graves County Head Start, Fort Worth public schools and Celebree School. The CEO named in 2026 press releases is Mike Derezin. No page I read states a founding year, a headcount, a funding total or an owner, so none is given here.
Where will I work?
The contact page lists "Headquarters 80 M Street, SE Suite 1010 Washington, DC 20003", the terms of use (effective August 1, 2025) give the same street address for the Legal Department of Teaching Strategies, LLC, and its 2026 press releases are datelined Washington, D.C. Six of the ten adverts list a "Penthouse suite in downtown DC seconds away from Washington Nationals Stadium and Audi Field" among their perks. On 13 November 2026 the Pinpoint board linked from the company site lists 10 adverts, all tagged remote and all titled "(Remote)"; the rendered advert pages read "Workplace type Fully remote". The two Educational Consultant adverts ask for "a person that lives on the west coast" and "Ability to travel up to 40% nationally as necessary", and the two Account Executive adverts say "Strategic travel to clients throughout the assigned territory, as needed". Two adverts are contract roles. No advert names a country or a work-authorization rule, though they carry US notices (EEO, FMLA, EPPA) and a 401k, so the roles read as US-based.
What is the Teaching Strategies team like?
Every advert describes the company as "an innovative edtech organization focused on connecting teachers, children, and families" and asks for people who "will thrive in a collaborative, work-hard/play-hard culture". The 8 permanent adverts on the board are two near-identical Account Executive--Private Childcare adverts selling to the early childhood markets, a Revenue Intelligence Senior Analyst in Revenue Operations, three engineers (Infrastructure Platform, Golang full stack and a Python SmartCenter role) and two Educational Consultants for the west coast. The Golang and SmartCenter engineering adverts expect AI-assisted development and the Infrastructure Platform advert is built around an "AI-first" platform; the SmartCenter advert lists "incident response, production support" among its duties, and the Account Executive adverts include "Achieves defined sales revenue numbers for the assigned territory". The About page describes Teaching Strategies Cares as "a voluntary, employee-led group creating community service opportunities for our employees". No advert mentions on-call rotations, weekend work or shifts.
Work-Life Balance
Eight of the 10 adverts, every permanent one, list "Unlimited paid time off (which includes paid holidays and Winter Break)" in their perks block, across four Pinpoint departments: Sales 2, Tech Dev 3, Sales Operations 1 and Learning and Implementation 2. The two contract adverts carry no benefits block. The wording says the policy includes paid holidays and Winter Break, and no page states a minimum number of days, an approval rule or a cap. No company page repeats the policy: the careers link on the main site opens the Pinpoint board, and the only company HR pages found are a 2020 snapshot that describes vacation and sick leave instead, so they are not used as current. The adverts also say the company provides "flexible work schedules" and list "Flexible work environment" (6 adverts) or "100% remote work environment" (2 adverts), with no weekly hours, core hours or start and finish rule stated.
Perks and Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off (which includes paid holidays and Winter Break)
- Health and wellness insurance benefits (6 adverts) or Health insurance benefits (2 adverts)
- 401k with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Equity Appreciation Program
- Tuition assistance, professional development, and opportunities for career growth
- Best in class technology equipment for every employee (6 adverts)
- 100% paid life, short and long term disability insurance (the 2 Educational Consultant adverts)
- Pre-tax medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) (the 2 Educational Consultant adverts)
- Penthouse suite in downtown DC seconds away from Washington Nationals Stadium and Audi Field (6 adverts)