diff --git a/api/users/schemas.py b/api/users/schemas.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e9cb336f86..00000000000
--- a/api/users/schemas.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import json
-
-here = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0]
-
-def from_json(fname):
-    with open(os.path.join(here, fname)) as f:
-        return json.load(f)
diff --git a/api/users/schemas/__init__.py b/api/users/schemas/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/api/users/education-schema.json b/api/users/schemas/education-schema.json
similarity index 100%
rename from api/users/education-schema.json
rename to api/users/schemas/education-schema.json
diff --git a/api/users/employment-schema.json b/api/users/schemas/employment-schema.json
similarity index 100%
rename from api/users/employment-schema.json
rename to api/users/schemas/employment-schema.json
diff --git a/api/users/schemas/utils.py b/api/users/schemas/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79fcc466df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/users/schemas/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import os
+import json
+import datetime
+import jsonschema
+
+from api.base.exceptions import InvalidModelValueError
+
+here = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0]
+
+def from_json(fname):
+    with open(os.path.join(here, fname)) as f:
+        return json.load(f)
+
+
+def validate_user_json(value, json_schema):
+    try:
+        jsonschema.validate(value, from_json(json_schema))
+    except jsonschema.ValidationError as e:
+        if len(e.path) > 1:
+            raise InvalidModelValueError("For '{}' the field value {}".format(e.path[-1], e.message))
+        raise InvalidModelValueError(e.message)
+    except jsonschema.SchemaError as e:
+        raise InvalidModelValueError(e.message)
+
+    validate_dates(value)
+
+
+def validate_dates(info):
+    for history in info:
+
+        if history.get('startYear'):
+            startDate = datetime.date(history['startYear'], history.get('startMonth', 1), 1)
+
+        if not history['ongoing']:
+            if history.get('endYear'):
+                endDate = datetime.date(history['endYear'], history.get('endMonth', 1), 1)
+
+            if history.get('startYear') and history.get('endYear'):
+                if (endDate - startDate).days <= 0:
+                    raise InvalidModelValueError(detail='End date must be greater than or equal to the start date.')
diff --git a/api/users/serializers.py b/api/users/serializers.py
index ce93278e881..4bf968cbab6 100644
--- a/api/users/serializers.py
+++ b/api/users/serializers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import datetime
-
-import jsonschema
 from guardian.models import GroupObjectPermission
 
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
 from api.files.serializers import QuickFilesSerializer
 from osf.exceptions import ValidationValueError, ValidationError
 from osf.models import OSFUser, QuickFilesNode
-from api.users.schemas import from_json
+from api.users.schemas.utils import validate_user_json
 
 
 class QuickFilesRelationshipField(RelationshipField):
@@ -132,38 +129,12 @@ def profile_image_url(self, user):
         size = self.context['request'].query_params.get('profile_image_size')
         return user.profile_image_url(size=size)
 
-    def _validate_user_json(self, value, json_schema):
-        try:
-            jsonschema.validate(value, from_json(json_schema))
-        except jsonschema.ValidationError as e:
-            if len(e.path) > 1:
-                raise InvalidModelValueError("For '{}' the field value {}".format(e.path[-1], e.message))
-            raise InvalidModelValueError(e.message)
-        except jsonschema.SchemaError as e:
-            raise InvalidModelValueError(e.message)
-
-        self._validate_dates(value)
-
-    def _validate_dates(self, info):
-        for history in info:
-
-            if history.get('startYear'):
-                startDate = datetime.date(history['startYear'], history.get('startMonth', 1), 1)
-
-            if not history['ongoing']:
-                if history.get('endYear'):
-                    endDate = datetime.date(history['endYear'], history.get('endMonth', 1), 1)
-
-                if history.get('startYear') and history.get('endYear'):
-                    if (endDate - startDate).days <= 0:
-                        raise InvalidModelValueError(detail='End date must be greater than or equal to the start date.')
-
     def validate_employment(self, value):
-        self._validate_user_json(value, 'employment-schema.json')
+        validate_user_json(value, 'employment-schema.json')
         return value
 
     def validate_education(self, value):
-        self._validate_user_json(value, 'education-schema.json')
+        validate_user_json(value, 'education-schema.json')
         return value
 
     def update(self, instance, validated_data):