Temporary Associate Curriculum Developer: ELA

Temporary Assignment Position Overview: As a Temporary Associate Curriculum Developer: ELA, you will be responsible for creating, editing, and reviewing lessons across educational content, specializing in ELA, with a focus on grade-level appropriateness, standards alignment, and the instructional experience. You will be deepening and expanding Nearpod's ELA offering, ensuring all content is engaging, fact-checked, appropriate for classroom use, and inclusive of all learners. We are currently recruiting for multiple positions. While these are full-time temporary roles, we will seriously consider part-time arrangements for exceptional candidates.

Detailed Functions:

• Use pedagogical expertise, knowledge of content delivery platforms, creativity, and eye for detail to create, edit, and review lessons and activities that incorporate specific skills in a rigorous and thorough manner, feature targeted instructional objectives, are intentionally designed and grounded in proven methodology, focus on fostering student engagement, and are inclusive of all learners, equitable, and culturally responsive.
• Provide expertise in the subject matter of the curriculum being developed.
• Evaluate/categorize/survey existing Nearpod assets.
• Deliver assignments on time and within scope.
• Implement instructional strategies informed by current trends, best practices, and innovative approaches prioritized by the team.
• Be available during core team hours to participate in essential meetings and/or collaborative work.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Strong understanding of literacy instruction based in the Science of Reading, educational theory, pedagogy, and instructional design
• Deep knowledge of curriculum standards and frameworks
• Strong writing/editorial skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to use educational technology tools creatively
• Proficiency in Google / Microsoft suites of tools (Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets / Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Ability to navigate a remote working environment successfully (using video conferencing and messaging systems, proactively managing time, tasks, and priorities, ensuring compliance with company trainings and requirements, promptly responding to communication)
• Ability to work collaboratively with a team
• Follow-through, efficiency, and adherence to deadlines
• Eagerness for feedback and ability to implement it
• Passion for leveraging ed-tech solutions and Nearpod’s content and product to meet the unique needs of K-12 students, teachers, and administrators

Previous experience as an upper elementary ELA educator, ELA curriculum development experience for an ed-tech company, educational publishing company or at a district/school-wide level is preferred.

Employment Requirements:

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without restrictions

Hourly Rate: $35

Commitment: 40 hours/week (Will seriously consider 20 hours/week for exceptional candidates)

M-F day schedule

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

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