Curriculum Specialist

Summary - The Curriculum Specialist, under the direction of the Chief Curriculum Architect is primarily responsible for creating and maintaining student and teacher materials, both in print and online.

Tasks

• Creates new articles, activities, and assessments for Student Editions appropriate for grade level.

• Create new standards alignments, lesson plans, assessments, vocabulary lists, and other teaching materials.

• Researches primary documents and quality secondary sources for use in creating publications and bibliographies.

• The curriculum specialist participates as a team member in meetings, plannings, coordinations, and other duties of a cross-functional teams.

• Participates in designing and/or peer review of curriculum spec sheets.

• Participates in designing and/or peer review of curriculum blueprints.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities –

• Performs curriculum tasks as assigned by Chief Curriculum Architect

• Collaborates with members of the Curriculum team and other members of development teams

• Communicates effectively and promptly

• Use technology tools to complete curriculum work: Google suite, LeanKit, and other commercial and proprietary tools as needed.

• Other duties may be assigned as needed

Job Requirements –

• Elementary and/or Middle School Education Experience

  • Education credential

  • Teaching experience (minimum of 5 years strongly preferred)

  • Experience teaching history/social science strongly preferred

  • Experience with standards, curriculum design, creation of resources

  • Familiarity with teaching pedagogy and best practices

  • Experience creating and supporting a successful learning environment for multiple student audiences

• Communication skills (oral, written, technological)

• Professionalism

• Ability to work remotely and have access to reliable Internet.

Education and Experience –

• Bachelor’s Degree required

• Master’s Degree desired

• Curriculum design experience required

• Elementary and/or middle school teaching experience preferred

Statement of Diversity –

Studies Weekly welcomes the perspectives brought by diversity in regional location, ethnicity, language, gender, age, heritage, and other lenses and perspectives.

Physical Demands –

The employee is required to talk and hear. Often, this position requires the employee to stand, sit, bend, stoop, crawl, kneel, ascend and descend stairs. Also to reach with arms and hands, and use hands and fingers to feel, handle, and manipulate keyboard keys. The employee may be required to lift up to 20 lbs. The employee may be required to travel periodically on company business by plane, car, or other transportation

Disclaimer –

The statements herein are intended to describe and summarize the general nature and level of work being performed by the employee in this position. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of a person in this position.