Curriculum Design Specialist – Contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create and enhance comprehensive lessons and individual lesson elements utilizing existing drafts, instructional frameworks, templates, and design guidance.

• Evaluate lessons and instructional activities under development, offering actionable feedback.

• Improve standards alignment, student engagement, grade-level suitability, and accessibility for diverse learners.

• Ensure that materials are consistent with established learning objectives, ELA and social studies standards, and unit learning progressions.

• Implement established instructional strategies, pedagogical methods, and design specifications.

• Integrate feedback from curriculum reviewers to enhance clarity, accuracy, consistency, and instructional quality.

• Assess and refine materials for completeness, consistency, and classroom usability prior to submission.

• Deliver completed tasks within set deadlines and adhere to team workflows.

• Communicate updates, inquiries, and areas requiring clarification.

• Collaborate with the inquirED curriculum team on a specified scope of deliverables.

⛳️ Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in elementary education, curriculum development, or instructional design.

• Strong preference for candidates with K–5 classroom teaching experience.

• In-depth knowledge of elementary instructional practices, developmentally appropriate learning activities, student engagement techniques, and scaffolding for diverse learners.

• Experience in developing, reviewing, or revising high-quality instructional materials, including lessons, activities, and resources for students.

• Strong understanding of elementary ELA or social studies standards.

• Capability to apply specified standards and learning objectives to assess and revise instructional materials.

• Preferred familiarity with standards in both content areas.

• Experience working within established curriculum frameworks, instructional models, and design guidelines.

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to incorporate feedback effectively.

• Strong organizational and communication skills.

• Ability to manage assigned deliverables, meet deadlines, and collaborate efficiently with a remote team.

• Must be based in the U.S.

• Proficiency with Google Suite and collaborative content development systems such as Airtable.

• Familiarity with AI content generation and editing platforms like ChatGPT and Claude.

• Understanding of curriculum tagging systems and rubrics aligned to focus standards.

🏝️ Benefits

• Potential for engagement extension based on project requirements.

• Remote work arrangement available.

• Part-time schedule of approximately 10–15 hours per week.