Core ELA Curriculum Designer, Grades 3-5

TrulyHired; United States; On-site; USD 62,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilson Language Training is seeking a Curriculum Developer, Core ELA for Grades 3-5 to help build the Core ELA program. You will create text sets, design comprehension and writing instruction, and ensure alignment with the Fundations and K-2 programs while coordinating with cross-team stakeholders.

The role follows a backwards-design process across three phases: Text Sets, Writing & Comprehension, and Team Collaboration, with ongoing contributions to unit development and alignment reviews.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of grades 3-5 classroom, intervention, literacy coaching, or school library experience.
• 3+ years developing ELA core or writing curriculum or educational texts for publication.
• Experience building text sets or knowledge-building units around a topic or anchor text.
• Portfolio of original texts written for young readers, ideally including informational text.
• Deep knowledge of reading comprehension and writing instruction, including close reading, text structure, vocabulary, and evidence-based writing.
• Experience designing assessments and rubrics for constructed responses and extended writing, and interpreting student work.

Responsibilities

• Research and recommend anchor texts and supporting texts for each unit's knowledge topic and culminating task.
• Source non-text elements to deepen knowledge (maps, timelines, data displays, art, video, audio).
• Evaluate texts for quality, accuracy, and complexity using multiple measures.
• Review texts for representation, bias, and sensitivity; ensure fit with district criteria.
• Build paired and multi-text sets for synthesis and writing from multiple sources.
• Sequence text sets so knowledge and vocabulary build across texts and grades.
• Write original informational and literary texts to spec, including word count and accessibility needs.
• Support freelance authors with briefs and editing for accuracy and alignment.
• Keep records of text sets and rights status; coordinate with permissions.
• Design unit and lesson structures moving from anchor text to culminating writing task; use gradual release.
• Write lessons for close reading, structure, vocabulary, morphology, and text-based discussion.
• Develop writing instruction across narrative, informational, opinion/argument, and research genres.
• Plan text-dependent questions, discussions, and prompts using evidence from texts.
• Design formative and summative assessments with rubrics and anchor papers.
• Plan differentiation and scaffolds for multilingual learners and students needing decoding support.
• Contribute to reading comprehension design with the Writing Systems team.

Skills

Text sets development

ELA curriculum design

Assessment design

Close reading instruction

Multilingual differentiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in education/English/library science

Job description

Wilson Language Training is seeking a Curriculum Developer, Core ELA for Grades 3-5 to help build the Core ELA program. You will create text sets, design comprehension and writing instruction, and ensure alignment with the Fundations and K-2 programs while coordinating with cross-team stakeholders.

The role follows a backwards-design process across three phases: Text Sets, Writing & Comprehension, and Team Collaboration, with ongoing contributions to unit development and alignment reviews.