Curriculum Architect: Core ELA for K–2 (Contract)

Wilson Language Training Corp.; United States; Remote; USD 62,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilson Language Training seeks a Curriculum Developer for Core ELA Grades K–2 on a contract basis. You will help build text sets, design listening and writing instruction, and ensure alignment with Fundations.

This role requires strong K–2 literacy expertise and collaboration with multiple teams. You will work on Phase 1 text sets, content development, and ongoing team contributions, with a focus on accuracy, representation, and accessibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of K–2 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 read-aloud anchor texts.
• A portfolio of original texts written for young readers, ideally including decodable or informational text.
• Deep knowledge of early literacy, including oral language development, listening comprehension, vocabulary, and emergent and early writing.
• Strong understanding of how foundational skills and knowledge building work together in K–2.
• Experience designing early-grade assessments and interpreting young students' oral and written work.
• Working knowledge of the science of reading and structured literacy, including the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough's Reading Rope.
• Working knowledge of copyright, fair use, and the permissions process.
• Strong research, fact-checking, and organization skills, and clear writing for teachers.

Responsibilities

• Research and recommend read-aloud anchor texts, picture books, and supporting texts for each unit's knowledge topic and culminating task.
• Source non-text elements young learners can use to build knowledge, including photographs, art, maps, simple diagrams, video, and audio.
• Evaluate read-aloud texts for quality, accuracy, and complexity, and student-facing texts for decoding and accessibility.
• Review texts for representation, bias, and sensitivity, and for fit with district adoption criteria.
• Sequence each text set so knowledge and vocabulary build across read-alouds, units, and grades.
• Write original texts to spec, including decodable and accessible texts tied to the Fundations scope and sequence, with set word counts and target vocabulary.
• Support work with freelance authors, including drafting briefs and editing their work for accuracy, voice, and alignment.
• Keep text set records, including sources, citations, and rights status, and work with the permissions team on clearances, timelines, and alternates.
• Design unit and lesson structures that move from read-aloud anchor text to a culminating oral or written task, using gradual release of responsibility.
• Write interactive read-aloud lessons, discussion routines, and vocabulary instruction that build listening comprehension and oral language.
• Develop early writing instruction, including oral rehearsal, drawing and labeling, shared and interactive writing, and sentence-level composition.
• Connect writing to Fundations handwriting, spelling, and sentence skills, so students apply the code as they compose.
• Plan text-dependent questions, retelling routines, and discussion protocols tied to each text set's knowledge goals.
• Design age-appropriate assessments, including observation tools, oral response checks, early writing rubrics, and progress checks.
• Plan differentiation and scaffolds for multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and students at different stages of decoding.
• Contribute to reading comprehension design and work with the Writing Systems team on writing lessons.

Skills

K-2 classroom

Literacy coaching

Curriculum development

Reading comprehension

Research skills

Strong writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in education

Master's degree in literacy

Job description

Wilson Language Training seeks a Curriculum Developer for Core ELA Grades K–2 on a contract basis. You will help build text sets, design listening and writing instruction, and ensure alignment with Fundations.

This role requires strong K–2 literacy expertise and collaboration with multiple teams. You will work on Phase 1 text sets, content development, and ongoing team contributions, with a focus on accuracy, representation, and accessibility.