Curriculum Architect: Core ELA, Grades 3–5 (Contract)

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

Job summary

Wilson Language Training Corp. is seeking a Curriculum Developer for Core ELA (Grades 3-5) on a contract basis. You will build text sets, design comprehension and writing instruction, and ensure alignment with Fundations and our K-2 program.

This role focuses on backwards-design, phase-driven content, and collaboration with writers, editors, and subject experts to deliver rigorous, standards-aligned materials for teachers and students.

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.
• Working knowledge of text complexity measures and of accessible text design for developing readers.
• Working knowledge of the science of reading and structured literacy, including the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough's Reading Rope.
• 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 anchor texts and supporting texts for each unit's knowledge topic.
• Source non-text elements that deepen knowledge, including primary sources, maps, timelines, data displays, art, video, and audio.
• Evaluate texts for quality, accuracy, and complexity using quantitative, qualitative, and reader-and-task measures.
• Review texts for representation, bias, and sensitivity, and for multiple perspectives and fit with district adoption criteria.
• Build paired and multi-text sets that let students compare, synthesize, and write from several sources.
• Sequence each text set so knowledge, vocabulary, and morphology build across texts, units, and grades.
• Write original informational and literary texts to spec, including word count, complexity band, target vocabulary, and accessibility needs for students still building fluency.
• 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 anchor text to culminating writing task, using gradual release of responsibility.
• Write lessons and routines for close reading, text structure, vocabulary and morphology, and text-based discussion.
• Develop writing instruction across narrative, informational, opinion/argument, and research genres, from sentence and paragraph work to multi-paragraph composition and revision.
• Plan text-dependent questions, discussion protocols, and writing prompts that ask students to use evidence from one or more texts.
• Design formative and summative assessments, including constructed responses, text-based writing rubrics, anchor papers, and progress checks.
• Plan differentiation and scaffolds for multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and students who still need decoding or fluency support.
• Contribute to reading comprehension design and work with the Writing Systems team on writing lessons.

Skills

Curriculum development

ELA

Reading comprehension

Writing instruction

Text sets

Assessment design

Educational writing

Multilingual differentiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in education, English, library science, or a related field

Job description

Wilson Language Training Corp. is seeking a Curriculum Developer for Core ELA (Grades 3-5) on a contract basis. You will build text sets, design comprehension and writing instruction, and ensure alignment with Fundations and our K-2 program.

This role focuses on backwards-design, phase-driven content, and collaboration with writers, editors, and subject experts to deliver rigorous, standards-aligned materials for teachers and students.