Curriculum Designer - Contract

Discovery Education; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company seeks a Curriculum Designer to enhance the student experience in mathematics through engaging digital lessons. This role involves designing pedagogically sound curriculum that aligns with educational standards and improves student understanding and confidence. You will collaborate with product management and development teams, attend scrum meetings, and review industry trends to ensure the curriculum remains competitive. This is a remote position offering a contract for one year, ideal for those passionate about education and technology. Join a team committed to inclusivity and excellence in education!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of successful math teaching experience in grades 3-5.
• Understanding of digital learning design principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design engaging, student-driven lessons and experiences for math education.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure curricular requirements are met.

Skills

Curriculum Design

Educational Technology

Presentation Skills

Communication Skills

Motivation and Engagement Strategies

Education

Bachelor’s in Education

Master’s degree

Job description

Posted Monday, January 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM

We are looking for a highly skilled Curriculum Designer to support DreamBox Math’s student experience. DreamBox Curriculum Designers empower students to deeply understand mathematics with confidence. DreamBox has always been designed by experienced classroom teachers who work side-by-side with talented programmers, game designers, and artists to create transformative digital lessons so that students can understand concepts in ways that aren’t possible without a digital environment.

In This Role You Will:

1. From initial brainstorming through refinements and improvements, design engaging, pedagogically sound student-driven lessons and experiences using innovative manipulatives, games, scaffolding, and learning pathways.
2. Create lessons, curriculum, and experiences that align with DreamBox learning design principles and demonstrably improve student understanding, achievement, engagement, and confidence in math.
3. Partner with Product Management to write requirements for UX/UI designers and developers.
4. Attend scrum team meetings to ensure development meets curricular requirements.
5. Review competitor products and industry trends to identify opportunities for differentiation.
6. Align and map state/regional standards and print resources to help teachers easily find concepts in the DreamBox curriculum and enable differentiation for students.
7. Provide competent, expert learning insights for Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Client Success, and Professional Development.

Core Competencies for Success:

1. Understanding of how to drive motivation and engagement with students in grades three through five.
2. Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
3. Experience using educational technology according to effective and research-based principles of learning.
4. Able to proactively assess, clarify and validate student/customer needs on an ongoing basis.
5. Strong communication skills to communicate effectively with internal teams, third-party partners, and customers.

Credentials and Experience:

1. Bachelor’s in Education required, Master’s degree a plus.
2. Minimum of 5 years of full-time, successful math teaching experience in a 3rd – 5th grade classroom.
3. National Board Certification preferred.
4. Some experience with digital learning design preferred.
5. Role may include up to 4 classroom visits per year.
6. Legal right to work in the United States.

This role is designed to be remote. This contract will be for 1 year (12 months) and 30-35 hours/week (max. 150 hours/month).

Discovery Education is an equal opportunity employer. Discovery Education is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the diverse and culturally rich communities that we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disabled status or genetic information.