Curriculum Specialist for Social Studies Remote

Are you ready to join a world class innovation team that is changing the landscape of education? Inspired and led by ASU’s charter, the ASU Prep Digital (ASUPD) Product Team’s goal is to build learning experiences that significantly improve student performance and provide access to educational pathways that enable a better life. The learning platform and full suite of next-generation courses on the ASUPD roadmap will leverage adaptive technologies to meet students where they are with fully personalized learning and individualized pacing. Additionally, these products will feature entirely custom experiential learning environments that are built leveraging the most engaging and immersive technologies to design a discovery-based, learner outcome-centered, approach. Drawing from ASU’s culture of innovation, the ASU Prep Digital Product team is creating the future of learning.

The Curriculum Specialist will serve as the 6-12 expert for content and writing Social Studies curriculum. A deep understanding of how to create a digital course based on standards, content, assessment, and innovative practices is required. Responsibilities include standards alignment & deconstructing, outlining & writing content, assessment writing & review based on organizational pedagogy. Additionally, this position requires someone experienced in digital publishing with a focus on design thinking.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Design or related field, Masters preferred
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in K-12 Online Curriculum Development.
• Valid Teaching Certificate in subject area, any state acceptable
• Experience with the state and national standards essential
• Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparation, design, and development of digital content and assessments
• Design and write content and assessments that align to state and national standards
• Design and write content and assessments that prepare students for high stakes testing
• Ongoing review of content and assessments making strategic recommendations for quality products
• Work directly leadership to coordinate timelines and deliverables for digital course curriculum as well as manage curriculum timelines.
• Initiate strategies to maintain project scope and prevent scope creep
• Work with curriculum developers in best practices of online curriculum development and design.
• Lead curriculum implementation to online platforms, while ensuring alignment to standards.
• Create innovative and engaging learning experiences
• Work collaboratively with Product team members
• Review and identify vendors that provide quality content and/or assets
• Must maintain efficiency by meeting deliverable timelines, schedule and coordinate meetings, utilize resources, and communicate with respect