AoPS is looking to develop and refine educational materials for Language Arts to inspire and train the next generation of great problem solvers
Requirements
- Strong experience with and understanding of the students, ideally gifted/advanced students, in their target audience and the teachers who will deliver their content
- Excellent writing skills across a variety of genres and contexts, with the ability to translate complex Language Arts concepts into clear, engaging, and understandable content for middle school and early high school audiences
- Strong Language Arts content knowledge and excellent editing skills
- Strong attention to detail and proven ability to communicate effectively and proactively with project stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to make good cost-benefit decisions
- Strong creativity, with the ability to develop original problems and puzzles
Responsibilities
- Outline and develop full courses or equivalent scopes of content and all accompanying educational material
- Improve existing materials based on student performance data as well as student and teacher feedback
- Incorporate feedback from team members and other stakeholders into their materials
- Review and provide feedback on outlines and educational materials created by other curriculum developers
- Oversee work of junior curriculum developers collaborating on projects
- Participate in teacher training and the creation of training materials, if relevant
- Hone their understanding of our students, teachers, and customers, which may include teaching courses
Other
- Bachelor's degree in a field closely related to Language Arts strongly preferred, with an advanced degree as a plus
- A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in teaching Language Arts and/or developing Language Arts educational materials, ideally including significant experience at the 6–10 grade levels
- Passion for education
- Ability to readily seek out and learn from feedback
- Legally authorized to work in the US, without sponsorship
