Curriculum Writer Job Description
Curriculum writer
provides instructional leadership and support to administrators, curriculum staff, instructional coaches and teachers in implementing various teaching and learning strategies.
Curriculum Writer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Serve as the Teaching & Learning TEAM’s point person for ELA, Math, Science or Social Studies in the region
Oversee the logistical and operational considerations for the implementation of new and reviewed curriculum roll-outs in the 2017 – 2018 school year
Create and share assessments using our internal assessment criteria
Manage assessment data from ELA, Math, Science or Social Studies across the region
Serve as the Teaching & Learning TEAM’s point person for ELA, Math or Social Studies in the region
Manage assessment data from ELA, Math or Social Studies across the region
Work closely with Marketing, R&D, and Sales teams in new product development processes with responsibility for instruction manual and curricular content including researching scientific content and background information
Manage the process of curriculum and instruction manual development, which includes keeping the process on schedule and working with contractors, contributors, illustrators, desktop publishers, reviewers, editors, buyers, and printers, etc
Work with field-based curriculum & training specialists from sales team to develop pedagogically-focused presentations to teachers and deliver content where appropriate
Monitor curriculum trends and education landscape and develop intimate working knowledge of state and national standards and science education initiatives including AP redesign, NGSS, CCSS, AAAS Vision and Change for Undergraduate Biology, and STEM
Curriculum Writer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Curriculum Writer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the curriculum writer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Education, Design, English, Management, Writing, Social Work, Science, Teaching, History, Science Education
Skills for Curriculum Writer
Desired skills for curriculum writer include:
Instructional theories and design processes
Learning principles
Common Core
Current trends and issues in scholarly communication and research
Instructional Theories & Design Processes
Leadership curriculum
North Carolina Science Essential Standards
Principles and methods for curriculum and training design
Teaching and instruction for individuals and groups
Desired experience for curriculum writer includes:
Create and nurture relationships within the curriculum development community, and also with internal and external stakeholders
Travel up to 10-15% to trade shows, conferences, and customer visits
Experience developing curricula based on state and national science standards with audience-appropriate content
Awareness and understanding of challenges facing educators today, including hurdles related to diverse student audiences
Broad knowledge base in biology and life sciences
Proficiency in desktop publishing and illustration software a plus
Curriculum Writer Examples
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Curriculum Writer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of curriculum writer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for curriculum writer
- Serve as the Teaching & Learning TEAM’s point person for Science (Chemistry) or Social Studies in the region
- Manage assessment data from Science or Social Studies across the region
- The Curriculum Writer will assist with the development of an online professional development tool for teachers
- Creation of the online professional development tool using a pre-existing template
- Evaluate computer-based lessons and assessments for alignment to state science standards
- Develop and add new content to existing lessons to align to state standards, develop new questions to assess state standards
- Ensure that new content is accurate as w ell as consistent with principles of quality educational lesson and assessment design
- Ensure that the new content aligns to the accessibility guidelines
- Work with Project Managers and the Curriculum Development team to maintain a comprehensive and consistent student experience
- 2nd monitor (Preferred)
Qualifications for curriculum writer
- At least 3 years of experience teaching high school or college in life sciences or biotechnology
- Ability to present information and generate content appropriate to different audiences including educators, students, laymen, scientists, and executives
- Self-motivated, independent, able to prioritize and manage multiple projects
- Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively within cross-functional teams
- Proven and consistent track record of meeting project deadlines with quality results
- Ability to receive creative direction and feedback
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Our company is looking for a curriculum writer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for curriculum writer
- Keyboard (Preferred)
- Work with editorial and curriculum teams to implement a comprehensive and consistent academic program
- Develop and add content to existing lessons to align to state standards, a s well as develop new questions to assess state standards
- Ensure that the new or replacement content aligns to the accessibility guidelines
- Work with the Project Managers and the Curriculum Development team to maintain a comprehensive and consistent student experience
- Align curriculum to state and national standards
- Develop lessons and activities to meet specific state and national standards
- Mouse (not required)
- Keyboard (not required)
- Develop lessons and activities to meet specific requirements
Qualifications for curriculum writer
- Willingness to learn about the new curricular adoptions for your content area
- Ability to provide exceptional “customer service” as the point person for High School Math, ELA, Science or Social Studies
- Ability to provide exceptional “customer service” as the point person for High School Math, ELA or Social Studies
- Master’s degree in Education or related area
- Valid Florida Professional Teaching Certificate, preferred
- Ability to provide exceptional “customer service” as the point person for High School Science or Social Studies
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Our company is looking for a curriculum writer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for curriculum writer
- Write fictional narrative to produce immersive, engaging experiences for students
- Craft lesson content that support students at all levels
- Identify text excerpts and elements that highlight the workings of the text and provide insight into meaning
- Revise lessons based on testing sessions with elementary and middle school children
- Dedicated workspace/home office
- Contribute to a strategic roadmap and calendar for curriculum development
- Support the process and standards for how curriculum is developed at Flatiron School
- Collaborate with the product and engineering team to ensure that the user experience of our digital learning products matches our best-in-class educational content
- Listen and prioritize feedback from students, instructors, and community members
- Design, author, edit and pilot a K-12 Physical Education scope and sequence, curriculum, and assessments in collaboration with other physical education teachers
Qualifications for curriculum writer
- Familiarity with the NGSS and/or CCSS
- Enterprise software provisioning, configuration management, and life cycle management
- You have a passion for language and all its aspects
- Master’s Degree in Elementary Education or equivalent content area expertise in Elementary Math
- Experience in creating, teaching, and delivering instructional materials
- Technology proficient (especially with Microsoft Office programs)
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a curriculum writer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for curriculum writer
- Draw from a diverse educational experience of design and learning techniques to define and sequence instructional content and strategies to optimize learning experiences
- Create and maintain performance support materials, including but not limited to online knowledge bases, quick reference guides, and other digital based learning resources
- Provide professional development to support implementation of updated curriculum
- Use a variety of techniques for determining instructional content of curriculum or program
- Lead curriculum development on multiple projects and programs concurrently
- Design traditional, nontraditional, interactive and multimedia learning solutions
- Edit and write informational articles on various subjects regarding CSS functional areas
- Develop instructional guides and other support materials for a variety of CSS related subjects soft-skills and technology courses
- Facilitate or instruct meetings, courses, conferences, online trainings, webinars, and other training events
- Collaborate closely with team members and customers alike
Qualifications for curriculum writer
- Skill in using business software systems in the completion of work assignments
- Awareness and understanding of challenges facing educators today
- Ability to present information and generate content that is audience appropriate
- Completion of at least 2 years of Instructional Design related graduate or undergraduate program before the start of the internship
- Experience in Technical Training preferable
- Experience using standard course creation software (Articulate Studio, Adobe Captivate, Photoshop and Illustrator, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint)
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of curriculum writer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for curriculum writer
- Develop training curriculum manual for both participants and facilitators, including slide presentations, guides, activities, worksheets, or other performance support tools
- Review and evaluate existing material and content to inform content development and design
- Design and create interactive training techniques and activities that enhance advocate experience
- Effectively use best practices in principles of adult learning theory, instructional systems design, measurement and evaluation techniques to build training curricula
- Develop lessons and activities to meet specific standards
- Design student-centered project based activities that reflect 4-H Life Skill Objectives
- Align curriculum content to state and national standards
- Work with the Evaluation Specialist to develop assessments that are relevant for both formal and non-formal education environments
- Provide regular status reports for all activities related to the project
- Identify innovative strategies to meet the curricular demands of this project
Qualifications for curriculum writer
- Must be able to write lesson plans
- Must be able to create Project or Theme-based curriculum design
- Current public-school teacher with grade-level expertise in Virginia Standards of Learning, including familiarity with Virginia Standards of Learning Computer Science
- Valid Virginia teacher license (VDOE confirmation), relevant to grade level and Computer Science subject content (for high school, CTE business licenses from state list, math endorsement, Computer Science endorsement or add-on endorsement, science endorsement)
- College Board AP Computer Science A or AP Computer Science Principles reader or consultant (High School Elective)
- 18 months experience in curriculum development and/or instructional design