Curriculum Developer, Core ELA – Grades 3–5

🕒 October 8

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $45 - $55 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Wilson Language Training

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201 - 500 employees

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Non-profit • Training

Wilson Language Training is a leading provider of Structured Literacy programs, specializing in reading instruction for students with dyslexia and other literacy challenges. With over 35 years of experience, Wilson offers evidence-backed programs such as Fundations® and the Wilson Reading System®, which empower educators and foster independent reading skills in students. The company also provides professional learning workshops and resources to ensure effective implementation and teacher training, ultimately aiming to advance literacy outcomes for all learners.

📋 Description

• Help build the Core ELA program for grades 3–5 • Research and recommend anchor texts and supporting texts for unit knowledge topics and culminating tasks • Source primary sources, maps, timelines, data displays, art, video, and audio • Evaluate texts for quality, accuracy, complexity, representation, bias, sensitivity, and district adoption fit • Build paired and multi-text sets and sequence them across texts, units, and grades • Write original informational and literary texts to specifications • Support freelance authors by drafting briefs and editing their work • Maintain text set records, citations, and rights status; coordinate with permissions • Design unit and lesson structures connecting anchor texts to culminating writing tasks • Write close-reading, text-structure, vocabulary, morphology, and text-based discussion lessons and routines • Develop narrative, informational, opinion/argument, and research writing instruction • Plan text-dependent questions, discussion protocols, and evidence-based writing prompts • Design formative and summative assessments, rubrics, anchor papers, and progress checks • Plan differentiation and scaffolds for multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and students needing decoding or fluency support • Contribute to reading comprehension design and writing lessons • Align materials to state standards, the science of reading, and the skills framework • Participate in cross-grade reviews, meet project timelines and quality standards, and collaborate with reviewers and design • Review, pilot, and revise materials based on teacher and student feedback

🎯 Requirements

• 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 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 • Working knowledge of copyright, fair use, and the permissions process • Strong research, fact-checking, organization, and clear writing skills for teachers • Bachelor's degree in education, English, library science, or a related field • Training or classroom use of EmPOWER™ or Brain Frames® is nice to have • Master's degree in literacy, reading, special education, or library science, or reading specialist certification is nice to have • Background in science or social studies content is nice to have • Familiarity with the Writing Revolution, SRSD, or other explicit writing approaches is nice to have • Experience supporting upper-elementary students who still struggle with decoding or fluency is nice to have • Experience with EdReports or state adoption review criteria is nice to have • Experience working on a collaborative, cross-functional curriculum team is nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Professional development opportunities • Remote work arrangement

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