Executive Editor

🔥 13 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $113k - $136k / year

⏰ Full Time

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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

• Lead development of the Core ELA program for one grade band: K–1, 2–3, or 4–5 • Manage, coach, and develop up to six Curriculum Developers, including hiring, onboarding, goal-setting, and performance reviews • Assign work across the band's two grades and balance workloads to meet production milestones • Set quality expectations using checklists, model lessons, and exemplars, and provide timely feedback on drafts • Run the band's review process and provide final editorial sign-off on lessons and materials within approved unit blueprints • Coordinate team time supporting other Wilson programs • Build a collaborative, high-quality, steady-delivery team culture • Lead selection of texts for each unit and recommend final text sets to the Director • Write and edit original texts, lessons, and routines for close reading, vocabulary and morphology, discussion, and writing • Manage freelance authors contributing to texts and lessons • Ensure lessons and assessments are rigorous, aligned to state standards and the science of reading, and include appropriate scaffolds • Own the development schedule and text set records; coordinate permissions clearances and flag risks • Represent the grade band in program decisions concerning content, pacing, and fit with Fundations • Lead cross-grade reviews to build skills across K–5 • Lead the band's participation in pilots and beta tests and revise materials based on teacher and student feedback • Report to the Director of Curriculum Development, K–5, and collaborate with grade-band managers, Writing Science, design, production, and product owners

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of classroom, intervention, literacy coaching, or school library experience, including in your band's grades • 5+ years developing ELA core or writing curriculum or educational texts for publication • 2+ years managing or leading curriculum writers, editors, or developers • Track record of delivering large curriculum projects on schedule with many contributors and reviewers • Strong editorial judgment and experience giving feedback that improves other people's writing • Experience building text sets or knowledge-building units around a topic or anchor text • Deep knowledge of reading comprehension and writing instruction, including close reading, text structure, vocabulary, and evidence-based writing • Deep understanding of pedagogical needs, user needs, and market needs • Experience designing or reviewing assessments and rubrics for constructed responses and extended writing • 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 • Bachelor's degree in education, English, library science, or a related field • Training or classroom use of EmPOWER™ or Brain Frames® • Master's degree in literacy, reading, special education, or library science, or reading specialist certification • Classroom experience with Fundations or another structured literacy program • Background in science or social studies content • Familiarity with the Writing Revolution, SRSD, or other explicit writing approaches • Experience with EdReports or state adoption review criteria • Experience managing freelance writers or vendor teams

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and Life & Disability Insurance • 401k plan with partial employer match • Paid Time Off • Paid holidays • Tuition reimbursement • “O’Connor days,” referring to a company-wide office closure between Christmas and New Year’s Eve • Other perks • Target discretionary bonus may be part of compensation allocation

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