Ela Ai Activity Designer

Summary

Join Coursemojo, an innovative ed-tech company, as an English Language Arts AI Activity Designer. This full-time, remote position focuses on creating and scaling engaging learning experiences for upper elementary and middle school students. You will design interactive reading and writing activities, develop assessments, and collaborate with various teams. The role requires strong writing skills, curriculum design experience, and the ability to adapt to new technologies, particularly AI. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of experience teaching ELA at the upper elementary/middle school level and a Bachelor's degree in a related field. Compensation is competitive and based on experience and location, ranging from $82,800 to $97,400 annually.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Education, or analogous disciplines
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a upper elementary and/or middle school ELA teacher, including experience teaching MLLs and/or students with IEPs
• Demonstrated ability to craft lesson plans that promote student-centric learning
• Strong writer
• A thirst for knowledge, adaptability, and humility
• High degree of both creativity and process orientation, as our work involves both inventing and pioneering novel approaches in education and scaling them
• Familiarity with popular middle school ELA HQIM curriculum and standards
• Familiarity with reading and writing frameworks as outlined by Student Achievement Partners and the Achieve the Core website
• Strong multitasking and organizational prowess
• Stellar communication skills
• Openness and desire to give and receive ongoing to feedback to ensure continuous improvement of the activities
• Ability to adapt to and learn new technologies and internalize processes rapidly, especially with the application of artificial intelligence

Responsibilities

• Design interactive activities that focus on supporting reading and writing with a focus on text dependent questions, vocabulary development, and writing support
• Develop assessments that align with the activities, ensuring standards consistency. Create formative and summative assessments to measure student comprehension, mastery, that our AI-powered application will use to score and generate feedback for students
• Possess strong writing skills, with the ability to craft strong lessons, teacher guides, and curriculum explanations
• Work synergistically with the transformation, software engineering, and product development teams to optimize activity design and design processes
• Efficiently manage and integrate feedback from various stakeholders, including subject matter experts and members of the product team, while meeting project deadlines
• Use feedback from educators and students to enhance activity quality and engagement
• Awareness of the ethical implications related to AI, including data privacy, bias in algorithms, and the impact of automation on learning
• Current with the latest pedagogical trends, research, and best practices in English language arts instruction and technology in education and experience integrating them into curriculum materials as appropriate
• Openness to incorporating modern technology, specifically generative AI, into your work processes and leverage them to achieve strong learning outcomes for teachers and their students
• Continuous learner with the drive to stay updated with the evolving landscape of consumer-facing AI tools and their applications in education
• Co-create and maintain a clear process for AI Activity creation, review, revision, and finalization
• Support the hiring and management of a team of sub-contractors (i.e. fellow educators) who will assist you in scaling the production of curriculum-aligned activities, requiring you to work as an editor, managing quality and ensuring consistency of the activities they create
• Uphold firm project timelines and relay any hurdles to the team leader
• Impeccable organization and knowledge management skills. Manage activity archives in alignment with Coursemojo’s standards. Maintain meticulous records of a project's progress, including drafts, feedback, revisions, and approvals and maintaining the organizational systems for both scale and cross-team transparency

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in curriculum design
• Expertise in supporting MLL and/or students with IEPs

Benefits

• Remote work, flexible hours
• Salary range for candidates is $82,800-$97,400 annually