SME and Curriculum Designer for AP U.S. History (Contract – U.S.)

SME and Curriculum Designer for AP U.S. History (Contract -U.S.)

Reports to: Program Manager
Department: Content, K-12
Location: Work from Home (U.S.)

Primary Purpose:

LearningMate helps K-12 organizations create digital content that is personalized, accessible, and engaging. The eLearning team you will be working with is responsible for creating and deploying high-quality learning experiences for U.S. K-12 students for a public, virtual charter school.

Start Date: November 2020

End Date: November 2021

Hours per week: 10 – 25 (Contract US)

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for providing support to the team and the stakeholders by identifying the requirements for developing a robust high school AP U.S. History course as part of the Advanced Placement course curriculum.

As a SME, you will focus on research, analysis, solving critical challenges, and providing solutions based on your expertise. You will be working with the Lead Instructional Designer, Curriculum Director, and/or Project Managers to conduct research and provide support related but not limited to identifying,  recommending, and authoring:

  • course format and structure;
  • standards bodies, learning goals, and required course materials and resources;
  • prerequisites that students may require for the target course; 
  • desired student experience for the course and overall pedagogy; 
  • course units, topics, and lessons; and
  • assessment (traditional and performance-based tasks) and projects.

You will also create reports/presentations with the Lead ID including but not limited to the above information.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in education, Master’s degree preferred.
  • Strong social science skills (specialization or certification in U.S. History  preferred; College Board training in AP U.S. History preferred)
  • AP U.S. History teaching or tutoring experience (in US High School)
  • Social studies/AP curriculum design and development 
  • Excellent verbal and written English skills
  • Proficient in Google Apps and modern business tools, communication tools, presentation tools for virtual teams (Zoom, Google Meet).

Experience:

5 years or more.

Experience in curriculum design, scope and sequence development, curriculum writing, assessment writing, quality online course criteria, academic standards alignment, and accessibility compliance.

Preferred Experience:

Present or past AP U.S. History course building (design and development of content) for an online provider.

Please send a cover letter and resume/C.V. that combine to highlight the requirements outlined above to freelancers.us@learningmate.com.  In the subject line enter K12 SME: AP History – Your Name as the Subject Line. If your qualifications meet our needs, a member of our talent acquisition team will contact you directly.

LearningMate is an equal employment opportunity employer.

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