Project Lead The Way
Instructional Developer
Edtech.com's Summary
Project Lead The Way is hiring an Instructional Developer who creates and revises instructional materials for their STEM courses, ensuring alignment with educational goals and teacher support needs. The role involves collaborating with teams to maintain quality, monitor program effectiveness, and introduce innovative teaching methods.
Highlights
- Design and develop instructional materials, including resources for teachers and students.
- Revise content based on changing requirements and feedback from classrooms.
- Support program implementation by addressing inquiries from educators.
- Review assessments for alignment with instructional objectives.
- Recommend innovative methods and trends for instructional improvement.
- Bachelor's degree in education or related field required.
- Experience teaching Middle School STEM and relevant Computer Science knowledge mandatory.
- Strong pedagogical expertise in project- and problem-based learning.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in remote teams.
- Occasional travel is required.
Instructional Developer Full Description
Instructional Developer
Fully Remote
Fully Remote
Description
The Instructional Developer is responsible for generating the content that forms the centerpiece of the instructional programs offered by Project Lead The Way. They use their subject-matter expertise and deep classroom experience to compose, review, and edit instructional support guidance for teachers and compelling learning activities for students. They also monitor the effectiveness of their assigned programs and develop enhancements and modifications as needed. They collaborate with their manager, members of their team, content production specialists, project managers, and others to ensure that their assigned programs meet expectations for quality, schedule, and budget. Occasional travel required.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and develop instructional materials for PLTW courses, including teacher support resources and student-facing resources, in alignment with established requirements.
- Revise existing instructional materials in response to changes in existing requirements.
- Support successful implementation of programs in classrooms by responding to questions and requests from the field.
- Review formative and assessment program components to ensure alignment with instructional goals.
- Identify and recommend potential opportunities to incorporate innovative methods and emerging trends within area of expertise.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in education or in a related field of study.
- Pedagogical knowledge of project- and problem-based learning.
- Middle School STEM teaching experience required.
- Relevant Computer Science experience required.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
- A customer-centric approach to all internal and external interactions.
- Seeks and embraces diversity of thought, culture, and experience.
- Takes pride in the work, celebrates success, and has fun.
- Approaches work with curiosity and experimentation.
- A learner’s mindset with continuous curiosity about ways to improve our impact on students and educators.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and be detail oriented.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Capability to work collaboratively in a remote-first team environment.
- Creative and critical thinking with a concentration on being flexible and adaptable.
- Results-oriented with the ability to consistently meet deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and balance urgent tasks with strategic projects.
- Accountable and takes ownership.
- Ability to synthesize complex networks of data and other inputs to make and justify sound decisions.
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