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Braintrust
Senior Curriculum Lead — Instructional Design & Domain Expansion
K-12
Edtech.com's Summary
Braintrust is hiring a Senior Curriculum Lead — Instructional Design & Domain Expansion to enhance and expand an existing curriculum for students in grades 5–12. The role involves reviewing piloted curriculum for quality, leading the development of new content areas with subject-matter experts, and ensuring alignment with learning objectives and overall learning experience.
Highlights
- Review existing curriculum for pedagogical soundness and consistency.
- Identify gaps and recommend improvements based on prior pilot feedback.
- Lead new curriculum development by collaborating with subject-matter experts.
- Define learning objectives, sequencing, and key concepts for new content areas.
- Direct and quality-check work of curriculum writers.
- Establish reusable frameworks to support consistent content development.
- Collaborate with product and platform teams for curriculum integration.
- Requires 3-5 years of senior experience in curriculum or instructional design.
- Experience working with subject-matter experts to translate complex knowledge into learner-friendly content.
- Preferred experience in K-12 education, project-based learning, EdTech, or financial literacy education for youth.
- Compensation: $100–$110 per hour for a part-time freelance role (20 hours per week).
Senior Curriculum Lead — Instructional Design & Domain Expansion Full Description
Senior Curriculum Lead — Instructional Design & Domain Expansion
United States only
Any time
20 hrs/wk
Short term
Role and Job Type
Other
Freelance
Experience
3 - 5 years
Rate
$100 – $110/hr
Status
Accepting Applications
Accepting Applications
Skills
Top Skills
Curriculum Design
Other Skills
Communication
Education
Leadership
Job description
About the Role
We're building a school program for students in grades 5–12. We're looking for a senior curriculum professional to review and elevate our existing, already-piloted curriculum, and to lead development of new curriculum tracks with outside subject-matter experts.
What You'll Do
● Review our existing, previously piloted curriculum for pedagogical soundness, consistency, and sophistication
● Identify gaps or inconsistencies and recommend improvements based on prior pilot learnings
● Lead the development of new curriculum content areas by partnering directly with outside subject-matter experts, translating their expertise into structured, age-appropriate learning content
● Define learning objectives, sequencing, and key concepts for each new content area
● Direct and quality-check the work of a curriculum writer to ensure new lesson content aligns with established learning objectives, tone, and prior pilot feedback
● Establish reusable frameworks and documentation so future content areas can be built consistently and efficiently
● Collaborate with our product and platform team to ensure curriculum integrates cleanly with the overall learning experience
What We're Looking For
● Senior-level experience in curriculum design or instructional design, ideally having scaled a program across multiple content areas
● Experience working directly with subject-matter experts to translate professional or technical knowledge into learner-friendly content
● Strong pedagogical background specific to learners in grades 5–12
● Comfort auditing and elevating existing content, not only building from scratch
● Experience directing or reviewing the work of other writers or contributors
● Excellent judgment on tone, clarity, and age-appropriateness of educational content
Nice to Have
● Experience with business, partnerships or financial literacy education for youth
● Experience in K-12 or youth education, project-based or experiential learning, or digital learning or EdTech would be valuable.
To Apply
Please share your resume along with a portfolio or writing sample of prior curriculum or instructional design work; ideally including an example where you worked with a subject-matter expert to build content, or where you reviewed and elevated an existing curriculum.
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