Alignment Specialist – English/Language Arts – Contract Role

Job Description Summary: The Curriculum Alignment Specialist is a contractor who specializes in English/Language Arts with a focus on early elementary and literacy. The Contractor carefully reviews Stride online and print curricula materials, with an emphasis on English/Language Arts for grades K-12, along with assessment blueprints and practice items, to produce documentation that shows how well the Stride courses address national and state standards. Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. Create quality documentation that shows how the Stride English/Language Arts curricula align against state and national standards and exam blueprints for public distribution; Create state standard and test blueprint matrices to inform curriculum development and revision; Collaborate with the content specialists to make high-level instructional recommendations for additional content coverage on alignments to ensure 80% or better coverage; Review existing curriculum alignments to confirm documented coverage is to the most current version of standards; Write and deliver summaries of the alignment data, pointing out the most important findings from the alignment documentation, to support marketing efforts, grant and charter school applications, curriculum approvals, etc.; Support curriculum-based projects with knowledge of the Stride curriculum and state standards. Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities. Minimum Required Qualifications: Bachelor or Masters degree in Education, Curriculum Design, or Instruction AND Three (3) years instructional or curriculum experience OR. Equivalent combination of education and experience Certificates and Licenses: Relevant teaching license preferred OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Strong content knowledge in English/Language Arts, particularly in early literacy and the science of reading. Experience doing curriculum alignment work in K-12 or higher education Strong familiarity with state and national English/Language Arts curriculum standards Experience mapping state standards to curriculum Strong knowledge of standards, alignment, curriculum mapping, and standards language Able to analyze and review content with strong attention to detail Able to prioritize workload and meet critical milestones/deadlines on a tight schedule Able to work both independently and collaborate virtually with all team members and staff Able to carry out detailed written and/or verbal instructions Demonstrated excellent communication skills, including verbal, written, and interpersonal Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.), especially Excel functionality such as writing Macros being a plus; Web proficiency. Ability to clear required background check Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. This is a home-based position. This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states and D.C. Compensation & Benefits:Stride, Inc. considers a persons education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the positions work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employees salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the positions level and expected contribution, and the employees benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. We anticipate this position will pay $23.00 – $30.00 per hour. This is a temporary/contractor role, and you will be an employee of Randstad. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individuals compensation can vary