Math Content Writer, Grades 5-12
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Content Writer focus on grades 5-12 curriculum and professional learning at Illustrative Mathematics. Collaborating with teams to enhance math education through quality materials and workshops.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in executing IM’s content strategy by supporting the development of IM curricula and professional learning materials.
- Review feedback on curriculum and PL products and use it to inform revision.
- Collaborate and plan for new product components.
- Write, review, and revise new product components to better align with established design principles, style guides, product feedback, and educational shifts.
- Collaborate with the team on project planning, product design, work processes, and problem-solving.
Requirements:
- At least 3 years of working with mathematics content, (TK-6, 4-9, or 5-12), including knowledge of the Common Core State Standards and Progressions Documents.
- At least 2 years of experience facilitating professional learning for elementary school, middle school, or high school educators.
- At least 2 years of experience writing professional learning workshops and materials for elementary school, middle school, or high school math educators.
- At least 2 years of experience designing problem-based curriculum materials.
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Expertise in at least one of the following specific domains: Learning Models (Centers, Workshops, PBL, Co-teaching, etc.)
- Early Education: Understanding the developmental needs to support educators and students from PreK to 2nd grade.
- Elementary Education: Understanding the developmental needs to support educators and students within lower and upper elementary grades.
- Secondary Education: Understanding approaches for integrated versus traditional math curriculum pathways; accelerated approaches for all learners
- Alignment & Transition: Understanding of the approaches to support vertical alignment within grade bands as well as horizontal alignment around depth and complexity of both PL and curricular content
- Enhancing Access & Equity: Expertise in authentic integration of culturally responsive and sustaining educational practices, universal design learning, multilingual learner supports, etc.- within professional learning and curricular products
- Learning Environments: Designing curricular and professional learning experiences that can span dynamic settings such as: asynchronous, in-person, virtual, social media, etc.
- Facilitating the learning of coaches, instructional leaders, and other school leaders
- Integrations: Ability to integrate cross-curricular and tech based learning within math curriculum and professional development.
- Must reside in and be legally authorized to work in the USA.
Benefits:
- Fully remote work environment. Everyone works from home!
- Flexible work schedules within our Monday-Friday work week.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Closed for 10 company-recognized holidays, plus Winter Break.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Three medical insurance plans to choose from, plus dental and vision plans.
- Employer-paid Life & AD&D Insurance, and Voluntary Life & AD&D
- Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance plans are available.
- 403(b) retirement plan with a matching employer contribution after 90 days of employment.
- Allowances for internet, phone, wellness, and professional development expenses.


















