[Hiring] Temporary Editor @Curriculum Associates

Role Description

Curriculum Associates is seeking a bilingual Temporary Editor to complete alignment work for our English Language Arts (ELA) program, Magnetic Literacy, and our Spanish Language Arts (SLA) program, Mosaico: Lectoescritura. This is a one-year contract position.

The impact you’ll have:

• Aligning our ELA and SLA programs to state standards
• Finding and confirming enhancements needed to best support state standards
• Creating accurate alignment documents that will be shared with teachers, administrators, district, and state employees
• Helping to develop and refine our AI systems for standards alignment and evidence gathering
• Finding ELA and/or SLA program evidence for High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) rubrics or state adoption requirements

Qualifications

• A bilingual candidate (English, Spanish)
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree, preferably in an education-related field
• A solid understanding of K–8 literacy and bilingual education
• A solid understanding of ELA and SLA content standards
• The ability to learn quickly and retain a large amount of information
• Someone comfortable using generative AI tools, but understands where human oversight is essential
• A self-starter who is comfortable working on tasks with independence
• Someone who shows initiative, takes feedback well, iterates and adjusts quickly
• Someone highly collaborative who works well with a cross-functional team

Requirements

• Bonus: Previous experience working for large educational publishers, especially core literacy products
• Bonus: K–8 classroom or teaching experience
• Bonus: district, state or DOE experience

Benefits

• Pay – This role’s base pay is $45.00 per hour. The Company recognizes that minimum wage varies by location and will ensure all compensation decisions comply with applicable state and local laws.
• Benefits – Temporary and per-diem employees who average at least 30 hours of work per week within the Company’s look-back period are eligible to enroll in medical coverage after 90 days of employment.
• Temporary and per-diem employees working more than 20 hours per week are eligible for twelve paid holidays.
• All temporary and per-diem employees are eligible for accrued sick time.
• Paid sick time: earn 1 hour for every 30 hours worked, up to 80 hours per year, with up to 80 hours carried over year to year.
• Prorated holiday pay and floating holidays for those scheduled 20+ hours per week (as specified in the offer letter).
• Bereavement leave: up to five days of paid leave for the loss of an immediate family member (including spouses, domestic partners, parents, children, siblings, in-laws, and grandparents).
• Paid time off for jury or witness duty, with regular wages for the first three working days of service.
• Employee Assistance Program at no cost to the employee, offering emotional well-being support and resources for childcare, legal guidance, and financial issues.
• Workers’ Compensation coverage for all employees.

Company Description

Curriculum Associates is an EdTech company using research-based methods to create assessment and curriculum for K–8 that reduces complexity, saves educators time, and makes differentiated instruction and grade-level learning achievable in every classroom. Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates serves more than 12.5 million customers nationwide.