Instructional Designer – K-12 STEM
Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning.
The Instructional Designer will be responsible for editing and designing digital curriculum products within the Kiddom platform as well as editing and designing additional supplemental resources. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring that teacher and student-facing content are optimized for our digital platform. You will report directly to the Curriculum Product Manager.
We’re looking for someone who has a background in K-12 STEM teaching, instructional design, project management, and a willingness to collaborate in a team-oriented environment.
You Will…
- Manually author/edit interactive question types using the Kiddom platform
- Develop and implement protocols for instructional/graphic design of curriculum-aligned lesson presentations
- Author/edit supplemental resources aligned to existing curriculum
- Review content and provide Quality Assurance feedback
- Other assigned tasks as needed to meet project deadlines and deliverables
- Analyze and create content to align to state STEM standards
- Collaborate with managers and stakeholders to ensure projects are completed on time and to specifications
- Assist in organizing work based on team member expertise, experience, and workload
- Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders regarding strategy, adjustments, and progress.
- Continuously monitor progress and make adjustments as needed
- Troubleshoot and problem solve when situations do not align with usual processes
What we’re looking for…
- 3-5 years of K-12 STEM classroom teaching experience
- Strong empathy for educators
- Passion for improving education equitably
- 2+ years of instructional design experience
- Keen attention to detail
- Ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously
- Creative problem solving
$60,000 – $100,000 a year
Salary range is dependent on geography, past experience, seniority, and demonstrated role related ability during the interview process.
What we offer
- Full time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits from their first day:
- Competitive salary
- Meaningful equity
- Health benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
- 10 paid sick days per year
- Unlimited vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
- Paid family leave after birth/adoption of caretakers and minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.
COVID Vaccination Policy
Kiddom policy requires employees to be vaccinated before they visit an office or attend company events..
We have remote roles but in certain positions where office attendance is deemed to be essential to the role, offers of employment shall be conditional upon proof of vaccination.