Curriculum Writer
Words Alive volunteers and teachers use curriculum guides to teach books and stories to their students. Help Words Alive by writing curriculum guides full of discussion questions, activities, and creating writing prompts to help students build text-to-self and text-to-world connections.
We have a high need for Graphic Novel Curriculum Writers to support the growing demand for more fresh, relevant graphic novels from adolescents in our teen book group program.
Responsibilities:
Create curriculum guides for various age groups based on book titles chosen to be included in programming.
Create learning kits guides to complement the curriculum guides.
Communicate with curriculum editors to ensure that the guides and learnings kits are completed to the specifications of the project.
A great Curriculum Writer has:
Classroom experience (preferred) or a strong background in education.
Strong analytical and reading comprehension skills.
Experience writing or using Common Core, SEL (Social and Emotional Learning), and/or Social Justice Standards backed curriculum.
Commitment:
This position is 100% virtual.
Self-paced
Can work as little or as much as one would like, with a minimum of one project per month.
Requirements:
16 years old and older.
If under 18, a parent or guardian will need to sign a volunteer youth waiver before volunteer service begins.
Have some formal writing experience.
Have access to and knowledge of basic computer technology and Google Drive.
A background in education is preferred but not required.
Onboarding and Training:
Attend a 30-minute volunteer orientation and submit a volunteer application.
Complete virtual Words Matter training (approximately one hour)
If utilizing the asynchronous Words Matter module, a virtual assessment must also be completed to ensure understanding of key concepts.
Complete Curriculum training, which is approximately 1-hour and asynchronous.
After Curriculum training: Review the supplied “How to” document and submit project sign-up form.