pIMPORTANT NOTE: This is a full-time, in-person employee role located at our Austin, Texas campus./p pImagine a world where 8-year-olds confidently pitch business ideas to venture capitalists, and 10-year-olds deliver TED-style talks that leave adults in awe. At Alpha Schools, we're not just imagining it - we're making it happen. And we need your creative genius to take it to the next level./p pIn this role, you'll harness cutting-edge AI to craft mind-blowing workshops, pilot your creations with real students, and collaborate with a team of education revolutionaries. You'll blend elements of curriculum development and instructional design, focusing on practical life skills rather than academic subjects. With greater autonomy and emphasis on innovation, you'll leverage technology and data-driven iteration to continuously refine and improve your designs./p pIf you're ready to shape the future of education and empower K-8 students with essential life skills, apply now and join Alpha in reimagining learning./p
What you will be doing
ul liDeveloping a comprehensive, engaging life skills curriculum for K-8 students, focusing on areas such as public speaking, storytelling, entrepreneurship, and financial acumen/li liDesigning objective and reliable assessment systems, utilizing standardized testing methodologies, to evaluate baseline skills, progress, and mastery in non-traditional educational areas/li liPiloting new workshop designs with real students, conducting on-campus observations, gathering student insights, and collecting parent feedback to continuously refine and improve workshop designs/li liBuilding your personal expertise through research, best practices, and trend analysis (RBHT), synthesizing diverse information to create innovative insights and approaches/li liCollaborating with team members and facilitators to ensure workshops exceed quality expectations and achieve learning objectives/li /ul
What you will NOT be doing
ul liCreating activities that prioritize entertainment over skill development/li liDesigning programs that underestimate children's learning potential/li liProducing educational content that doesn't translate to real-world applications/li liDeveloping passive, lecture-based learning materials/li liEvaluating academic knowledge rather than practical skills/li /ul
Key Responsibilities
Create a highly engaging and rigorous life skills curriculum, enabling kids to achieve tasks that seem impossible for their age and ensuring student and parent satisfaction.
Candidate Requirements
ul liWilling to work in-person at Alpha's Austin campus/li liBachelor's degree in any field/li liAt least 1 year of experience creating educational activities, workshops, or trainings in any field/li liExperience observing and gathering qualitative data and feedback from students/attendees/li liProficiency using Gen AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.) for independent project execution/li liLegal right to work in the US without visa sponsorship/li /ul
This position is also known as:
- Curriculum Developer
- Learning And Development Specialist
- Training and Development Specialist
- Curriculum Writer
- Curriculum Designer
- Instructional Designer