Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Committee for Children is a social enterprise dedicated to advancing the well-being of children through the development of essential human skills. As a Senior Instructional Designer II, you will lead the design and development of high-quality digital human skills learning programs for K–12 students and educators, ensuring instructional quality and alignment across programming while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Applies a learning-first mindset by identifying educator and student needs, defining instructional problems, and designing for scale, reuse, and maintainability across products
- Lead and guide work as a program expert and leader by establishing ID team processes, reviewing education criteria, directing relevant workstreams, and providing constructive feedback on a regular basis
- Lead content development and writing of curriculum, including drafting, revising, and finalizing student-facing and educator-facing instructional materials
- Design and develop implementation materials and professional learning experiences to support educators in classroom delivery, including guides, tools, and embedded supports that drive fidelity of implementation
- Collaborate with researchers and subject matter experts to conceptualize and develop digital learning curriculum that extends into the physical classroom and related program supports
- Lead backward planning using Understanding by Design or similar planning methodologies
- Ensure instructional quality, alignment, and coherence across K-12 programming, accountable for final sign-off of the the educational criteria. Collaborate with visual designers, media production team, and others to design and deliver aligned, on-time assets
- Analyze data and synthesize feedback from a variety of sources to develop and implement action plans for improvement
- Manage, coach, and mentor less experienced instructional designers, independent contractors, and content experts
- Other duties as assigned
Skills
- 10+ years of experience developing digital educational programs, learning experiences, educational applications, or educational games or simulations, in the K-12 marketplace
- Developing curriculum using Understanding by Design learning framework, culturally responsive teaching practices, and conditions for learning as identified by PERTS
- Demonstrated experience in writing and developing high-quality instructional content for both students and educators, including implementation supports and professional learning materials
- Experience designing curriculum and instructional materials for K–5 learners, including early childhood education contexts
- 5+ years of experience working as an educator in a traditional school setting
- Master's Degree in Learning Sciences, Educational Technology, Instructional Design or related field of study
- Proven ability to lead, coach, or mentor others while managing multiple workstreams
- Advanced ability to apply current and innovative learning and instructional design theories and techniques to analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate, and modify learning programs
- Experience collaborating with researchers and using qualitative/quantitative data to iterate curriculum
- Experience designing and facilitating professional development for educators, including PLC-aligned learning experiences and resources
- Advanced ability to manage ambiguity, identify creative solutions, respond to changing work or product needs, and ideate ways to surpass constraints
- Software Applications: Knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Miro, Slack, Asana, and Jira. Ability to investigate and learn new digital technologies related to work or design
- Experience working with or supporting K–5 and/or early childhood classrooms strongly preferred
Benefits
- We cover 100% of your premiums for medical, dental and vision coverage and 50% for your dependent’s medical and dental premiums
- Retirement plan + company match up to 3%; CFC
- A flexible work subsidy: $100 per month that you can use on things like phone and internet costs, office supplies, or even commuting costs
- 16 paid holidays (including winter break and 1 floating holiday), 3 weeks' vacation in your first year, and separate sick leave accrual
- Other great benefits include: monthly contribution to childcare and/or dependent expenses, FSA account, parental leave, sabbatical leave, employee assistance program, annual wellness reimbursement, growth and development opportunities, disability and life insurance.
Company Overview
Committee for Children provides social-emotional learning and child protection programs, training, and resources for schools and families. It was founded in 1979, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.cfchildren.org.