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Curriculum Alignment Specialist

Emmersion

Emmersion

Raleigh, NC, USA
Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2023

IXL Learning, a leading edtech company with products used by 14 million students worldwide, is seeking a Curriculum Alignment Specialist to join our curriculum development team. In this role, you'll work closely with contract aligners and our curriculum design team to implement our alignment strategy. You'll oversee the creation of skill plans that pair IXL skills with U.S. state standards, textbooks, assessments, and other curriculum documents.

This is a full time position with a hybrid schedule of 3+ days per week in our Raleigh, NC office.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

  • Make strategic decisions about project priorities and alignment details
  • Help manage a team of contract aligners who create and maintain alignment documents for our K-12 math, ELA, science, social studies, and Spanish content
  • Review new skill plans for quality and style; incorporate feedback from other team members to ensure high quality alignments
  • Learn to use in-house tools to create and release alignments, including formatting alignment spreadsheets to meet our technical requirements
  • Work with our production and engineering teams to troubleshoot bugs and fix errors in data formatting
  • Collaborate with our sales team to understand educator needs and sales objectives in each U.S. state and our international sales territories
  • Drive special alignment projects, including defining scope, developing and executing plans, and collaborating with teams such as sales, engineering, curriculum design, and QA

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • Bachelor's or advanced degree required; bachelor's in mathematics preferred
  • 1+ years of experience aligning content to state standards; experience with math standards is preferred
  • Experience working with standards in multiple states
  • Familiarity with math content through calculus is preferred; experience with ELA or Social Studies is a plus
  • Strong project management skills; able to lead multiple complex projects simultaneously
  • Intermediate proficiency with Excel or Google Sheets; experience with formulas such as vlookup or concatenate is a plus
  • Experience with web technologies, programming, and databases is a plus

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ABOUT IXL LEARNING

IXL Learning is the country's largest edtech company. We reach millions of learners through our diverse range of products. For example:

  • 1 in 4 students in the United States uses IXL.com
  • Rosetta Stone provides an immersive learning experience for 25 languages
  • Wyzant is the nation's largest community of tutors, covering 300+ subjects
  • Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is a comprehensive marketplace for millions of educator-created resources

Our mission is to create innovative products that will make a real, positive difference for learners and educators and we're looking for passionate, mission-minded people to join us in achieving this goal. We have a unique culture at IXL that fosters collaboration and the open exchange of ideas. We value our team and treat one another with kindness and respect. We approach our work with passion, tenacity, and authenticity. We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions and we are eager to have you join our team.

At IXL, we value diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, political and religious beliefs, and life experience, and we are proud to promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. IXL Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer.