About the Role
This position blends expert teaching knowledge with digital product development to create effective, research-backed English language arts instruction for grades 3–6, centered on a virtual teaching assistant.
Responsibilities
- Create rigorous and engaging content in English/Language Arts for upper elementary grades
- Design instructional methods, lessons, exercises, and assessments from scratch
- Structure lesson flow based on cognitive development and prerequisite skills
- Identify frequent student errors and design interventions to address them
- Use reading science to ensure instructional materials are evidence-based and meet standards
- Utilize established content frameworks to build effective digital learning experiences
- Work alongside designers, scientists, engineers, and subject matter experts to develop the virtual instructor
- Incorporate motivational psychology into lesson design
- Partner with product and engineering teams to implement instructional goals in digital format
- Apply cognitive load theory, pacing strategies, mastery learning, and misconception analysis
- Build scaffolded learning experiences that center the student
- Use artificial intelligence and generative AI tools to enhance content development
- Review and improve AI-generated content for accuracy and age-appropriateness
- Ensure high consistency and quality across a large volume of instructional modules
- Develop systems for efficiently producing hundreds of learning units
- Convert real classroom teaching insights into effective digital instruction
Role Overview
As a Senior ELA Learning Designer, you'll combine deep classroom teaching expertise with digital product experience to craft engaging pedagogy, practice exercises, and assessments that bring our virtual teacher ("the Guide") to life. This role sits at the intersection of learning science, instructional design, and product development.
