Math Curriculum Developer

Math Curriculum Developer

At AoPS, we believe that students learn best by working through challenging problems that present opportunities to develop problem-solving and critical reasoning skills through productive struggle and creative thinking. Our goal is for students to build a deep conceptual understanding of mathematics by grappling with why mathematics works.

We seek Math Curriculum Developers to shape innovative and engaging mathematical learning opportunities for motivated K-12 students.

The Math Curriculum Developer will be:

• Expanding and refining our Beast Academy curriculum for motivated elementary school students who are willing to face hard problems
• Creating courses, lessons, activities, games, and puzzles for delivery in our in-person AoPS Academy learning centers across the US
• Helping advance the state of the art in online course delivery by designing courses and delivery tools in our AoPS Online School or our AoPS Academy Virtual Campus
• Developing or refining specialty courses for very advanced math students in a range of grade-levels

You might be a good fit for this position if...

• You’ve built a passion for math through teaching or doing mathematics, and are eager to guide motivated students on mathematical explorations
• You have strong mathematical foundations and enjoy solving puzzles, like those found in our Beast Academy curriculum. You know a few creative ways to compute 1+3+5+7+...+199
• You’re excited about helping students grapple with and enrich their understanding of mathematical ideas through creating cognitively demanding math tasks
• Your classroom experience as a teacher or student has given you strong intuition and conviction about how we might best inspire and train the great problem-solvers of the next generation
• You look forward to the challenge of writing and designing for teachers, designing curricular materials that will empower them to provide engaging and rigorous classroom experience
• In addition to being a math geek, you’re a bit of a word geek, reading voraciously and fussing over your own writing
• You have elementary or middle school math contest experience, as it is strongly preferred

Perks and Benefits:

This full-time role follows a hybrid schedule with three in-office days per week based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA. The hiring range for this role is $78k - $100k. Here are some things you can look forward to:

Some benefits of the position include:

• Impact: The opportunity to have a wide range of avenues to share their love and understanding of mathematics with eager learners
• Flexibility: Casual work environment with a hybrid work week (3 days a week in office) and flexible scheduling
• Benefits: Multiple options for Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Future Planning: 401(k) with company match
• Quality of Life: PTO Plan and supportive leadership that gives you the work-life balance you deserve
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