Lead Curriculum Developer - Spanish Literacy

Who We Are

Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. As a for-profit, Public Benefit Corporation, we believe all students deserve access to meaningful, challenging content—and all teachers deserve tools that are intuitive, effective, and built for the realities of today’s classrooms.

We develop high-quality, knowledge-rich math, science and ELA curricula grounded in research and designed in collaboration with educators. Our materials reflect real classroom needs and are built to drive lasting student outcomes.

We are committed to usability, coherence, and practical implementation—supporting teachers not just through curriculum, but with professional learning, purposeful technology, and responsive service that enable strong adoption and impact.

What We Build

Our products—Eureka Math and Eureka Math², Wit & Wisdom, PhD Science, Geodes, and the newly launched Arts & Letters ELA—are trusted by thousands of schools and districts nationwide.

• Eureka Math is the most widely used math curriculum in the U.S., and is focused on balancing conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application.

• Wit & Wisdom® and Arts & Letters ELA™ anchor our reading strategy with content-rich, grade-level instruction that integrates literature, history, and the arts, grounded in the science of reading. Geodes® complements our reading suite with decodable texts that pair phonics with meaningful content to support early literacy.

• PhD Science is a hands-on K-5 Science program that sparks curiosity as students build enduring knowledge of how the scientific world works.

These programs reflect a shared belief in high expectations, joyful rigor, and deep respect for educators and students.

Where We’re Headed

Great Minds is entering a new stage of growth and product maturity. We are focused on building more connected, customer-informed experiences across the full educator journey—from curriculum to professional learning to platform and support.

Our long-term vision is to become a true partner in impact—not just delivering curriculum, but supporting educators in achieving outcomes at scale.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Manager, Curriculum, the Lead Curriculum Developer will play a critical role in supporting the development and maintenance of print and digital curricular materials for a Spanish language curriculum product line that aligns to the Great Minds’ mission of serving all students with high-quality, knowledge-building instructional materials. The position will accomplish this by leading projects or significant aspects of the team’s work, or by working as part of a team to research, draft, write, and revise high-quality, knowledge-building instructional materials. Additionally, this role will support internal and external curriculum developers by providing mentorship, guidance, training, and feedback to help refine their instructional strategies and align their work with Great Minds’ product vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects or significant aspects of the work, including providing reviews to ensure quality and alignment with product vision.

• Contribute to and execute the realization of the Great Minds’ curricular vision for high-quality knowledge-building products, which may include design of learning activities and assessments.

• Consistently author high-quality print and digital curricular components that demonstrate superior knowledge of age-appropriate pedagogy and content standards.

• Guide products through the development process, serving as a liaison between internal and external curriculum developers and reviewers and reviewing the work of others to achieve standards for excellence as needed.

• Ensure curricular materials for adherence to Great Minds’ knowledge-building vision, established systems, and editorial guidelines with consistency and coherence across products.

• Collaborate with managers to facilitate workshops and other forums for curriculum developers on how to improve their writing and adhere to established guidelines.

• Elevate and advocate for pedagogical design elements or product components based in an area of expertise (e.g. multilingual learners, Science investigations).

• Support, develop, and coach others to author high-quality content by providing clear and actionable feedback.

• Develop scaffolds or lesson designs that effectively meet the needs of all students, including multilingual learners and students with a challenge who benefit from extra support.

• Manage progress towards large-scale project timelines, working with managers, supervisors, or additional stakeholders to ensure project completion.

• Maintain ongoing communication with product leaders and cross-functional teams to mitigate risks, identify issues, address setbacks, and communicate decisions transparently with a solution-oriented approach.

• Cultivate strong working relationships with leaders and professionals throughout the organization, especially cross-functionally, to ensure that the vision, strategy, and products align to Great Minds’ mission and goals.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years' experience developing high-quality, knowledge-building bilingual curriculum at the K-6 grade level

• Native or near-native proficiency in Spanish

• Extensive experience developing text-based high-quality K-6 Spanish literacy curricular materials aligned to standards

• Demonstrated experience leading projects or significant aspects of work as well as providing coaching and feedback to support the development of others

• Significant experience developing curriculum using an iterative cycle of ideation, including thought partnering, prototyping, drafting, development, review, and revision

• Deep content knowledge and pedagogical expertise in K-6 Spanish literacy and bilingual classrooms

• Deep respect for and alignment to the philosophy, content development principles, and instructional design of Great Minds’ knowledge-building vision

• Exceptional ability to navigate the Great Minds’ climate, where leadership often drives vision and content decisions

• High capacity to receive and then apply external and internal feedback from advisors, senior leadership, consultants, and colleagues

• Exceptional writing skills, with the ability to produce content aligned to the organizational and product vision

• Excellent written, verbal, and social communication skills needed to incorporate different points of view in service of developing a high-quality product aligned to organizational vision

• Strong organizational habits necessary for successful goal setting and collective decision-making

• Outstanding writing skills with the capacity to handle incredibly precise and detail-oriented work, using a set of development guidelines

• Ability to problem solve to create high-quality products by established deadlines

• Proficiency with technology and comfortable learning new applications

• Facility working with tools required within digital spaces (e.g. Smartsheet, SharePoint, Excel, InCopy, MS Office 365 and Google suite)

• Ability to remain flexible in an ambiguous, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment

• Passion for and commitment to the importance of high-quality, knowledge-rich curriculum

• Receptivity to feedback with a focus on reflective practice

• Willingness to embrace a mindset that is receptive to the perspectives of others

• Commitment to high standards and continuous improvement

• Proficiency at both working independently and collaborating as part of a team

• Highly collaborative with the ability to consistently exhibit diplomacy, tact, and integrity

• Willingness to bring a proactive problem-solving orientation to every task 

• Appreciation for the challenges and victories faced everyday by classroom teachers

• Commitment to collective authorship

• Deep belief that every child is capable of greatness

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree

Status

Full-time

Location

Remote

The expected base salary range for this position is $90,000-$97,000, however the offered salary may be higher or lower than the above range dependent on numerous factors including, but not limited to location, work experience, skills and internal equity considerations. The base salary is not inclusive of benefits or other incentives.

A cover letter and resume are required to be considered for this position.

New employees will be required to successfully complete a background check.

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