Learning Designer at Nova Pioneer

Nova Pioneer is looking for a superstar Learning Designer. As a Learning Design Associate, you will revolutionize the way 21st century skills and knowledge are developed in African schools. You will be a central member of the team that will develop the learning model that we will use in our schools in Kenya and South Africa.  This is an opportunity to be a part of an innovative network of schools that is developing generations of innovators and leaders who shape the African Century.

About the Role

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Use themes, big ideas, Cambridge Curriculum, and Kenyan National Curriculum to create the day by day overview of lessons.
• Create year-long Scope & Sequences for your subject areas and grade levels
• Create detailed, inquiry-based lesson plans using Reggio Emilia approach, blended learning, and small-group instruction
• Create materials that go along with each lesson
• Create a full unit’s worth of material that culminates in Project Based Learning
• Work with the Team Lead and classroom teachers to revise lessons after they have been taught.
• Work with learning designers in Humanities and Math/Science to create integrated projects and investigations
• Create strong assessments/rubrics/continuums/checklists that allow each teacher to evaluate students
• Create assessments that infuse multiple assessment methods (Common Core, Creative Curriculum, Cambridge, etc.) into the questions (upper primary).
• Receive professional development on the Nova Model of Learning Design, integrated curriculum design, STEAM, Project-Based Learning
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by your manager
• Respond adequately to emergencies or urgent issues as they arise.

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You have 3-4 years of experience in a rigorous, high-expectations early primary setting
• You have a track record of developing creative and rigorous curriculum that has led to distinctive learning outcomes and can demonstrate this through example products and references
• You have a desire to further develop your curriculum development skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth
• You have strong writing skills and are able to use those to create lessons that will help people learn it while being engaged and interested
• You are driven by data and can use data from student assessments to strengthen lessons and spiral in key skills
• You are excited about our organizational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.