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Visit www.straighterline.com for more information.StraighterLine is looking for qualified subject matter experts (SMEs) to assist the Academics team with the (re)development of high quality, evidence-based, and engaging content, across our entire college-level course catalog for 2025. In this role, you will have the fun of engaging with an awesome team and innovating with multiple creative components related to curriculum and course assessment & design, as well as assignment development and intentional student interactions/pulse points.The following courses will be up for revision in 2025. If you meet the eligibility requirements for more than one course/discipline, please feel free to apply for consideration for multiple courses.
When applying, please indicate what course(s) you specifically want to be considered for. *As this posting is applicable to the entirety of 2025, we may reach out to you at any point, throughout the year. ART101: Art AppreciationBIO101: Introduction to BiologyBIO101L: Introduction to Biology LabBUS105: Business CommunicationCHEM101L: General Chemistry I LabCIV103: Survey of World HistoryCOMP101: Computer LiteracyCS101: Introduction to Programming (C++, Java, and Python)ENG099: Developmental WritingENG101: English Composition IENG102: English Composition IIETHICS101: Introduction to EthicsGENETICS101: Basic GeneticsGENETICS101L: Basic Genetics LabGEOG101: World GeographyHR101: Human Resources ManagementMARKETING101: Introduction to MarketingMAT099: Introductory AlgebraMAT102: Quantitative ReasoningMAT150: Business StatisticsMED101: First Aid/CPRMEDTERM101: Medical TerminologyNURS101L: Nursing LabPE101: Personal Fitness and WellnessPHARM103: PharmacologyPHIL101: Introduction to PhilosophyPHY250: General Physics IPHY250L: General Physics I LabPSY120: Life-Span DevelopmentSPAN101: Spanish ISPAN102: Spanish IIUSHIST101: United States History IUSHIST102: United States History II
Requirements for Eligibility
- Master’s degree or higher in the course discipline
- Teaching experience in the course discipline
- Experience in curriculum design & development for college-level courses
- Patience with deadline-driven projects that may warrant fast turnaround and iterative development
- Ability to work effectively both collaboratively and independently, throughout all phases of a project
- Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented mindset, and ability to scaffold project work within multiple (and sometimes competing) deadlines
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to disseminate course-related information to a wide range of professional audiences (academic and non-academic) and across multiple departments
- Familiarity with the Google Suite (Drive, Docs, Sheets)
Bonus Skills We Value
- Familiarity with online learning theories, andragogy/pedagogy, Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction, and promising practices related to building engaging and interactive asynchronous learning experiences
- Familiarity with learning management systems (LMS)
- Flexibility to pivot, if/when a project changes according to design iterations
- Evidence-based instructional design (ID) skills
- College-level and online teaching experience
Additional Information:
- Educational Requirements: Master’s degree or higher in the discipline.
- Work Environment: Mostly asynchronous & independent work, with a few daytime planning meetings and email communications required.
- Pay: 1099 Contract SME work is billed hourly, at the rate of $35.00 an hour.
- Future State: While this position is not in any way connected with full-time potential, this SME will potentially have an opportunity to become a 1099 contract faculty grader in this course, once launched.
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