An education specialist who designs learning materials, assessments, and instructional sequences for schools or publishers.
What curriculum developers do
Curriculum developers write lessons, build assessments, sequence units across grades, align materials to state standards, and pilot prototypes in classrooms. They incorporate teacher feedback, evidence from learning science, and accessibility guidelines into final products.
Training path
Most US curriculum developers have classroom teaching experience plus a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction or instructional design. Subject-matter experts in math, science, and reading often have additional content credentials.
Settings
Curriculum developers work for major education publishers, nonprofit curriculum providers, edtech companies, school districts, state departments of education, and consulting firms producing customized materials for charter networks.
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