Job Details

Contract Curriculum Designer

Wayfinder was founded at the Stanford d.school to help all students develop lives of meaning and purpose. Our vision is to become the preeminent future-readiness curriculum company in the worldleading the global movement of purpose, meaning, and belonging-based education worldwide.

We are seeking a Contract Curriculum Designer to develop research-based Tier 2 and Tier 3 collections addressing critical behavioral and social-emotional challenges. This is a contract role with a defined project scope, and your work will directly impact how schools respond to and support students with intensive needs.

The Role

The Contract Curriculum Designer will be responsible for designing new collections of lessons and activities for grades PK12, with a specific focus on:

• Elopement students leaving class or school without permission
• Resistance / Defiance oppositional or resistant behavior toward authority
• Aggression physical or verbal hostility, including fights
• Conflict Repair / Peer Mediation repairing harm and restoring relationships after disputes

The designer will create engaging, developmentally appropriate lessons that equip educators with practical strategies to address these behaviors while also supporting student growth and well-being.

Responsibilities

• Design and write Tier 2 and Tier 3 curriculum collections aligned to Wayfinder's instructional design principles and MTSS frameworks.
• Develop lessons that are age-appropriate across PK12 grade bands, with clear objectives, step-by-step facilitation guides, and accompanying student-facing resources including worksheets.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure curriculum integrates seamlessly with Wayfinder's existing platform and pedagogy.
• Conduct iterative revisions based on internal feedback and pilot testing with educators.
• Deliver polished, implementation-ready curriculum materials by project deadlines.