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BYU Independent Study seeks high school teachers or course authors to help write online middle school and high school courses for a worldwide audience. This is meaningful, important work that requires existing curriculum development skills. Course authors must be able to simplify educational content and make it relevant through writing, finding, or creating short instructional videos, graphic organizers, activities, and other tactics, ensuring student engagement, all while adhering to content standards.
Course students sign up and complete the curriculum autonomously, with access to a teacher and teaching assistants (TAs) who can help them as needed. This means the online content must be scaffolded well and easily digested by individuals of various academic levels and backgrounds.
The following skills:
Teaching or authoring a high- or middle-school academic course, as well as an online course.
Writing course content at a fifth to eighth grade reading level.
Creating content with a global perspective, considering students of all academic levels and backgrounds, while also being culturally sensitive and mindful of a diverse audience beyond a US-centric focus.
Making content relevant to real life, writing with a “teacher voice” so students feel supported, and giving students options in their assessments so they can choose how to demonstrate they have met the standards.
Developing scaffolding content into cognitively manageable pieces, so online students are not overwhelmed.
For reference, please review some of our existing courses:
Submit your application and attach a sample lesson. As courses come up on our design schedule over the next year or two, we will review the list of interested authors and contact you as needed. If selected, you can work as an independent contractor.
Use our template to create and submit your sample lesson. We will be looking for the following:
clear learning outcomes
clarity and simplicity in your writing
how you add relevance and meaning
how you choose to assess students
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