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At AoPS, we believe that students learn best by working through challenging problems that present opportunities to develop problem-solving and critical reasoning skills through productive struggle and creative thinking. Our goal is for students to build a deep conceptual understanding of mathematics by grappling with why mathematics works. We seek math curriculum developers to shape innovative and engaging mathematical learning opportunities for motivated 6-12 students. The Math Curriculum Developer will be: Expanding our Beast Academy math curriculum for elementary school students to provide a full-classroom experience to be delivered in schools across the country. Creating courses, lessons, activities, games, and puzzles for delivery in our twelve in-person AoPS Academy learning centers across the US. Teaching your newly-developed or heavily-revised math classes at one of our AoPS Academy locations (including Virtual Campus) to remain connected to our students and our classrooms. You might be a good fit for this position if... You’ve built a passion for math through teaching or doing mathematics, and are eager to guide motivated students on mathematical explorations. You have strong mathematical foundations and enjoy solving puzzles like this. You know a few creative ways to compute 1+3+5+7+...+199. You’re excited about helping students grapple with and enrich their understanding of mathematical ideas through creating cognitively demanding math tasks. Your classroom experience as a teacher or student has given you strong intuition and conviction about how we might best inspire and train the great problem-solvers of the next generation. You look forward to the challenge of writing and designing for teachers , designing curricular materials that will empower them to provide engaging and rigorous classroom experience. In addition to being a math geek, you’re a bit of a word geek, reading voraciously and fussing over your own writing. Perks and Benefits: This is a hybrid full-time position based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA, though we currently are open to remote candidates for the elementary curriculum role. The full salary range for Math Curriculum Developer is 62 − 75k and the full salary range for Math Curriculum Developer II is 75 − 92,500k, both with a 4% year-end bonus. Based on experience, interview performance, and initial projects/responsibilities, we’re also occasionally able to hire directly into a Senior Math Curriculum Developer position. This position has a full salary range of 92,500 − 120k with a 6% year-end bonus. Some benefits of the position include: Impact : The opportunity to have a wide range of avenues to share their love and understanding of mathematics with eager learners. Culture : Work and collaborate with an organization filled with builders and life-long learners who strive to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Flexibility: Casual work environment with a hybrid work week (3 days a week in office) and flexible scheduling. Benefits: Multiple options for Medical, Dental and Vision plans. Future Planning: 401K with company match. Quality of Life: PTO Plan and supportive leadership that gives you the work-life balance you deserve. Ease of Transition: Relocation bonus (if currently located outside of San Diego). Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check. About AoPS: Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country’s top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science. #J-18808-Ljbffr Art of Problem Solving

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