Textbook Writer: Secondary Science

About the role

The ideal candidate will play a supporting role on The Writer team by using knowledge gained through formal training, classroom experience, and research to plan and write educational materials for students and teachers. The writer will collaborate with other writers, instructional design specialists, biblical worldview specialists, educational technology specialists, designers, artists, production designers, editors, and permissions experts, to produce cutting-edge textbooks and teacher support materials.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter and pedagogical expertise.
• Conduct research and planning related to content, national and state standards, pedagogy, assessments, and teaching strategies.
• Work on a team to develop scope and sequence, objectives, and content for course revisions.
• Collaborate with writers and practitioners from other departments in the development of content.
• Plan and write student and teacher materials including student texts, teacher texts, student activities, assessments, and other appropriate ancillary pieces.
• Work with designers to combine content with visual elements in a storyboarding process.
• Cook up with permissions specialists to ensure compliance with copyright laws.
• Proofread manuscripts to ensure all needed revisions are complete and that the content is correct.

Requirements

• Education or subject-related degree with at least 3 years of relevant teaching experience.
• Advanced degree preferred.

Qualifications

• Writing skills that meet requirements for originality, clarity, academic integrity, and engagement.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Acceptable content knowledge in the appropriate area.
• Ability to collaborate well with the other writer(s) on the team as well as with the practitioners from other departments.
• An understanding of the BJU Press Pillars and the ability to work together with specialists to incorporate them into the written product.
• Ability to accept and benefit from constructive criticism.
• Ability to adapt to changing processes or requirements.