Associate, Instructional Design

The objective of the Academics group is to drive student achievement. To do so, we must know -- what is happening minute-by-minute for the typical child. The student s daily experience, and thus the path to achievement, emerges from their relationship with the teachers and the content that is delivered in the classroom. Our team is collaboratively organised around these levers. We develop rigorous content pitched at the right level for students to be delivered by a teacher who is prepared to succeed in the classroom.

Our Instructional Design department builds the content using scientifically-proven techniques; our Production department ensures those materials reach classrooms; our Learning Innovation department looks at cutting-edge research to generate breakthrough learning gains.

Underpinning all of this is the work of the independent Measurement and Evaluation group, which provides Academics with an empirical orientation toward improving that daily experience and, in turn, driving achievement.

The Instructional Design department produces the learning materials that are used in our schools across our communities. This department has team members based in multiple Bridge support offices, organised into teams that each work on a portfolio of projects.

Driving student achievement through the development of rigorous content is the number one priority. One core tenet of the approach is less lecture (traditional among many schools in our markets) and more student practice. Consistent, rigorous opportunities to refine his or her skills are crucial to a child s learning progression. The Instructional Design department structures all lessons, textbooks, and other materials to ensure this.

Instructional Design Associates are based in Boston, Nairobi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kigali, and Lagos. This is a full-time role based in Lagos/ Hyderabad/ Delhi but will likely include remote collaboration with teams overseas.

As an Instructional Design Associate, you join a team working to make a difference in the world. In the markets we serve, the number of pupils attending school is soaring, but the quality of most schools, according to international experts, is low. Associates join our Instructional Design department to invest time in producing quality learning materials to improve thousands of children s daily academic experience.

One core tenet of our approach to instruction at NewGlobe is providing extensive opportunities for pupil practice. That is, were trying to make the pupil experience less rote.We create teacher guides (daily lesson plans delivered by e-reader), textbooks, and other materials with that goal in mind -- all as a means to improving learning gains among pupils.