Biology Integrated Alignment – Assessment Designer
Archford
part-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Review Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks to identify, interpret, and map essential standards for the assigned course
- Collaborate with the Content Designer during concept and storyboard development to ensure standards alignment and instructional coherence
- Create high-quality, standards-aligned assessment items—including formative checks, lesson-level assessments, unit assessments, and benchmark-style questions
- Ensure all assessment items reflect appropriate DOK levels, mathematical or disciplinary accuracy, and formats aligned to standardized assessments (ATLAS, ACT, SAT, etc.)
- Validate alignment between standards, learning objectives, instructional materials, practice activities, and assessments
- Document alignment decisions and communicate assessment expectations clearly to Designers, Developers, and project stakeholders
- Review course modules during development to ensure alignment and assessment integrity is maintained
- Collaborate with the Developer to ensure assessment items are implemented correctly and appropriately formatted in the LMS
- Participate in project meetings, calibration sessions, and professional development as needed
- Prioritize and adapt work to meet required deadlines
Requirements
- Valid Arkansas Teacher Licensure in the appropriate content area and grade band
- Bachelor’s degree (minimum); Master’s degree preferred
- Strong familiarity with Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks for the assigned course
- Experience designing assessments aligned to standards and DOK levels
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Expertise in analyzing standards and designing aligned assessments
- Ability to write high-quality, rigorous assessment items reflective of standardized testing expectations
- Ability to work collaboratively within a project team while completing independent tasks
- Strong proficiency with digital tools and platforms
- Efficient time management and ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to learn and adapt to new and emerging technologies, including potential AI tools used for drafting or refining assessment items.
Benefits
- Abide by all Virtual Arkansas and applicable Arch Ford ESC policies and regulations
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
assessment designstandards alignmentDOK levelscurriculum mappinginstructional coherencemathematical accuracydisciplinary accuracyhigh-quality assessment item writingrigorous assessment developmentanalysis of standards
Soft skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationorganizational skillsattention to detailinterpersonal skillsteamworktime managementadaptabilitycollaborationindependent task completion
Certifications
Arkansas Teacher Licensure