Curriculum Designer - Pursuits (Contractor)
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Job overview
Primer seeks Pursuit Designers to develop immersive, interdisciplinary, project-based learning experiences for blended-age classrooms in grades K–2, 3–5, and/or 6–8. Each Pursuit typically spans 6–7 weeks and includes hands-on investigations, real-world applications, and demonstrations of learning. Designers collaborate with the Pursuits Lead to establish expectations and create implementation-ready plans and materials. One project consists of two completed Pursuits.
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Full job description
About Primer Primer is a growing network of K–8 schools restoring the timeless foundations of American education. Inspired by the original teaching primers that shaped a nation of readers, thinkers, and builders, our schools begin with what has always worked, and build for what lies ahead. Close-knit learning environments. Skilled educators. A culture that takes kids seriously as learners and leaders. Primers shaped the first 200 years of American children. Primer will ready them for the next. This is a Project-Based Contract Role
Overview Pursuit Designers develop immersive, interdisciplinary, project-based learning experiences for blended-age classrooms in grades K-2, 3-5, and/or 6-8. Each Pursuit typically spans 6-7 weeks and engages students in hands-on investigations, real-world applications, and meaningful demonstrations of learning. Pursuits often integrate science, social studies, and civics, though content areas may vary. The focus, direction, and specific expectations for each Pursuit are established in collaboration with the Pursuits Lead before work begins. Project Structure & Compensation
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This is a project-based independent contractor role.
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One project consists of two completed Pursuits.
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Compensation is $4,000 per project, payable upon completion of both Pursuits.
Scope of Work The Pursuit Designer is responsible for developing complete, implementation-ready learning experiences, including:
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Pursuit Planning: Establish the overall learning sequence, daily objectives, and key milestones.
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Activity Plans: Develop clear, step-by-step lesson plans with facilitation instructions.
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Instructional Materials: Create polished slide decks, student resources, and supporting materials, including supply lists.
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Collaboration & Revisions: Participate in regular check-ins with the Pursuits Lead, incorporate feedback, and refine materials to meet project expectations.
Specific deliverables, timelines, and collaboration schedules may vary by Pursuit and will be established before work begins. Primer is a mission-first company. We believe our mission is the highest-leverage way we can create positive change. In service of that, we keep work centered on mission execution and avoid social or political activism at work that’s unrelated to the mission. If that energizes you, we’d love to see you apply.
How this job compares
Set against the 714 open Instructional Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$4000 stipend
- California median$96–155K/yr38 salary ranges
- US median$35–57/hr33 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 52 open Instructional Designer jobs in California and 714 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Instructional Designer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 6 years (592 postings).
- Education
- 260 of the 714 open Instructional Designer jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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