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StraighterLine, Inc.

1099 Contract College Faculty and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for 2025 Courses

December 3, 2024

At Straighter Line we are on a mission to help students succeed!

About Us
Straighter Line is the leading provider of high-quality, affordable, online courses that help learners earn college credit and meet their professional goals. Each year, 150,000 learners take one of Straighter Line’s 215 courses to upskill into new careers or earn credit from over 2,000 colleges and universities worldwide. Straighter Line works with institutions and corporate partners to provide their students and employees with flexible education options that allow them to work and learn at their own pace. Visit www.straighterline.com for more information.

Straighter Line is looking for qualified subject matter experts (SMEs) to assist the Academics team with the (re)development of high quality, evidence-based, and engaging content, across our entire college-level course catalog for 2025.

In this role, you will have the fun of engaging with an awesome team and innovating with multiple creative components related to curriculum and course assessment & design, as well as assignment development and intentional student interactions/pulse points.

The following courses will be up for revision in 2025. If you meet the eligibility requirements for more than one course/discipline, please feel free to apply for consideration for multiple courses. When applying, please indicate what course(s) you specifically want to be considered for. *As this posting is applicable to the entirety of 2025, we may reach out to you at any point, throughout the year.

ART101: Art Appreciation
BIO101: Introduction to Biology
BIO101L: Introduction to Biology Lab
BUS105: Business Communication
CHEM101L: General Chemistry I Lab
CIV103: Survey of World History
COMP101: Computer Literacy
CS101: Introduction to Programming (C++, Java, and Python)
ENG099: Developmental Writing
ENG101: English Composition I
ENG102: English Composition II
ETHICS101: Introduction to Ethics
GENETICS101: Basic Genetics
GENETICS101L: Basic Genetics Lab
GEOG101: World Geography
HR101: Human Resources Management
MARKETING101: Introduction to Marketing
MAT099: Introductory Algebra
MAT102: Quantitative Reasoning
MAT150: Business Statistics
MED101: First Aid/CPR
MEDTERM101: Medical Terminology
NURS101L: Nursing Lab
PE101: Personal Fitness and Wellness
PHARM103: Pharmacology
PHIL101: Introduction to Philosophy
PHY250: General Physics I
PHY250L: General Physics I Lab
PSY120: Life-Span Development
SPAN101: Spanish I
SPAN102: Spanish II
USHIST101: United States History I
USHIST102: United States History II
Requirements for Eligibility
    • Master’s degree or higher in the course discipline
    • Teaching experience in the course discipline
    • Experience in curriculum design & development for college-level courses
    • Patience with deadline-driven projects that may warrant fast turnaround and iterative development
    • Ability to work effectively both collaboratively and independently, throughout all phases of a project
    • Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented mindset, and ability to scaffold project work within multiple (and sometimes competing) deadlines
    • Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to disseminate course-related information to a wide range of professional audiences (academic and non-academic) and across multiple departments
    • Familiarity with the Google Suite (Drive, Docs, Sheets)
Bonus Skills We Value
    • Familiarity with online learning theories, andragogy/pedagogy, Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction, and promising practices related to building engaging and interactive asynchronous learning experiences
    • Familiarity with learning management systems (LMS)
    • Flexibility to pivot, if/when a project changes according to design iterations
    • Evidence-based instructional design (ID) skills
    • College-level and online teaching experience
Additional Information:
    • Educational Requirements: Master’s degree or higher in the discipline.
    • Work Environment: Mostly asynchronous & independent work, with a few daytime planning meetings and email communications required.
    • Pay: 1099 Contract SME work is billed hourly, at the rate of $35.00 an hour.
    • Future State: While this position is not in any way connected with full-time potential, this SME will potentially have an opportunity to become a 1099 contract faculty grader in this course, once launched.
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