Character Development Curriculum Developer - Biblical, Middle School | FRIENDZY
Length of Contract: September 21-November 23, 2026
Scope of Work: 1-2 curriculum units, 6 lessons per unit, 10-12 hours/unit
Location: Remote, Asynchronous
Compensation: $700 per unit, 1-2 unit contract
Friendzy, a Character Education programming provider, is seeking to contract a Curriculum Developer for our Biblical Middle School program. If you are a Middle School educator, counselor, coach, or faith leader with experience writing and adapting lesson plans/curricula, keep reading!
How to Apply: Please submit your application through this link - https://forms.gle/J1NdUyekLsRNLhAW7
If you’ve applied with Friendzy before, you know the drill - we get a lot of applications! This is not to deter you from applying (Please, apply!) But simply to say, please be patient with us as we thoughtfully review each and every resume and cover letter that comes through.
About this role ///
The Friendzy Curriculum Developer will create a middle school Friendzy unit(s) that is easy to follow, engaging, creative, and aligned to our lesson structure. This role works directly with the Lead Content Developer to collaboratively plan and fine-tune each lesson in the unit. This role produces a developmentally appropriate unit for middle school students. We would like curriculum developers to be familiar with character development, the five core competencies used, and best practices in the middle school classroom.
Important note: Our curriculum is used in a diverse range of schools, including primarily non-public faith-based schools. We are looking for candidates who are comfortable incorporating Biblical context into character development lessons.
What will this project look like?
- Collaborative writing process with the Lead Content Developer
- Includes 2-3 Zoom check-ins and a personalized due date calendar
- Plan and outline your unit(s)
- Write 6 middle school Friendzy lessons
- Review the full unit before submitting, incorporating feedback from check-ins
- Adapt the biblical unit for a public school audience (includes some editing and writing one additional lesson)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Education or other relevant discipline, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of experience in an educational setting
- Expert-level written and verbal communication skills
- Curriculum writing experience
- Understanding of character development with a desire to grow in understanding
- Comfortable incorporating Biblical context into character development lessons
- Google Suite experience
About Friendzy ///
Friendzy is a female-founded non-profit organization committed to teaching the current generation of students how to be really good friends. A few years into developing our programming, we discovered the fancy term for this relationally-based work is character development (more on that story some other time). Friendzy is on a mission to help students develop vital emotional intelligence and social skills like empathy, resilience, self-esteem, goal setting, and perspective taking. Our comprehensive programming provides classroom curriculum for teachers, workbooks for students, professional development for the full school staff, and family and community resources designed to help parents and caring adults continue the Friendzy at home. We offer both an ideologically neutral and a biblical version of our curriculum, which means we partner with non-public faith-based schools, private non-sectarian schools, charter schools, and public schools. We’re a small and relatively fresh organization, which translates to a scrappy, diverse, agile, multi-talented, and FUN team. More than anything, we are a passionate crew determined to walk the talk when it comes to relationships, and we are ready to open our arms wide to our next team member.
Additional Information:
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the communities we serve. We strongly encourage applications from individuals who bring unique cultural backgrounds and perspectives, including BIPOC, Latinx, AAPI, and dual language-speaking candidates.
All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to characteristics protected by applicable local, state, or federal law, such as race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or sexual orientation.
