EdPlace connects experienced high school teachers with edtech startups who need their first instructional designer — the person who turns great technology into curriculum that actually works.
5+ years in the classroom? Your expertise is exactly what fast-growing edtech companies need to build curriculum that actually works for students.
Apply as a Teacher →Stop hiring designers who've never been in a classroom. Get a founding instructional designer with real teaching experience — someone who knows what students actually need.
Hire an Instructional Designer →Experienced teachers with 5+ years in the classroom apply to join the EdPlace network. We vet each candidate for curriculum expertise, communication skills, and startup-readiness.
EdPlace reviews both sides — the teacher's subject matter expertise and the startup's curriculum needs — then makes a curated introduction. No spray-and-pray recruiting.
Once the startup hires their new instructional designer, they pay EdPlace a one-time placement fee. Teachers pay nothing. Startups get world-class curriculum expertise.
Edtech companies build products for students — but most have never stood in front of a class. As a founding instructional designer, you'll shape how the product teaches from day one. It's the most impactful curriculum role in education.
Most edtech products are built by engineers who've never taught a class. Your founding instructional designer brings the classroom perspective that makes the difference between software students ignore and curriculum they actually learn from.