INTERNAL ONLY - 1st Grade Instructional Experience Designer (Teacher) 2026-2027 - Arredondo Elementary

Tempe School District No.3•Tempe, AZ

About The Position

The Instructional Experience Designer is a classroom-based educator who serves as a learning architect—designing, facilitating, and iterating dynamic, immersive, and inquiry-driven learning experiences that honor student passions, unlock potential, and ignite curiosity. Grounded in the district’s redesign principles, the Instructional Experience Designer creates interdisciplinary, technology-enhanced, and real-world learning environments that integrate literacy, STEM, storytelling, gaming, and performance-based tasks to ensure every student engages deeply and thrives academically, socially, and creatively.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field (Master’s preferred)
Valid Arizona Teaching Certificate
Demonstrated success in project-based, student-centered, or immersive learning environments
Familiarity with tools and approaches such as design thinking, studio learning, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and Unity game engine and/or other /VR/AR platforms

Nice To Haves

Experience designing interdisciplinary units that incorporate student voice and real-world relevance
Capacity to integrate technology and media to amplify learning (e.g., podcasting, video storytelling, digital fabrication, eSports)
Commitment to continuous growth, creativity, and collaborative innovation

Responsibilities

Design interdisciplinary, standards-aligned experiences rooted in student passions (e.g., gaming, storytelling, animals, sports, building, art).
Leverage learning studios (e.g., Story & Stream, Maker & Motion, Play & Performance, Community Studio) to connect literacy, math, science, and social studies through authentic inquiry.
Incorporate immersive simulations, interactive story-based missions, eSports, and VR/AR platforms into instruction to deepen engagement, promote critical thinking, and drive rigorous content mastery.
Facilitate learning that encourages choice, autonomy, and intellectual development.
Shift instructional stance from content deliverer to experience curator—guiding students through inquiry, reflection, and exhibition of learning.
Use data and formative assessment to personalize and iterate experiences for maximum impact.
Actively monitor and document student cognitive, social, and emotional development, utilizing strategies to support asynchronous development and intense emotional experiences.
Collaborate with other Instructional Experience Designers, specialists, and campus leaders to co-design interdisciplinary projects and showcase events.
Participate in continuous improvement cycles and studio-based design sprints to prototype and refine learning models.
Engage in reflective dialogue and public sharing of professional practice aligned to Innovation Enterprise priorities.
Ensure all learning experiences are culturally relevant, inclusive, and responsive to student needs.
Connect learning to real-world audiences, challenges, and performance tasks that reflect student interests and community assets.
Integrate tools like AI, project exhibitions, and service learning to deepen meaning and authentic application.