Curriculum Development - Independent Contractor (Temporary)
About The Position
HealthCorps is seeking a skilled and experienced health education teacher or curriculum specialist to serve as an independent contractor for a defined project focused on differentiating our existing Teens Make Health Happen curriculum into distinct middle school and high school products. This is a project-based contract engagement ideal for an educator with instructional design experience who is deeply familiar with adolescent health education and national health education standards. The contractor will work closely with the Curriculum Development & M&E department to take our flagship Teens Make Health Happen program curriculum and produce two distinct, grade-band-appropriate curriculum products that are aligned with National Health Education Standards (NHES 2024).
Requirements
- Valid formal teaching credential (state-issued; elementary, secondary, or multiple subject)
- Demonstrated experience teaching or developing curriculum for middle school and/or high school students
- Experience with curriculum differentiation across grade bands and learning levels
- Excellent written communication skills; ability to produce polished, mentor-ready instructional materials
- Ability to work independently, manage project timelines, and meet deliverable deadlines
Nice To Haves
- Strong working knowledge of the National Health Education Standards (NHES 2024) and their application to curriculum design
- Direct experience facilitating or serving as a site sponsor for the Teens Make Health Happen (TMHH) program
- Proficiency in Canva
Responsibilities
- Review the existing unified TMHH curriculum to identify content, language, scaffolding, and pacing elements requiring differentiation across middle and high school grade bands.
- Develop a differentiated middle school curriculum product and high school curriculum product, including revised learning objectives explicitly aligned to NHES 2024 standards and age-appropriate language, depth of content, and instructional strategies.
- Ensure both products maintain fidelity to HealthCorps' Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework and near-peer mentorship model.
- Collaborate with HealthCorps staff through regular check-ins, incorporating feedback through an iterative review process.
- Deliver final curriculum documents in HealthCorps-approved formats, ready for mentor-facilitation use.
Benefits
- No employee benefits are included
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Career Level
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