Curriculum Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Five to ten years of experience preferred.
• Maintain appropriate certification and competencies necessary for the position.
• Ability to present information to teachers, staff, administrators, and boards; respond to questions and concerns; interview students, staff, and teachers; interpret professional and regulatory materials; write business correspondence; and maintain confidentiality when required.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts and analyze instructional data; apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions; use word-processing software and spreadsheets; conduct internet research; and access and create reports using student information software and databases.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, solve varied problems, interpret instructions in different formats, and plan, organize, remember, and regulate information and behavior as they relate to student performance and achievement.
• Ability to integrate technology into daily instruction, present information using varied media, use smart boards, projectors, and other district instructional technology, and follow district technology policies and procedures.
• Ability to perform sedentary work, stand or walk for brief periods, exert up to 10 pounds of force regularly, and operate office equipment with considerable dexterity.
• Consistent and regular attendance, including attendance at Board meetings, student activities, and events.
• Ability to work irregular or extended hours; weekend or evening work is common.

Nice To Haves

• Administration certificate.
• Administrative experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented approach.
• Computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Meet as needed from August through February with district personnel to address planning details and operational issues.
• Coordinate facility usage with building administrators and building services to ensure facilities are available and prepared for summer programming.
• Coordinate with the purchasing department to develop and implement a plan for distributing course kits, teacher kits, paper, and other supplies to schools.
• Provide resources for summer school administrators to purchase perishable items for instructional activities.
• Serve as the point person for buildings and teachers regarding material needs in May and June.
• Update summer school materials spreadsheets and communicate changes to material needs due to enrollment changes.
• Support the summer school office in the district from March 1 through the end of summer school, as needed.
• Develop an understanding of the scope of summer learning opportunities offered by the district.
• Gather teacher survey information and suggest needed curriculum updates.
• Meet with district curriculum coordinators to consider curriculum changes and help recruit teachers recommended by coordinators to rewrite curriculum.
• Follow up with curriculum writers regarding timelines for material lists and curriculum completion.
• Develop a consistent format for summer curriculum on Schoology and check links, slides, and other materials before summer school begins.
• Provide curriculum information to summer school administrators and faculty.
• Serve as the point person for teachers’ summer school curriculum questions in May and June.
• Prepare summer curriculum documents, including revising and editing for the Summer School Developer and Curriculum/Recruitment.
• Prepare written communications and reports for summer school.
• Perform other duties as necessary to support the mission and vision of Columbia Public School District.
• Supervise summer school clerical staff.