Curriculum Director

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential functions satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, training, education, responsibilities, and/or abilities required. Regular presence, attendance, timeliness are essential job functions of this position.

Essential Functions:

• Provide leadership and vision in the ongoing planning, implementation, development, direction, review, and evaluation of the district’s curriculum.
• Create positive relationships with teachers and administrators.
• Develop and maintain a confidential, collegial relationship with teachers.
• Work positively toward meeting identified district and building improvement goals.
• Work closely with instructional coaches focusing on individual and group professional learning that will expand and refine the understanding about researched-based effective instruction for teachers.
• Provide leadership and expertise in the areas of curriculum, instruction, and formative assessment
• Provide leadership and expertise in teaming structures for systematic school improvement (e.g. Building Leadership Teams, Instructional Professional Learning Communities)
• Facilitate systematic personnel development and systems supports in scientifically, research based instruction and intervention (planning, developing, coordinating, implementing, and monitoring)
• Evaluating, supporting, and coaching educational professionals
• Keep abreast of current educational research and practices; • Providing professional learning activities
• Develop protocols, manuals, and resources that support the implementation of the CSD Academic framework
• Work with assistant directors to complete grants to sustain funding and support innovative practices
• Participate on District teams and committees
• React to change productively and handle other tasks as assigned.
• Work collaboratively and collegially with other instructional coaches, curriculum specialists, and district specialists.
• Working knowledge of Excel, Google Sheets, and Mastery Connect.
• Able to create data protocols, and understands how to aggregate and analyze data reports.
• Predictable and reliable attendance.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

1. Current teaching license

2. Master’s degree from an accredited college/university.

3. Minimum of 5 years of successful teaching experience.

4. Demonstrated knowledge of Utah Core Standards

5. Experience in research-based instructional practices

6. Knowledge and experience in:

a) Classroom instruction

b) Instructional coaching

c) Adult learning theory

d) Organizational change

7. Effective communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills for building an environment with a common instructional focus, promoting initiatives, and conveying expectations

8. Ability to design and deliver quality professional development

9. Demonstrated ability to communicate in a professional manner both orally and in writing

10. Demonstrated strength in organization, efficiency, and communication skills

11. Demonstrated ability to function as a positive collaborative member of a team

12. Demonstrated interest in professional learning, growth, and reflection

Working Environment:

Note: Curriculum Directors are not school administrators and will not evaluate nor supervise employees.

Physical Requirements - Not limited to the following:

• While performing the duties of this job, the Curriculum Director is regularly required to speak and/or hear. The Curriculum Director is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch. Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• The coach must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

*Other duties as assigned.

* This position is on a 220 work day calendar.

**This description should not be construed to contain every function/responsibility that may be required to be performed by an employee assigned to this position. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Note: This list of essential and non-essential functions and of physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented in accordance with job requirements.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $68,000.00 - $108,708.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Grade school specialties:

• High school
• Middle school

Work Location: In person