Curriculum Development Specialist

A member of the Education Team, the Curriculum Development Specialist (CDS) preforms program and curriculum analysis, instructional design and project management tasks for new and existing programs at Education Affiliates. Thoroughly embracing EA's vision, mission, and values, the CDS is essential in the curriculum design and development process that includes the development of new courses and the updating of existing courses. Under the guidance of the National Dean of Curriculum, the CDS ensures that a new or revised course is designed to make the class most beneficial to a given program of study.

A CDS must have a desire to enhance and improve the education system. They must be familiar with Education Affiliates guidelines, policies and regulations as they pertain to education in a given area. A successful CDS will work well in groups and be able to teach, guide and mentor other members of a development team either internal or external to Education Affiliates. At a national level, a CDS may be responsible for providing guidance and direction to multiple campuses and curriculum committees.

Key Job Functions:

Curriculum Management

• Confer with members of educational committees and advisory groups to obtain knowledge of subject areas, and to relate curriculum materials to specific subjects, individual student needs, and occupational areas.
• Prepare and provide curricular materials needed for submissions to the State regulatory, programmatic and institutional accrediting bodies.
• Maintain the currency and accuracy of curricular materials in a repository for the campuses to use.
• Identify, summarize and provide information on equipment, technology, and supplies needed to support the quality delivery of the program curricula that have been newly developed or recently updated.
• Maintain a master textbook list for the program curricula under his/her involvement.
• Manage subject matter experts (SMEs) and instructional designers (ID's) to create syllabi, design documents, content outlines, lesson presentations, audio/visual scripts and other supporting documents for courses, following Education Affiliates standard course components document and standards.
• Develop and manage project plans that ensure on-time completion of assigned courses.

• Participate in new curriculum design from concept development through production to ensure a threading of instruction from concept introduction to concept development to mastery of concept, occurs throughout the curriculum.
• Conduct research and consult with faculty, staff, and business representatives in the design and development of new curriculum.
• Develop residential (traditional), Blended and Online courses, using needs assessments and skill level analyses.
• Manage the process of developing syllabi and instructional materials for each curriculum assigned to him/her, including such materials as lesson plans, supporting materials like lecture presentations, lecture notes, and project handouts, and formative and summative assessment instruments like quizzes, tests, and exams.
• Apply instructional guidelines, policies, regulations, and official notices; to the preparation of curricular content for instructional materials.
• Develop tests, questionnaires, and procedures that measure the effectiveness of curricula, and use these tools to determine whether course and program objectives are being met.
• Apply effective use of technological applications and tools to enrich student learning experience in all courses.

• Update training documents on a consistent basis and working closely with subject matter experts to evaluate and revise training tools as appropriate.
• Lead assessment of revised curriculum in assigned program clusters.
• Determine gaps within lesson plans and across units to strengthen existing curriculum.
• Create and lead curriculum review committees to support revision efforts.
• Manage timeline for revisions and ensure deadlines are met.
• Participate in-service training designed to support implementation of newly developed or revised curricula.