Position/Title:ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Curriculum Coordinator ย
Responsible To:ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Director of Teaching & Learning
Terms of Employment: 12 Months
Starting Salary: $80,000ย
The Curriculum Coordinator is responsible for providing instructional leadership across subject areas. Position objectives include studying, evaluating, and implementing research-based curriculum and instruction; providing leadership in the development, articulation, and implementation of an instructional program; improving the instructional program by assisting with program evaluation; and assisting in the coordination of relevant staff development. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to coordinating, supporting, organizing, and implementing PreK - 8th Grade curriculum, instruction, pacing guides and assessment alignment within the schools and providing leadership for district-wide initiatives and state law.
Qualifications:ย ย
- Illinois Professional Educator License
- Administrative Endorsement (Preferred)
- Master's Degree in related field
- At least 3-5 years of successful teaching or administrative experience
- Illinois driver's license
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Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Graduate work and/or experience in:
- Curriculum development, instruction, and assessment
- Successful teaching experience at more than one grade level
- Experience in staff development work
- Successful leadership experience
- Curriculum Adoption Processes
- Preschool Programming (PFA)
- Common Core and Illinois State Standards
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Essential Duties:
- Oversees alignment of curriculum with the Illinois Learning Standards.
- Assists in the development and implementation of Zion District 6 Scope/Sequence documents as well as related pacing guides.
- Provides leadership to assure correlation between district curriculum and state/national standards, ensuring compliance with ISBE's units of study
- Previews new instructional materials, coordinates the appropriate implementation, and creates and monitors curriculum adoption process.
- Coordinates projects and curricular recommendation with the Teaching and Learning Department and Building Administrators
- Provides input for the Teaching and Learning budget.
- Development and leadership of a curriculum adoption committee.
- Updates current curriculum to include research-based instruction.
- Assists in the assessment of curriculum effectiveness on student learning outcomes.
- Assisting in the coordination of relevant staff development.
- Management and ordering of curriculum materials.ย
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Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
- Environment: District office, school sites
- Physical Abilities: Standing for extended periods; bending at the waist to assist students; reaching overhead, above the shoulders, and horizontally; hearing and speaking to exchange information; seeing to monitor student activities and behavior; dexterity of hands and fingers to demonstrate activities and prepare materials.
- Frequent visitation to school sites