Job Description
The Literacy Curriculum Specialist is a critical lever in supporting a cycle of continuous improvement for grades PK - 8, leading to improved student achievement. The Literacy Curriculum Specialist works with campus and district leadership to determine key priorities in literacy and social studies instruction, ensure a strong curriculum is in place for each grade, and monitor student success. The Literacy Curriculum Specialist supports leadership and teachers to understand and implement curriculum as well as content area best practice, in service of identified student learning goals.
Essential Functions:
- Uses content expertise and principles of culturally responsive teaching to support curriculum choice and implementation, including providing professional learning opportunities for staff
- Develops or revises curriculum as needed
- Adapts existing curriculum to better meet the needs of teachers and students
- Observes teachers to determine learning needs for both students and teachers (in collaboration with campus leaders)
- Supports campus leaders in their understanding of the curriculum and its implementation and their ability to observe and give instructional feedback effectively
- Identifies suite of assessment tools to best track student learning progress and supports their effective use by teachers and campus leaders, and develops additional assessments as needed
- Analyzes student learning data to determine students in need of extra support, and to surface trends in learning success and areas for growth
- Supports campus leaders and teacher teams to analyze their own data, reach actionable conclusions, and develop effective action plans to close achievement gaps
- Analyzes student learning & observational data to determine strengths and areas for growth in instructional practice within and across classrooms, and supports the development of effective action plans to address needs quickly
- Identifies key goals and next steps within content area instruction, within and across campuses, and supports leadership teams in setting priorities and making effective plans to address identified priorities
- Collaborates with other instructional leaders across subject areas to build curricular and instructional coherency
- Supports the development of effective intervention and acceleration planning, including summer supports
- Supports campus multi-tiered systems of support by identifying and supporting best practice intervention strategies, providing or supporting professional learning, advising campus leadership teams on design and implementation, and working closely with Literacy Specialists
- Ensures teams and individuals regularly engage in effective planning and data analysis
- Provides/supports regular professional learning opportunities in support of department and district goals
Additional Functions:
- Supports district professional development initiatives throughout the summer and school year, including the New Teacher Institute
- Supports campus-based instructional leadership teams
- Serves as a member of the district-based academic leadership team
- Additional responsibilities or tasks requested or assigned by supervisor
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required:
- A minimum of 5 years of teaching experience, with a record of successfully impacting student achievement and prior experience in teacher-leadership positions
- Master's Degree preferred, Bachelor's Degree required
- Experience in curriculum development
- Deep knowledge of research-proven elementary and middle school literacy best practices (reading, writing, and language development), including approaches to assessment for learning
- Expertise in and commitment to a Science-of-Reading approach grounded in research
- Expertise in and commitment to culturally responsive teaching
- Expertise in data analysis and strategic action planning
- Experience developing individual teacher practice and building strong teams
- Proven ability to work collaboratively and effectively with colleagues, including the ability to nurture a community of adult learners
- Demonstrated ability to give and receive constructive feedback
- Commitment to Prospect Hill Academy's educational mission, vision, and values
- Well-developed and demonstrated cultural proficiency
- Strong personal organizational and time-management skills
- Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and facilitate clearly in oral and written form with staff, and a commitment to collaboration
- Dedication to serving a diverse community of students by building positive relationships, holding students to high expectations, and providing rich and relentless support
- Growth mindset and a commitment to reflective practice
- Fluency in Google Suite
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