Curriculum Coordinator

POSITION:              Curriculum Coordinator  

POSITION TERM:   12 Month     

REPORTS TO:        Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment        

Date:                        February 2025       

Our Mission:

The mission of the Agora Cyber Charter School is to provide an innovative, intensive academic preparation that inspires and educates students to achieve the highest levels of academic knowledge and skills. Agora embraces a collaborative partnership between teachers and parents in order to empower students to reach extraordinary heights. Extraordinary results require extraordinary efforts.  With commitment, hard work, consistency and responsibility, every student will meet the challenge of mastering high expectations.

Our Vision:

The vision of Agora Cyber Charter School is to prepare all students to achieve their highest potential through actively engaging in their own schooling, achieving their personal learning goals and being ready to reach post-secondary success as lifelong learners.

Position Summary:

The Curriculum Coordinator fulfills the mission and vision of Agora Cyber Charter School by directly advising the Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment on subject-specific curricular development; and collaborating with instructional leaders; teachers and other stakeholders in the oversight and management of the school’s written, taught, and assessed curriculum.  Preparing high quality curriculum and programming ensures that all Agora students experience an education that prepares them for post-secondary success. The Curriculum Coordinator oversees and evaluates curricula for all students in grades K-12 and guarantees alignment with state and federal requirements as well as school goals.

Curriculum Coordinators are expected to have foundational knowledge of Curricular processes based on Understanding by Design principles. They oversee the development and implementation of curriculum across Agora. Throughout this process, Curriculum Coordinators  provide recommendations regarding methodologies that translate to the effective online delivery of instruction at elementary, middle, and high school levels. Curriculum coordinators guarantee that the  student experience is coherent across grades, content areas, and units of study.

Essential Functions:

(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Research and analyze current educational trends and best practices to inform curriculum development
• Ensure that the school meets state and federal curriculum requirements and initiatives, serving as the school’s resource for state regulations and initiatives related to curriculum matters
• Maintain curricular systems, including the school’s curriculum cycle, course proposal process, and course catalog, ensuring that the school’s programming is current, relevant, aligned, and rigorous for all students
• Ensure the school’s curriculum is accessible, transparent, aligned, and viable through ongoing oversight and maintenance of the digital curriculum warehouse
• Collaborate with teachers, department chairs, and other instructional leaders to design and develop subject-specific curriculum materials
• Review and revise existing curriculum to ensure alignment with state and national standards and school goals
• Confirm that all students have access to developmentally-appropriate learning resources through collaboration with special educators, interventionists, and gifted mentors
• Collaborate with school leaders to make data-informed decisions regarding curriculum adjustments
• Design, implement, and oversee curriculum development and improvement projects
• Prepare and present professional development related to new curriculum components and instructional strategies for the benefit of all learners
• Collaborate with instructional coaches and administrators to provide ongoing support to teachers during curriculum implementation, addressing concerns and supporting fidelity to written curriculum
• Monitor classroom instruction to ensure alignment in written, taught, and assessed curriculum
• Analyze student achievement data to identify strengths and weaknesses in the curriculum and respond accordingly with effective ways to address curricular gaps or cohorts in need of additional support
• Design, edit, and maintain assessments to ensure alignment with state standards and grade-level expectations
• Collaborate with Education Technology Specialist to coordinate the selection, implementation, oversight, and evaluation of supplementary programs related to specific subject areas
• Receive, review, and act on parent concerns and exemption requests
• Actively participate in academic leadership and schoolwide teams and committees

Competencies:

• Ethical conduct

• Technology Capacity
• Strategic Thinking and Planning
• Exemplary written and verbal communications
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.);

• Experience with organizing, analyzing, and presenting data
• Experience with meeting deadlines and due dates
• Ability to prioritize and manage competing priorities

Required Education and Experience:

• Master’s Degree in education, curriculum development, or a related field
• Five (5) years of experience as a classroom teacher with strong demonstration of curriculum development
• Meets Pennsylvania’s ESSA requirements of being state-certified/licensed
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred Education and Experience:

• PA Supervisory Certificate

• Three (3) years of experience in educational leadership and/or administration

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional virtual environment.  This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones and photocopiers.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.  The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Declaration:

This job description does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  The employee in this position will be required to follow any

other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his/her administrator(s) and/or supervisor(s).

Agora Cyber Charter School is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.