Curriculum Administrator-- Humanities​/ELA

Danbury Public Schools Overview

The position of Humanities/ELA Curriculum Administrator joins three additional K-12 Curriculum Administrators in the areas of STEM/Applied Art, World Language/Bilingual, and SRBI and School Support, who together perform in a variety of supervisory and administrative roles to oversee successful program implementation and assessment monitoring for programming across all sites and schools district wide. This Curriculum Administrator sits on the District's Curriculum Development Team (CDT) and, as such, facilitates communication between building level Administrators and staff to ensure effective curriculum implementation.

Additionally, this Administrator vertically articulates and collaborates under the direction of the Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Academy Programming, and with other Curriculum Administrators, building level administrators, Supervisors, Coaches, Department Heads and district student services departments in an effort to continuously improve programs of study and strengthen services to students and families, with particular focus on meeting District needs in alignment with K-12 programs.

Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Academy Programming

Content Department Heads & Coordinators (primary), Instructional Coaches (secondary)

As a member of CDT, provides leadership to assure correlation between district Humanities/ELA curriculum, the District's coherence plan, Portrait of the Graduate and state/national standards.

• Develops, coordinates and monitors assessment, programs, and instructional priorities for Humanities/ELA academic programs and oversees implementation of existing and new curriculum initiatives district wide.
• Develops professional learning opportunities related to standards based content and related best practice pedagogical delivery.
• Assists in the evaluation and assessment of the effectiveness of current Humanities/ELA academic programs, and their effect on student achievement across the K-12 programs. Assists in conceptualizing, initiating and implementing new programs in identified, targeted areas as needed.
• Works closely to supervise effective coaching and support from Humanities/ELA Department Heads, and evaluates Department Heads and coaching effectiveness with attention to fidelity across all schools.
• Acts as liaison for program implementation to K-8 art, music and physical education departments.
• Collaborates with building Administrators to assess need for individualized planning to meet particularly identified building needs.
• Coordinates with other curriculum coordinators, program support staff, and administrators to provide vertically aligned instruction that meets the goals of the District coherence plan, with particular focus on Humanities/ELA instruction.
• Works closely with the Administrator for Data, Assessment & Research, content based Curriculum Administrators who impact Humanities/ELA instruction, and building Administrators to review data, assess plan and implementation effectiveness, and provide strategies for targeted improvement.
• Coordinates and maintains the Humanities/ELA Intervention Programs and assures consistency in our SRBI model.
• Monitors District and building intervention programs.
• Assists in the observation and evaluation of certified staff members using the District's Teacher Evaluation Plan.
• Provides input and coordination in the development of differentiated and meaningful Professional Development for certified staff.
• Other assignments as directed by the Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Academy Programming.

• Master's degree in education, doctorate preferred. Graduate work in literacy, curriculum development, instruction and assessment preferred.
• Certificates: 092 Intermediate Administration and Supervision.
• Two to three years of demonstrated leadership experience, including but not limited to one or more of the following: data team, instructional leadership team, group leader, lead teacher or similar, building administrator.
• Demonstrated commitment to implementation of humanities programming.
• Two to three years of experience in conducting walk-throughs, formal and informal observations and evaluations for certified staff members.
• Two to three years of experience in student data analysis. Familiarity with Data Wise or similar model preferred.
• Experience with budgeting at the department level or higher.
• Ability to communicate effectively, and to problem solve and resolve conflicts between leaders of academic priorities.
• Commitment to Systems Based approaches to organizational change.

Salary range as per DSAA Administrative Contract - 214-day work year. Terms and conditions of employment as further described in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Danbury School Administrators Association and the Danbury Board of Education, a copy of which can be found on the District website bury.k12.ct.us under the District/Human Resources…