Curriculum Coordinator

Main Job Duties
1. Curriculum Leadership and Development

• Lead the design, review, and development of curriculum across phases and pathways.
• Ensure curriculum is appropriately adapted for autistic learners and reflects different learning profiles across formal, semi-formal, and informal provision.
• Oversee the development of scope and sequence documents, unit plans, pathway expectations, and curriculum resources.
• Ensure progression across grades and pathways so that learning builds logically over time.
• Support the integration of academic, functional, communication, independence, and life-skills outcomes within curriculum planning.

• Lead the school’s approach to assessment, progress monitoring, and reporting.
• Support the use of assessment frameworks and data tools to inform instruction, pathway placement, intervention, and long-term planning.
• Oversee progress review cycles and ensure reporting is consistent, accurate, and aligned to curriculum expectations.
• Analyze student, class, pathway, and whole-school data and present findings clearly to senior leaders and staff.
• Help ensure assessment information leads to practical next steps in classroom teaching.

• Monitor the quality of curriculum implementation and classroom practice across the school.
• Lead or support walkthroughs, learning observations, and follow-up actions linked to agreed school expectations and non-negotiables.
• Identify strengths and areas for development in teaching, classroom organization, communication supports, student independence, engagement, and well-being.
• Help ensure classrooms are consistent, structured, and appropriate for autistic learners.

• Coach teachers and support staff to improve planning, assessment, curriculum delivery, and day‑to‑day classroom practice.
• Provide practical guidance on differentiation, adaptation, and the implementation of pathway‑specific learning.
• Support induction and ongoing professional development for new and existing staff.
• Work closely with lead teachers and middle leaders to strengthen consistency and follow‑through.

• Support the review of pathway expectations and ensure programs remain ambitious, realistic, and appropriate for student need.
• Contribute to decisions around student placement and review by considering developmental profile, academic progress, functional ability, and learning readiness.
• Support the development of modified and specialized programs where needed.

• Contribute to whole‑school improvement planning in curriculum, assessment, teaching quality, and student outcomes.
• Translate school priorities into practical systems, guidance documents, timelines, and actions for staff.
• Lead or contribute to projects linked to curriculum reform, assessment development, accreditation, and school improvement.

• Prepare and maintain curriculum, assessment, and teaching documentation required for accreditation or quality assurance processes.
• Ensure documents are current, clearly written, and reflective of actual school practice.
• Support evidence gathering, action planning, and follow‑up linked to internal and external review.

• Work closely with senior leaders, teachers, specialists, and families to ensure shared understanding of curriculum expectations and student progress.
• Communicate clearly and professionally in meetings, written guidance, and day‑to‑day follow‑up.
• Build strong working relationships that help ensure decisions lead to action and accountability.

• Develop and maintain practical tools, trackers, templates, review calendars, and planning structures that support consistency across the school.
• Manage multiple priorities while keeping long‑term strategic work moving forward.
• Help ensure curriculum priorities are reflected effectively in school systems and schedules.

• Keep student learning, communication, independence, and quality of life at the center of curriculum decisions.

Promote high expectations while recognizing the importance of access, regulation, dignity, and meaningful