Curriculum Development & Training - Independent Contractor; Temporary

Health Education Teacher Or Curriculum Specialist

Health Corps – a national non-profit organization committed to improving lives by addressing health challenges in communities through programming that includes innovative and engaging experiences for teens in education, leadership, and service learning. At the heart of our model in near-peer mentorship: we partner with local colleges and universities to deploy college-age mentors into schools, where they connect with students in a way that few others can, as relatable role models who inspire teens to become change agents within their families, schools and neighborhoods.

Our program is grounded in the understanding that limited access to health education can lead to a lifetime of social, emotional, and physical challenges.

Our values drive the work we do here  are mission-obsessed, have an entrepreneurial mindset, value that our people are our power, know that teamwork makes the dream work, and believe that there is empowerment in influencing change, both within our teams as well as the communities we serve.

Health Corps is seeking a skilled and experienced health education teacher or curriculum specialist to serve as an independent contractor to:

• Differentiate our existing Teens Make Health Happen curriculum into distinct middle school and high school products, with learning objectives, activity modifications, and language aligned to grade-band health education standards.
• Develop a suite of facilitator trainings and supplemental training resources for Teens Make Happen mentor facilitators – college-aged students working with middle and high school students in their community. These trainings will equip mentors with evidence-informed, practical strategies for engaging youth across age groups and program settings.

This is a project-based contract engagement ideal for an educator with instructional design experience who is deeply familiar with adolescent health education and national health education standards. The contractor will design, pilot, and finalize training content in close collaboration with the Health Corps Mentor & Alumni, and Curriculum Development teams.

The contractor will be responsible for the following deliverables within the agreed project timeline (approximately 3 months):
Differentiated Curriculum

• Review the existing unified TMHH curriculum (which consists of twenty-six 1 hour session plans broken into 9 units that span physical, mental, and community health topics) to identify content, language, scaffolding, and pacing elements requiring differentiation across middle and high school grade bands.
• Develop a differentiated middle school curriculum product and high school curriculum product, including revised learning objectives explicitly aligned to NHES 2024 standards and age-appropriate language, depth of content, and instructional strategies.
• Ensure both products maintain fidelity to Health Corps' Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework and near-peer mentorship model.
• Collaborate with Health Corps staff through regular check-ins, incorporating feedback through an iterative review process.
• Deliver final curriculum documents in Health Corps-approved formats, ready for mentor-facilitation use.

Facilitator Professional Development Trainings

• Design and develop four (4) facilitator trainings with accompanying facilitator guides, slide decks (if applicable), and participant-facing materials.
• Training 1:
  Engaging Middle School Teens — strategies for building rapport, maintaining attention, and facilitating meaningful participation with younger adolescents (ages ~11–14)
• Training 2:
  Engaging High School Teens — strategies for connecting with, motivating, and facilitating meaningful participation with older adolescents (ages ~14–18)
• Training 3:
  Classroom Facilitation & Management — engagement and facilitation strategies specific to delivering health education content within a school-day classroom setting, including classroom management techniques.
• Training 4:
  After school Club Facilitation — engagement and facilitation strategies specific to delivering health education content within an after school club setting, including group dynamics and informal learning approaches.
• Develop supplemental training resources for each module, such as quick-reference guides, scenario-based practice activities, self-reflection tools, and recommended resource lists.
• Deliver a pilot session of all four trainings to the Health Corps Regional Program Manager team (virtually)
• Incorporate feedback from the pilot and Health Corps staff review into final, revised training materials
• Submit all final deliverables in editable formats so Health Corps can adapt content in the future