Coordinator of Secondary Instruction - Vacancy ID: 207527

Position Summary: The Coordinator of Secondary Instruction is responsible for providing curricular leadership across secondary subject areas under the direction of the Director of Leadership and Learning. Position objectives include: 1) providing leadership in the development, articulation & implementation of an exemplary curricular program and assessment; 2) improving the systems and supports to ensure students stay on-track and complete graduation; 3) leads the curriculum review and adoption cycle for secondary content areas; 4) supports the development of professional learning communities; 5) supports the mentor programming for new staff.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides leadership to assure correlation between district curriculum and state/national standards. Develops, coordinates, and monitors the program of instruction for subject areas and oversees annual updates of curriculum guides.

• Assists teaching staff with the implementation of new curriculum guides and new instructional materials.

• Lead the resource adoption cycle, resource pilots and adoption, implementation and monitoring of resources across all secondary content areas

• Manage curricular leads and oversee Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum alignment across all content areas

• Coordinates projects with other curriculum coordinators and administrators within Leadership and Learning

• Coordinate middle and high school course catalogs

• Collaborates with the Director of Leadership and Learning to develop strategies and broad departmental objectives; establishes methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs and people in the achievement of strategic objectives

• Design, coordinate, and facilitate district wide professional development and contribute to implementation of microcredential courses

• Facilitate district wide committees related to instruction and student well-being.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Leadership & Learning

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree

• Five years of successful experience as a leader in education

• Demonstrate knowledge of research-based best practice in the areas of instruction, deeper learning and project-based learning, curriculum, assessment, and professional learning

• Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality

• Ability to work productively both as a member of a team and independently

• Excellent communication and organizational skills

• Demonstrates a commitment to West Allis-West Milwaukee’s Equity Beliefs and educational equity