Mission Statement:
Uplift’s mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.
Primary Purpose:
The Lead Curriculum Developer serves as the network-level content authority for an assigned primary content area across a portfolio of 14 to 19 PK�5. In partnership with the Primary Managing Directors and Academic Strategy and Support team, this role leads the creation of original, IB-aligned curriculum systems, supplemental instructional resources, and assessment tools that drive coherent, vertically aligned instruction across all campuses. The Lead Curriculum Developer manages a portfolio of curriculum initiatives, ensures alignment with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS), and IB Programme Standards, and collaborates with peer Lead Curriculum Developers to maintain cross-content coherence. This is a mid-senior level role focused on curriculum systems design. All curriculum, assessments, and instructional resources are designed with integrated support for emergent bilingual learners as a baseline expectation, not as a supplemental add-on.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Curriculum Architecture and Development (50%)
- Execute and manage the assigned content area vision and curriculum system for network-wide implementation across 14 to 19 PK�5
- Coach and advise campus leaders on content-specific instructional priorities, and collaborate with peer Lead Curriculum Developers (Math, Science, Dual Language) to ensure curriculum alignment with IB Programme Standards and Practices, vertical alignment across grade bands, and cross-content coherence
- Embeds linguistic scaffolding, vocabulary development, and language-rich instructional routines into every unit and assessment as standard design practice. Ensures content-area language demands are explicitly identified and addressed so that EB students access grade-level content alongside their peers
- Help teachers develop deep understanding of and deconstruct TEKS and ELPS for their grade level and content area, with particular attention to supporting emergent bilingual students
- Ensure all curriculum development aligns with current research and evidence-based instructional strategies, incorporating supports for multilingual learners
- Participate in and facilitate curriculum review committees with teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders
- Apply educational theory and research to inform curriculum development decisions and recommendations
Intervention and Support Systems (15%)
- Co-plan with the Multilingual Programs Team and Data team across all assigned campuses to align Tier 2 interventions (tutorials) and resources with Tier 1 curriculum, ensuring ALL students can access and master grade-level content
- Design curricular support materials that support differentiated instruction and intervention strategies in a cohesive manner
- Create assessment tools and rubrics for measuring curriculum effectiveness
Data and Quality Assurance (20%)
- Work with Data Team to analyze curriculum effectiveness across all campuses in the portfolio and track progress toward network-wide instructional goals
- Use assessment data to inform curriculum revisions and improvements, with particular attention to emergent bilingual student outcomes and language development progress
- Establish quality assurance processes for curriculum materials and resources
- Analyze student achievement data, teaching strategies, and curriculum effectiveness to make data-driven recommendations
- Clearly communicate curriculum changes and teaching standards to school staff through professional development and training sessions
Professional Development and Field Alignment (15%)
- Supports network-wide assessment initiatives, including administration of content-area benchmark assessments and state assessment preparation across all assigned campuses
- Engage in cross-functional content cohorts and leadership learning communities to stay current on instructional best practices and align with network academic priorities request of either team
- Designs professional development that builds teacher capacity to deliver high-quality, linguistically responsive instruction across all classrooms, reinforcing the expectation that every teacher is an EB teacher.
- Leads content-specific professional development for campus leaders and teachers, and partners with the Academic team through regular leadership walkthroughs and calibration sessions
- Conduct regular campus visits across the full portfolio to observe implementation of curriculum and curricular resources and gather feedback from stakeholders (teachers, interventionists, administrators) to adjust and improve curricular supports
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) from a four-year college or university required
- Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction or related field preferred
- Experience with curriculum writing and inquiry-based instruction required
- Must have a valid Texas Teacher Certification with endorsement in Bilingual and/or ESL education.
- International Baccalaureate experience preferred
Experience Requirements
- Minimum five years of classroom teaching experience in an elementary content area
- Additional experience in a coaching, school leadership, full-time Intervention, ESL, or Dual Language role preferred
- Demonstrated experience in curriculum development, design, and coaching campus leaders on content-area instructional practice
- Experience with standards alignment, vertical curriculum mapping, and managing a portfolio of concurrent curriculum projects
- Experience developing aligned Intervention materials
- Experience utilizing TEKS and ELPS and their formal connections to State Assessments
- Demonstrated and measurable student achievement on state assessments
- Understanding of IB instructional and planning practices preferred
Required Skills/Abilities
- Deep knowledge of content-area pedagogy, educational theory and research, and evidence-based strategies for supporting diverse learners including emergent bilingual and multilingual students
- Expertise in TEKS standards and curriculum alignment
- Proficiency in assessment design and data analysis
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills for evaluating curriculum effectiveness
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Excellent written communication and documentation skills
- Excellent attention to detail, familiarity with common creative tools (Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Canva,
- Instructional leadership coaching skills, including the ability to build capacity in campus administrators and leadership teams
- Competency in Microsoft Office applications and curriculum management software
- Ability to work collaboratively across multiple stakeholders
- Detail-oriented with strong quality assurance mindset
Additional Qualifications
- Must be eligible to work in the United States and provide work authorization
- High expectations (academic and behavioral) for all students
- Relentless achiever mindset
- Collaborative and mission-driven culture orientation
- Commitment to continuous reflection and self-improvement
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and use stairs. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level is low to high and may have frequent interruptions. There may be activity from other employees and students of a distracting nature.
Starting Salary: $85,000
Application Procedure:
Apply online
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Uplift Education is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state or local law.
