Reading Language Arts Curriculum Leader (Grades 6 - 12) - Education

Overview

About Public Consulting Group

Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is a leading public sector solutions implementation and operations improvement firm that partners with health, education, and human services agencies to improve lives. Founded in 1986, PCG employs approximately 2,000 professionals throughout the U.S.—all committed to delivering solutions that change lives for the better. The firm is a member of a family of companies with experience in all 50 states, and clients in six Canadian provinces and Europe. PCG offers clients a multidisciplinary approach to meet challenges, pursue opportunities, and serve constituents across the public sector. To learn more, visit www.publicconsultinggroup.com .

Career Information

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Responsibilities

Education Practice Area

• Reading Language Arts Curriculum Leader (Grades 6 - 12) will manage the revision road mapping process, as well as oversee teams through a rapid content revision process to ensure the overall coherence of the 6 – 12 RLA curriculum
• PCG’s Education Consulting service line seeks a Reading Language Arts Curriculum Leader (Grades 6 - 12) for a highly complex and exciting Reading Language Arts (RLA) curriculum revision project
• The position is remote, with occasional in-person meetings
• The project provides a motivated person with a career opportunity to support educators and students in actualizing the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and to be responsive to stakeholder feedback on the resources available in Texas Home Learning

Specific Responsibilities

• Ensure on-time delivery of deliverables by vendor partner(s) and their writing teams
• In coordination with our vendor partner(s), lead the development of a Grades 6 – 8 Reading Language Arts curriculum, and the revision of a Grades 9 – 12 Reading Language Arts curriculum, including program-level, course-level, unit-level, and lesson-level material
• Contribute to the collection and analysis of stakeholder feedback to inform the development of the product roadmap
• Collaborate with project management team to ensure that established project management processes and structures are appropriately implemented
• Collaborate with project team to ensure vertical and horizontal alignment of the RLA curriculum (K–12)
• Availability during regular work week, with some night or weekend work as needed
• Work closely with vendor partners and project leadership in a rapid development process, including coordinating workflow where their involvement is required and engaging them in quality assurance to ensure alignment to the review rubrics provided by the client
• Contribute to the development and refinement of instructional and technical specifications and oversee adherence to the specifications that will be documented in the product roadmap
• Commitment for the duration of the project with anticipated project completion in October 2024 with the opportunity for future work project assignments
• In coordination with our vendor partner(s), provide leadership for the writing teams in the implementation of instructional and technical specifications, as well as overall quality assurance. This may include offering review and actionable feedback, both written and verbal, to teams about content

Education/Experience

Qualifications

• Experience teaching diverse learners in elementary classroom(s), including English Language Learners and students with disabilities
• Master's Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, and additional academic rewards
• Demonstrated expertise in MS Office products, particularly PowerPoint, Access, Excel and Word
• Able to work with a diverse range of people
• Experience with digital learning instructional design (Preferred but not required )
• Experience developing curricular resources for use by other teachers
• Experience with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and STAAR Assessments
• 3+ years of team leadership experience
• Familiarity with the current 9 – 12 RLA product on Texas Home Learning (Preferred but not required)
• Proficient with Office 365 and the Google Suite
• Familiarity with Google Drive

Required Skills

• Knowledgeable about translation (i.e., expressing Spanish content in English), transadaptation (i.e., when expressing English content in Spanish, adapting a concept to be authentic to Spanish), and transcreation (approach that keeps a unit topic/theme, as well as the reading and writing skills, but changes the texts studied and lesson activities to study authentic Spanish texts, specifically in Grades 6
• Committed to client satisfaction
• Deeply knowledgeable about high-quality literacy instruction, including foundational skills instruction
• Skilled in literary analysis and/or literacy across the content areas
• Knowledgeable about Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and STAAR Assessments
• Oriented around a growth mindset, driven to seek out and use feedback to improve and to grow
• Open-minded in facing challenges
• Collaborative, flexible, creative problem-solvers
• Passionate about reading, writing, and a wide variety of types of texts
• Self-motivated, self-directed, and comfortable taking initiative
• Committed to supporting achievement for all students

Compensation

Compensation for roles at Public Consulting Group varies depending on a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by applicable law, PCG provides the following reasonable range of compensation for this role: $53,876 - $125,000.

EEO Statement

Public Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to celebrating diversity and intentionally creating a culture of inclusion. We believe that we work best when our employees feel empowered and accepted, and that starts by honoring each of our unique life experiences. At PCG, all aspects of employment regarding recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, and social and recreational programs are based on merit, business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and/or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. PCG will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. PCG believes in health, equality, and prosperity for everyone so we can succeed in changing the ways the public sector, including health, education, technology and human services industries, work.