About K12 Coalition

K12 Coalition provides products and services that help K-12 schools and teachers achieve transformational learning outcomes. We tackle many of today’s toughest education challenges, including teacher recruitment and retention, student learning acceleration, ongoing teacher coaching and development, long-range strategic planning, and school equity audits. K12 Coalition came together when passionate educators with deep experience as teachers, school leaders and high-level district administrators saw a genuine need for something better. Our divisions include iteach, Teaching Channel, Insight Education Group and Lavinia Group.

About Lavinia Group

Founded in 2015, Lavinia Group closes the opportunity gap by helping our partner schools achieve world-class literacy and math instruction through exceptional leader and teacher training. As former teachers, school leaders and administrators, we know the key to excellent student outcomes is to invest directly in the professional development of educators. We provide our client partners with hands-on, immersive, side-by-side support so that schools build the capacity and capabilities to sustain their gains long after working with us.

Location:

Lavinia Group is a virtual company. We seek to hire the best person for the position, regardless of location. The location for this position is flexible. The majority of the time this position will work from home; however, this role will require limited travel to company retreats and client meetings as needed.

The Opportunity

The Director of Curriculum ensures Lavinia Group’s content meets the organization’s high standards for inquiry-driven, results-based, culturally relevant humanities and literacy curricula.

Reporting to the Managing Director of Curriculum, the Director of Curriculum contributes to the Lavinia Group content development strategy, including conceptualizing, writing, reviewing and editing curriculum and curriculum support materials, executing team processes and project guidelines, and communicating effectively. They will also manage a team of curriculum writers and editorial managers, both full-time staff and project-based contractors.

The Director of Curriculum also directly supports the implementation of the curriculum in partner schools across the country. The Math Curriculum is an 18-24 month project.

This role is an exciting opportunity for a skilled leader, manager, and curriculum writer to contribute to Lavinia Group’s organizational mission to provide a high-quality curriculum in an effort to close the opportunity gap across the country.

What You’ll Do

Performance Management and Talent Development

• Support, supervise, develop, and retain a high-quality curriculum team, including Associate Directors of Curriculum and Curriculum Writers
• Provide direct and differentiated coaching and leadership to the team in service of achieving curriculum production and distribution goals
• Lead the team to set and achieve ambitious goals
• Cultivate positive and accountable team culture through ongoing team meetings, check ins, etc.

Content Development

• Execute the vision of Lavinia Group's content development strategic plan by conceptualizing, writing, revising, and editing content for Lavinia Group’s K-5 Math curriculum
• Supervise a team of curriculum writers
• Give ongoing and detailed feedback to team members on curriculum development, including content development and adherence to deadlines and project timelines
• Hold an incredibly high bar for curriculum quality at all levels
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of instructional design and pedagogy
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of the Common Core Standards for Mathematics, including the Standards for Mathematical Practice
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of research related to effective mathematics instruction, including cognitively guided instruction
• Collaborate within and across teams to develop curriculum and curriculum-support content
• Develop curriculum resources with content and pedagogy of the highest quality and reflective of Lavinia Group’s core guiding principles
• Actively monitor and incorporate feedback from existing partners to continuously improve the product
• Demonstrate an editorial sensibility, including the ability to:
  • write and edit using precise and clear language
  • proofread for accuracy and expression
  • apply constructive feedback locally and globally in a timely manner
  • implement revisions to project design and content
  • produce consistent content and quality across products

Project Execution

• Develop and implement precise project management plans and manage the team against clear deadlines and processes
• Implement the product life cycle for multiple projects, completing the appropriate scope and sequence of work within the timeline required at each phase
• Communicate clearly within and across teams
• Exemplify a mindset that values an iterative cycle of ideation, thought partnering, prototyping, drafting, development, review, and revision
• Work independently in a remote environment
• Adhere to a task and deadline-driven workflow

Who You Are

You are a visionary leader and have experience setting and executing large, complex initiatives. You lead with a strategic lens, drive decisions using data and multiple viewpoints, and have experience solving complex problems.

You are an experienced people manager and curriculum developer. You are skilled at the art of managing teams, and your experience as a leader in curriculum development allows you to make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment in alignment with an overall curricular vision.

You are a collaborator who works well as a member of a team. You are receptive to multiple viewpoints and you love to receive feedback. You relish the opportunity to contribute to a broader vision while also ensuring that the small details of a project align with a larger vision.

You have a sense of ownership and you embrace creative problem solving. You apply feedback to future work and you are an active problem-solver who thinks flexibly.

You enjoy building relationships. You are a high-functioning member of any team you are on, and you enjoy collaborating across teams.

You have a commitment to excellence and incredibly high standards in all that you do. You value educational excellence and you are committed to producing rigorous and engaging curriculum that is supportive of teachers and the diverse needs of their students.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience managing curriculum projects and managing teams
• Bachelor's degree required, masters degree preferred
• Experience managing and developing a team
• Deep content knowledge in elementary and/or middle school Math
• Bachelors or Masters degree in an associated content area preferred
• Superior writing and communication skills with demonstrated writing ability (writing sample required)
• Teaching experience preferred
• Content knowledge in the area of History preferred
• Experience with teaching multilingual learners and diverse learner populations preferred
• Knowledge of the Common Core State Standards desired

Why Work with Us

We offer a wide variety of benefits, including flexible time off, maternity/paternity leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401K.

Compensation range for this position: $120,000-$165,000

As part of our commitment to pay equity, new hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the salary band minimum and the salary band midpoint depending on qualifications, location, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role.

Our Selection Process

Our selection process typically includes an online application, short phone interview, candidate exercise, final interview and reference check.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Commitment to Diversity

Equity is a driving force behind all of our decisions, including but never limited to hiring diverse professionals and engaging in honest and reflective dialogue on our lived experience and educational practice. We operate with the deep belief that our world, our schools, and our team are made stronger by respecting, listening to, and amplifying the voices of the communities we serve and the world around us. Therefore, our curricular offerings, our work together, and our work with schools, reflect a diversity of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. We strive to deliver services, products, and practices that are deeply rooted in equity for all children.

We are committed to building a diverse team to contribute to this work. We seek individuals of all backgrounds to apply for this position. We provide equal employment opportunities for all applicants and prohibits discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socioeconomic background or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We encourage all who share our mission to apply.