Grades 6–8 Science Curriculum Lead

The Opportunity 

PCG’s Education Consulting service line seeks a Grades 6–8 Science Curriculum Lead for an exciting curriculum project for a large school district. The project provides motivated individuals a unique opportunity to support educators and students in actualizing Florida’s State Academic Standards for Science by updating instructional guides for science to align with a new scope and sequence. This role is part of a K–12 project team and will work closely with Grades K–2, 3–5, and the Biology Curriculum Leads, as well as other project leads. 

The Grades 6–8 Science Curriculum Lead will:  

• Contribute to the development of prototype materials prior to full development. 

• Oversee the 6–8 Science writers through a collaborative, iterative development process, including training, drafting, and revision, to revise a year’s worth of instructional guides for each grade level and align with updated scope and sequence. 

• Ensure instructional best practices, scaffolds for leaders, and localized context are reflected in the instructional guides. 

• Ensure the overall coherence of the instructional guides developed for the Grades 6–8 Science curriculum in alignment with the instructional guides for Grades K–5 Science and Biology.  

• Contribute to the development of professional learning content for teachers and leaders to prepare them to effectively leverage the updated instructional guides in their practice.  

• Provide in-person professional learning facilitation for up to five convenings with teachers and leaders. 

Specific responsibilities and skill/experience requirements are detailed below.  

This is a remote role, with occasional in-person/travel requirements. This is a temporary position. The start date is April 2025, and the anticipated end-date is August 2026. Availability during standard business hours is required. 

It is anticipated that from April to July 2025, the role will require approximately 32 hours/week, increasing to full-time August 2025 to March 2026. From April to August 2026, anticipated hours are approximately 32 hours/week.  

About PCG’s Education Consulting Service Line 

PCG’s Education Consulting Service Line works with states, districts, and schools to address a wide spectrum of needs such as curriculum development, instructional resources audits, design and facilitation of professional development and professional learning communities, school improvement, and program reviews. 

Project engagements have included the development of the EngageNY Grades 6–12 English Language Arts curriculum for the New York State Education Department and the delivery of implementation services across several states; the design and delivery of a system of a K–3 professional learning program for the Connecticut State Department of Education; and the creation of training and resources to support standards implementation for the Florida Department of Education. We collaborated with Chicago Public Schools (IL) to develop a full-year, standards-aligned digital curriculum for PK–12 English Language Arts and mathematics and have been providing asynchronous and synchronous professional learning to teachers and administrators to support implementation. We also recently developed a K–5 ELA curriculum in partnership with Pinellas County Schools (FL) and a K–2 ELA curriculum with the School District of Lee County (FL) to support their transition to the new Florida B.E.S.T standards. Additionally, we partnered with the New York City Department of Education to develop thirty-nine K–12 mini-units for the district’s Hidden Voices Initiative. We are also partnering with the Texas Education Agency to develop and/or revise several curricula to respond to stakeholder feedback, including K–5 Reading Language Arts, K–5 Spanish Language Arts, K–5 Mathematics, K–5 Social Studies, and K–3 Spanish Skills. 

The Role 

The Grades 6–8 Science Curriculum Lead will: 

• Contribute to the development and refinement of instructional and technical specifications and oversee adherence to the specifications that will be documented in project requirements. 

• Provide leadership for content team in the implementation of instructional and technical specifications, as well as overall quality assurance and on-time delivery of deliverables. 

• Contribute to the development of model deliverables that comply with specific design criteria. 

• Lead and provide review of draft deliverables, including actionable written and verbal feedback for content team members to apply. 

• Provide oversight for Grades 6–8 Science writers, including onboarding, the weekly review and approval of hours as needed, and other related administrative responsibilities. 

• Work closely with project leadership; content leadership team, including K–2 Lead, 3–5 Lead, Biology Lead, Leads for multilingual supports and supports for students with disabilities, and content director; and client content team in a rapid development process, including coordinating workflow where their involvement is required and engaging them in quality assurance to ensure alignment to client expectations. 

• Collaborate with project team to ensure vertical and horizontal alignment of the Grades K–8 and Biology instructional guides, as well as alignment to the scope and sequence. 

• Partner with the Leads for Grades K–2, 3–5, and Biology to ensure consistency of approach (as appropriate) and share best practices for reviewing and providing feedback on grade-level deliverables in support of writers. 

• Collaborate with project management and operations teams to ensure that established processes and structures are appropriately implemented.  

• Identify and act upon opportunities to improve processes, operations, and client services. 

• Have availability during the regular work week, with some night or weekend work as needed. 
   

Required Skills and Orientations 

• Able to manage logistics and multiple parallel workflows  

• Able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment without compromising quality  

• Self-motivated, self-directed, and comfortable taking initiative 

• Committed to the development of culturally and linguistically relevant and responsive material 

• Committed to client satisfaction  

• 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-solver 

• Able to persist through an iterative process modifying and refining work products over time 

• Attuned to detail and able to see the big picture 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

• Skilled in the development and delivery of science curriculum, instruction, and professional learning 

• Knowledgeable about Florida’s State Academic Standards for Science  

• Knowledgeable about the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards Framework 

• Knowledgeable about the principles of Universal Design for Learning and Backwards Design

• Skilled in providing effective, actionable feedback  

• Skilled at leading and supporting teams in a virtual environment 

• Dedicated to achievement for all students  

Required/Desired Experience 

• Five or more years teaching experience in K–12 public school setting  

• Deep content knowledge in science instruction as evidenced by years of teaching, advanced degree, and/or other relevant experience (preferably district-level experience) 

• Experience designing curriculum-based supports for English Learners or students with disabilities 

• Experience writing standards-based curriculum at secondary level 

• Experience teaching diverse learners, including English Learners and students with disabilities  

• Previous team leadership experience of 3 or more years 

• Experience developing curricular resources for use by other teachers 

• Familiarity with Google Drive 

• Experience with digital learning instructional design (Preferred) 

• Familiarity with McGraw-Hill, National Geographic, and other commercial Science curriculum products (Preferred)  

• Masters degree or higher or equivalent experience 

• Certificate/endorsement in 6–12 Science instruction or equivalent (Preferred)  

Pay Range: $40.00 - $50.00 Hourly

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