Reading Language Arts Curriculum Leader (Grades K - 5) - Education Job at Public Consulting Group
Public Consulting Group Austin, TX 78701
$53,876 - $125,000 a year
Overview:
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.
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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.
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Our commitment to our clients flows from our commitment to our staff. We focus our business endeavors on the public sector because we value the missions and constituents that government agencies serve. Core to our business is the fundamental tenet that a diverse workforce instills a deeper appreciation of our clients’ challenges. At PCG, diversity is valued and inclusion is an expectation. We want our teams to reflect the communities we serve and are committed to hiring, retaining, and promoting a diverse staff. This ensures a variety of viewpoints are included in our project work, enhancing not only the culture in our offices around the world, but also improving the level of service we provide to our clients.
Responsibilities:
Education Practice Area:
- PCG’s Education Consulting service line seeks a Reading Language Arts Curriculum Leader (Grades K - 5) for a highly complex and exciting Reading Language Arts (RLA) curriculum revision project
- 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
- Reading Language Arts Curriculum Leader (Grades K - 5) 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 K–5 RLA curriculum
- The position is remote, with occasional in-person meetings
Specific Responsibilities:
- In coordination with our vendor partner(s), lead the revision of a grades K–5 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
- 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
- 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
- Ensure on-time delivery of deliverables by vendor partner(s) and their writing teams
- 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
- Collaborate with project team to ensure vertical and horizontal alignment of the RLA curriculum (K–12)
- Collaborate with project management team to ensure that established project management processes and structures are appropriately implemented
- Availability during regular work week, with some night or weekend work as needed
- Commitment for the duration of the project with anticipated project completion in October 2024 with the opportunity for future work project assisgnments
Education/Experience:
- Master's Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, and additional academic rewards
- Experience teaching diverse learners in elementary classroom(s), including English Language Learners and students with disabilities
- 3+ years of team leadership experience
- Experience developing curricular resources for use by other teachers
- Experience with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and STAAR Assessments
- Familiarity with Google Drive
- Familiarity with the current K–5 RLA product on Texas Home Learning (Preferred but not required)
- Experience with digital learning instructional design (Preferred but not required)
- Demonstrated expertise in MS Office products, particularly PowerPoint, Access, Excel and Word
- Proficient with Office 365 and the Google Suite
- Able to work with a diverse range of people
Required Skills:
- Committed to supporting achievement for all students
- Knowledgeable about Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and STAAR Assessments
- 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
- Self-motivated, self-directed, and comfortable taking initiative
- 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-solvers
- Skilled in literary analysis and/or literacy across the content areas
- Deeply knowledgeable about high-quality literacy instruction, including foundational skills instruction
- Passionate about reading, writing, and a wide variety of types of texts
- Deeply knowledgeable about high-quality social studies instruction
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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.
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