Science Curriculum Specialist

Job Overview

We’re seeking a sharp, standards-driven Science Curriculum Specialist for grades 6–9 to serve as the educational backbone of our content development team. In this role, you will bridge the gap between science standards, engaging content, and hands‑on kits, ensuring every lesson is both rigorous and fun. This position is all about creative instructional design vision rather than script writing – we have curriculum writers for the detailed scripts.

Instead, you’ll craft high-level blueprints for lessons (think essential questions, learning objectives, and a slide/session flow) and make sure everything from the initial concept to the student’s experience holds up to scrutiny. We need someone who can look at a lesson and say, “This is engaging, this is accurate, and this teaches exactly what it’s supposed to.”

As our Science Curriculum Specialist, you will work collaboratively with curriculum writers, a kit engineer (our hands‑on activity designer), and media developers to shape each module. You’ll ensure our discovery‑based learning framework is embedded in every session, tying concepts across physical, life, earth, and chemical sciences to real‑world applications. You won’t be authoring scripts, but your pedagogical expertise and creative vision will guide those who do.

This is a highly collaborative and creative role where you’ll validate and enhance curriculum modules before, during, and after they’re written – maintaining academic accuracy, aligning to NGSS standards, and keeping the experience engaging and cross‑disciplinary. If you’re excited about making science meaningful beyond the textbook and being part of an innovative, growing team, this role is for you.

• Standards Alignment: Ensure all instructional content tightly aligns with national and state science standards (especially NGSS) as well as internal learning goals. Maintain up‑to‑date alignment documentation, including standards mapping, vocabulary lists, and learning goal trackers for each product.
• Instructional Accuracy: Review and vet lesson scripts, storyboards, and slide decks for conceptual clarity, correct pacing, and pedagogical soundness. Identify any gaps or inaccuracies in content and propose improvements or stronger instructional techniques to address them.
• Hands‑On Kit Integration: Collaborate with our kit designer to evaluate and shape hands‑on activities and science kits for each module. Make sure each experiment or build directly supports the lesson objectives and standards. Provide feedback on prototypes and suggest refinements to improve student understanding, usability, and excitement.
• Curriculum Design Blueprint: Develop high‑level instructional blueprints for lessons and modules. Outline essential questions, learning objectives, and the session flow – for example, mapping out a 30‑slide lesson in a concise 5–7 slide framework that guides our scriptwriters. Ensure the planned flow is logically sound and engaging from start to finish.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with curriculum writers, editors, and media/content developers at every stage of development. Serve as a strategic partner during planning meetings and content review sessions, ensuring the instructional intent is clear and consistently carried through in the final product. You’ll actively participate in creative brainstorming and “rip‑and‑tear” sessions to help solve challenges and refine ideas in real time.
• Real‑World Connection: Infuse real‑world context and cross‑curricular links into every module. Help design activities and examples that connect science concepts to everyday life and, where possible, to other subject areas (math, ELA, social studies), so that learning is interdisciplinary and relevant.
• Quality Assurance: Lead the final academic quality checks on each curriculum module. Before a lesson goes live, confirm that all content is scientifically accurate, terminology is correct and age‑appropriate, and the material meets our high standards for rigor and creativity. Ensure that every student‑facing experience delivers on its promise and aligns with our discovery‑based learning framework.
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