Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

OVERVIEW OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

The South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) community includes 15 schools supporting 8,000 students in Daly City, San Bruno, and South San Francisco.

Our mission is that in partnership with our community, SSFUSD will provide exceptional instruction, engaging experiences, and equitable and accessible opportunities and resources to further support our diverse student body so that students are equipped to learn, thrive, navigate their future with purpose, and impact their community.

In February 2024, the School Board for SSFUSD adopted our new Vision and Five-Year Strategic Plan. As a district leader, the Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment is responsible for leading initiatives to ensure the district delivers on its promises in the strategic plan.

Under the direct supervision of the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, the Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment is a key champion of SSFUSD’s student-centered instructional vision. The Director ensures that educators have aligned, high‑quality, research‑based curriculum, materials, and assessments. They help clarify and refine high‑impact instructional strategies. And they design and manage district‑wide professional learning opportunities so educators are able to use these tools and practices to deliver exceptional instruction for our students.

The Director will also perform highly‑skilled administrative, clerical, and technical tasks and other duties as assigned.

• Coordinate our academic programs to ensure we offer a comprehensive and robust educational program that enables our students to learn, thrive, navigate their future purposefully, and impact their community for the better. This includes:
• English language development (ELD) and meeting the instructional needs of multilingual learners
• Literacy and English Language Arts (ELA)
• Social sciences (including history, social studies, ethnic studies, etc.)
• STEM (e.g., science, technology, engineering, math, financial literacy)
• Visual and performing arts (VAPA), world languages, and physical education
• Career Technical Education (CTE)
• Middle College, independent study, and other specialized programs
• Manage and evaluate subject‑specific coordinators, TOSAs, and other staff to define, refine, and implement our academic program;
• Stay abreast of statewide subject‑specific programs, opportunities, and requirements relating to specific subjects, with support from subject matter experts on the T & L team and within our schools;
• Identify, manage, and foster partnerships with local businesses or educational institutions to create opportunities for our students to learn and prepare for career and/or college;
• Coordinate with the Asst. Supt. of Student and Family Services to refine enrollment projections for multilingual learners;
• In collaboration with the Asst. Supt. of Teaching & Learning and Asst. Supt of Human Resources, recommend site‑level staffing models and staffing allocations for multilingual learners (e.g., bilingual paraprofessionals, ELD teachers) for the following school year.

• Ensure that we have high quality, research‑based curriculum and materials in each of our classrooms;
• Regularly review our curricula and materials, and oversee processes to identify, adopt, and implement new curricula and materials;
• Identify and manage TOSAs (teachers on special assignment) as needed to support new curriculum adoption;
• Liaise with vendors, coordinate with the business services team on relevant contracts, and manage the district‑wide purchase and distribution of curriculum and materials.

• Serve as a champion for SSFUSD’s instructional vision and key instructional practices;
• In collaboration with the Asst. Supt. for Teaching & Learning, coordinate efforts to review, refine, and improve our instructional vision and key instructional practices;
• Work with subject matter experts (in our schools, our district…