Posted: 01-Jun-26
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Type: Full Time
Salary: $105K-130K
Categories:
Preferred Education:
Berkeley Carroll is a Pre-K through grade 12 college preparatory school of approximately 1,000 students located in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn in New York City. Our vibrant learning environment draws students from all over the city. Admission to the school is competitive and both our parents and students value achievement and community.
The Lower School Curriculum & Instruction Coordinator oversees curriculum mapping across PK-4 in the lower school, working in collaboration with administration, specialists, classroom teachers, and coordinators to ensure the organization, maintenance, and accessibility of all curriculum resources in a Learning Management System (Toddle).
The Lower School Curriculum & Instruction Coordinator is also responsible for overseeing and leading the continued development, alignment, and coherence of the Humanities curriculum in the Lower School (grades 3-4). The Humanities program in these grades is in an exciting chapter, and this work will involve championing its vision, stewarding its continued development, and ensuring its meaningful execution across classrooms.
Responsibilities
Instruction, Curriculum, Assessment, & Mapping
- Partner with the leadership team and other coordinators to ensure alignment in practice and the evolution of program
- Support colleagues in curriculum design through backward planning aligned to the school’s competency-based framework, and develop pacing guides that ensure alignment between learning outcomes, instruction, and assessment
- Support the design of assessments and support faculty in analyzing data to inform instructional decisions and drive student learning outcomes.
- In collaboration with administrators, coordinators and specialists, steward the organization and accessibility of all curriculum resources in a Learning Management System (Toddle) so faculty can easily navigate materials across grade levels
- Advance faculty knowledge of contemporary pedagogy and high-leverage instructional practices through faculty meetings, content-driven curriculum discussions, and individualized teacher support.
- Collaborate with lower school administration to assess instructional practice and deliver constructive feedback that supports teacher growth and development.
- In collaboration with the lower school administration, support the onboarding of new head teaching faculty, including but not limited to coaching, orientation to the Lower School curriculum, and the ability to navigate and contribute to Toddle
Humanities
- Partner with the Literacy Interventionist and Literacy Coordinator on aligning and pacing 3-4th grade structured literacy and humanities curriculum
- Oversee and lead the development, alignment, and coherence of the Lower School Humanities curriculum (Grades 3-4) fostering interdisciplinary connections where appropriate and ensuring that Berkeley Carroll’s Portrait of a Learner—its essential skills and habits of mind—is consistently cultivated
- Support colleagues in designing rigorous, engaging Humanities lesson plans that reflect best practices and curricular priorities
- Lead Humanities grade team meetings for teachers in Grades 3 and 4, observe practice and provide growth-producing feedback to enhance and support the development of teachers in their Humanities instruction
Specials (Physical Education, Library, STEAM, Science, Music, Art)
- Provide guidance around the alignment and coherence of specials, fostering interdisciplinary connections where appropriate and ensuring that Berkeley Carroll’s Portrait of a Learner—its essential skills and habits of mind—is consistently cultivated.
Qualifications:
- A Master’s degree in Education
- Head teaching experience in a Lower School classroom setting
- Expertise in curriculum design, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), RULER, Responsive Classroom, restorative practices, and culturally responsive teaching in curriculum design
- Ability to collaborate effectively and professionally with teachers and support staff
- Facility with technology, including databases, spreadsheets, curriculum management systems such as Toddle
- Deep knowledge of the developmental needs of elementary students
- Demonstrated understanding of contemporary pedagogy and use of evidence-based strategies
- Experience developing and adapting instructional materials and activities to meet the needs of students across developmental ranges
- Familiarity with science of reading and with DIBELS assessments, and skill in teaching explicit, systematic, research-based core instructional curricula such as Fundations
- Familiarity with conceptually-based math curricula such as Bridges
- Expertise in using curriculum that supports the creation of a safe and supportive classroom environment where all students feel valued and have the opportunity to experience a sense of belonging
- Proficiency in using data to inform instruction and interventions, adjusting strategies as needed to ensure growth and success
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Empathy, patience, and a commitment to equity, student success, collegiality and professionalism
Berkeley Carroll is committed to creating an environment that includes a diversity of perspectives and to cultivating an equitable, inclusive learning community in which everyone has the opportunity to experience a sense of belonging. Candidates with a demonstrated commitment to and experience with diversity, equity or inclusion work are especially encouraged to apply.
Salary and benefits are highly competitive and will be offered commensurate with experience and credentials. The annual salary range for this $105K-130K.
Candidates should send a cover letter, resume with a list of references, and completed Berkeley Carroll Employment Application to Briar Sauro (bsauro@berkeleycarroll.org) and Erita Doko (edoko@berkeleycarroll.org).
