Apply on Employer Site

Council on Foreign Relations · 20 hours ago

Curriculum Content Lead, High School

US-NY-New York

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$90K/yr - $105K/yr

5+ years exp

The Council on Foreign Relations is an organization dedicated to fostering a foreign policy community that reflects American society. They are seeking a Curriculum Content Lead for High School who will be responsible for the instructional quality and integrity of high school teaching resources, leading professional development, and creating educational materials for educators.

AssociationCommunitiesEducationGovernmentNewsNon ProfitService IndustrySocial News

Responsibilities

Design and develop classroom materials and supports such as simulations, lesson plans, student handouts, and curriculum alignments for all Education products to ensure they are accessible and effective for teachers and students

Provide instructional and effective insight and serve as the voice of the high school educator in departmental conversations among the Content, Marketing, and Product teams

Remain current on and share high school education industry trends, including state and national standards, trends in supplemental social studies materials, technology, and AI

Lead all aspects of CFR Education’s high school professional development (PD) activities:

Outreach to, and management of relationships with state and district administrators

Delivery of all in-person and virtual PD content and programming

Meet with partners or internal teams to discuss the goals, audience, content strategy, and administration of the webinars

Create the content and structure for all presentations

Provide Marketing with draft summaries of all webinars to be used for the website, newsletter, or other collateral

Work with Marketing on webinar promotion

Work collaboratively with Curriculum Content Lead, Higher Education on resource production and major projects targeted at both the higher school and higher education audiences

Speak at conferences representing CFR Education and exhibit at Education conference booths as an enthusiastic evangelist of CFR Education materials

Support the development of new and maintenance of existing partnerships in the high school sphere

Partner with Marketing on all efforts aimed at the high school audience

Serve as a point of contact and support for high school educators and administrators

Other responsibilities in the domain of high school education, as needed

Qualification

Public school teaching experienceProfessional development deliveryCurriculum designSocial studies standardsPresentation skillsProject managementWritten communicationVerbal communicationTeam playerRelationship building

Required

B.S. in Secondary Education or B.A. in foreign policy-related field

M.S. in education, edtech, or a foreign policy-related field

Minimum of five years integrating global affairs into the teaching of social studies at a public high school. Social studies subject areas include world history, U.S. history, AP or IB classes, government, civics, foreign policy, geography, or economics

History of delivering professional development to teachers

Successful track record presenting at webinars and conferences

Creator of high school social studies lesson plans, classroom activities, and/or simulations

Deep knowledge and usage of high school national and state content standards in social studies

Strong team player

Engaging and energetic presenter

Project management skills and ability to self-manage schedule and output

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Comfort reaching out and establishing relationships with district and state education leaders

Thrives on a small, fast-paced, high-output team

Ability to travel as needed to in-person professional development and national and state conferences