Specialist, Interdisciplinary Curricular Redesign - Washington, United States - District of Columbia Public Schools

District of Columbia Public Schools
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The mission of the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) is to provide educators with curricular resources, academic programs, and aligned professional development to ensure rigorous and joyful learning experiences for every student.

OTL team members support school-based staff in implementing DCPS's existing academic programs while simultaneously working to rethink and redesign school programming, academic and curricular resources, and educator professional development.

The Office of Teaching and Learning has 6 divisions:


Divisions/Teams
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Academic and Creative Empowerment:The Academic and Creative Empowerment team sets a vision for serving the whole child and closing the opportunity gap through leading the work in academic programming focused on arts, health and PE, enrichment, innovation and high-potential learners.
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Content and Curriculum:The Content and Curriculum team sets the vision for equity and excellence for each content area in DCPS schools by researching, creating, and curating curricular materials and providing aligned professional development experiences to ensure that all students have access to rigorous and joyful learning experiences every day in every content area.
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Extended Learning and Academic Recovery:The Extended Learning and Academic Recovery team develops extended learning opportunities such as afterschool programs and summer school, overseeing most of DCPS' K-12 summer school programs including enrichment and retention programs. Additionally, the team supports the needs of high potential students in grades K-5 through the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM.)
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Language Acquisition: The Language Acquisition team welcomes families of linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds to DCPS, leads the process of identifying English Learner students, and supports schools in developing programs that supports English language acquisition and academic growth.
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Professional Learning:The Professional Learning team sets a vision for professional development for DCPS through systems, tools, and structures to increase the efficacy of professional learning initiatives. This work includes LEAP, cluster based PD, district PD and other learning opportunities. The team works across all DCPS offices to increase the cohesion of professional development and broad sharing of knowledge, while exploring new avenues and opportunities for meaningful development and learning for our educators.
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Specialized Instruction: The Specialized Instruction team supports students with disabilities by providing schools and families with practical, evidence-based resources to make a high-quality education accessible to all learners, so that DCPS students with disabilities become thriving independent members of society who will contribute to their communities and fulfill their highest potential. The team works to reduce the opportunity gap between students with IEPs and their non-disabled peers; and increases equity and excellence in schools through specific academic programming, related services, professional learning, school leadership development, family engagement, dispute resolution, and community partnerships.


The Content and Curriculum division is responsible for leading OTL's work in the areas of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, World Languages, and Dual Language.

Additionally, the team oversees related formative assessments, interventions, and the development of curriculum and professional development for teachers.


The Specialist, Interdisciplinary Curricular Redesign (3rd-5th) will support the planning, design, strategy, and implementation of curricular redesign work at DC Public Schools, in alignment with District priorities.

The Specialist, Interdisciplinary Curricular Redesign (3rd-5th) will report to the Manager, Interdisciplinary Curricular Redesign (3rd-5th).


Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned._
  • Internalizes current DCPS curricular sequence of standards and units across grade levels
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  • Builds sequence of SEAD integration across units and grade levels.
  • Creates 4week interdisciplinary units coherent with content that precedes and follows each unit.
  • Identifies targeted educative features to embed within each unit to support
  • SEADfocused facilitation of instruction for 3rd5th grade.
  • Designs and embeds authentic portfolio tasks.
  • Conducts QA for each unit and any additional curricular adjustments.
  • Engages in cycles of continual feedback/revision within each pilot site.
  • Collaborates in the design of key professional learning content connected to educative features for curricular implementation.
  • Supports the gathering and analysis of data for internal and external re
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