Manager, Curriculum Development

MINDSG LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational organization in Singapore seeks a Curriculum Developer to enhance educational offerings. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to create effective curricula, providing staff training, and ensuring quality in educational practices. Candidates should have a master's degree in a relevant field and at least 5 years of experience in curriculum development, ideally with a background in special needs education.

Qualifications

• A master's or degree in education, curriculum, educational technology, or related fields.
• 5 years of related work experience in an educational setting.
• Experience in special needs and curriculum development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop quality curricula and instructional strategies.
• Review and update existing curriculum to ensure relevance.
• Support implementation of the curriculum through staff training.

Skills

Curriculum development

Stakeholder communication

Data analytics

Education

Master's or degree in education or related field

Job description

• Collaborate with educators, subject experts, policymakers, and other relevant professionals to develop quality curricula, instructional strategies and learning resources
• Review, update and make relevant revisions to the existing curriculum to ensure that the curricula and instructional design remain current and relevant
• Consult on curriculum development, material selection and alignment with MOE curriculum framework
• Work closely with MINDS entities to field-test and evaluate the implementation of the curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment across MINDS to ensure quality delivery across MINDS
• Support the implementation of the curriculum through staff training and development of quality teaching-learning resources
• Conduct feedback reviews with internal and external stakeholders to evaluate effectiveness of the curriculum and instructional design, and provide recommendations for improvement
• Take on administrative and project management duties and obligations responsibly as part of overall curriculum development and management.
• Train and/or facilitate training of staff in the use of curriculum materials to enhance teaching and the application of instructional techniques to achieve students'/ client's learning
• Support teachers/ training staff in the understanding and application of educational and curriculum plans, strategies, and materials
• Work with teachers/ training staff to be able to develop educational/ training and transition goals
• Work with teachers/ training staff to develop the learning units that translate the domain curriculums into assessments and learning activities
• Plan, research and develop curriculum to support the review of curricula, improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning and explore strategies to overcome the challenges encountered by schools, students, and teachers
• Collect, organise and interpret statistical information related to curriculum development to help make sense of trends, practices and help guide decisions.
• Make recommendations about the methods and ways to obtain and analyze data to improve quality and the efficiency of data systems
• Work closely with the MINDS entities to support curricula innovation during the review and revision of the existing curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment

Qualifications

• A master's or degree in education, curriculum, educational technology, educational psychology, instructional design, communication or related field; a background in teaching and/or professional development, knowledge of current curricula models, instructional design frameworks and assessment methods

Other Information

• At least 5 years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in a similar educational setting
• Experience in special needs and curriculum development
• Demonstrated experience in applied research and data analytics
• High level of written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders (e.g. teachers, training officers, AHPs and management)
• Experience in writing journal papers, technical reports, position papers and practice briefs with minimal guidance (Track record of publications is highly valued)