Director of Curriculum & Instruction

Join Insight’s Leadership Team and help craft ongoing development of innovative curriculum and pedagogical practices and competency-based assessment in a unique learner-driven micro high school environment. 

Excited about innovative educational models that place learners at the center of every decision? Enjoy leading on program vision and implementation? Love helping highly qualified instructors reach and guide high schoolers in cultivating sophisticated learning skills, while discovering their passions and purpose? Able to juggle multiple tasks at a time?

If so, we want to hear from you ASAP! 

Position Description:

Insight is a dynamic micro school in the heart of Durham that is working to change the face of high school education. In our 6th year, we are looking to grow our leadership team as we reach our full potential.

We are seeking an innovative education leader who is committed to co-creating an educational environment that combines rich interdisciplinary coursework, experiential learning, differentiated instruction, and high standards, all within a caring and empathetic community. The Director of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) will help create and lead an innovative, developmentally appropriate program that allows high schoolers to discover who they are and who they want to become through relevant academic coursework and authentic, community-engaged learning.

The Director of C&I will be a full time staff member who will serve as a core member of Insight’s Administrative Leadership Team and will report to the Executive Director.

The Director of Curriculum and Instruction will join other educators to create a dynamic learning experience by contributing in the following ways:

Administrative Leadership

  • Serve as a core member of the Administrative Leadership Team. Hire, onboard, and supervise all instructional staff, contractors, interns, and volunteers, working within the budget parameters provided by the Executive Director and Director of Operations.

Program Leadership

  • Iterate on and lead implementation of Insight’s comprehensive academic and student support programs, including the Growth Framework, milestones to graduation, coursework, advising, caregiver education, and social-emotional learning

  • Ensure that Insight’s programs meet the highest standards for accreditation, college admissions, and career readiness

  • Collaborate with instructors and learners to develop program artifacts (e.g. student transcripts and portfolios, recommendations) for use in internal evaluation, college admissions, and scholarship processes

  • Teach at least one course per semester

Advising/ Social Emotional Learning Leadership

  • Coordinate the advising system for students

  • Advise up to 8 students per year

Qualifications:

The Director Curriculum and Instruction will have a passion for learning and teaching and a demonstrated ability to build rapport with students and adults. They will be committed to evidence-based practice and student-driven learning. They will have deep respect for young people, as well as empathy for the challenges they face. In addition, Insight seeks a candidate with:

  • Strong commitment to Insight’s mission and values

  • Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion

  • A minimum of 5 years teaching experience

  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills

  • Command of evidence-based pedagogy and curriculum development

  • Experience designing relevant and engaging learning experiences 

  • Excellent writing, communication, and interpersonal skills

  • Ability to collaborate and embrace the ambiguous nature of working in a startup environment (gracefully flexible and adaptable)

Join our team and enjoy

  • Workplace culture that encourages creativity, innovation, and empowerment

  • Life-changing moments in an organization that aims to change the world

  • A chance to partner with like-minded educational juggernauts that are willing to put students at the helm of their educational journey.

  • Professional development in the most current practices of learner-centered education

Apply Today: We’re looking for someone who fits in well with our team and is ready to get started planning for the upcoming school year. If this opportunity excites you, please send a cover letter and resume to Susan Haws, Executive Director, Insight Colearning Center at susan@insightcolearning.org at your earliest possible convenience. 

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.

More About Insight:

Insight Colearning is a 501 C-3 nonprofit organization and NC Independent School based in Durham, NC with a mission to prepare traditionally under-served teens to make a difference in a rapidly changing and uncertain world by providing an exemplary high school experience that combines rigorous, college-style coursework, authentic problem-based learning, one-on-one advising, accommodations and respect for learning differences, and participation in a dynamic and diverse learning community.