About Alma
Alma del Mar is a K-8 charter school whose mission is to put every one of our scholars on the path to college and to challenge them to be service-minded leaders. We do this by immersing our scholars in a highly demanding, highly supportive environment where they receive a content–rich education. As an Expeditionary Learning school, Alma brings to life a three dimensional vision of student achievement that includes mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high-quality student work.
We’re located in New Bedford, Massachusetts a beautiful coastal city known for its history as the heart of the whaling industry and as a central hub of the abolitionist movement.
Alma gets results for kids. Alma scholars not only outperform their district peers on MCAS, they often outperform their peers in the surrounding suburbs. In some areas, our scholar achievement now matches some of the highest performing schools in the Commonwealth. We have been nationally recognized for our work with English Language Learners.
The Network Curriculum Manager Role
The Network Curriculum Manager for Humanities are essential to ensuring that Alma del Mar has a strong, aligned curriculum in each academic discipline. These roles will report to the Director of Curriculum & Instruction. They are instructional leaders who work with teachers and leaders across both campuses. Curriculum Managers are responsible for maintaining a vision for strong curriculum and instruction in their content area and supporting leaders and teachers in planning and delivering excellent units and lessons schoolwide.
The Network Manager of Humanities Curriculum will start on July 15, 2026.
Duties include but are not limited to:
Curriculum Development & Data Analysis
- The creation or revision of Scope and Sequences across grade levels
- The creation or revision of interim exams across grade levels
- As needed, create unit or lesson plans for individuals or teams
- As needed, support school leaders with unit or lesson review
- Periodically spot check unit and lesson plans for quality and consistency
- Quarterly, provide an overview of data analysis trends and next steps for campus leaders
Support for School Leaders
- Joining instructional walks and leading debriefs as relevant for content teachers
- Facilitating Leaders’ PD on an ongoing basis to support content area coaching
- Provide one-on-one support for leaders as needed. May include:
- Co-observations and debriefs
- Guided curriculum internalization
Support for Teachers
- Teach model lessons
- Providing one-on-one or small group coaching in response to data that supplements coaching from their manager
- Facilitating Department Meetings or other PD sessions throughout the year
- Facilitating co-planning meetings for campus or network teams, including unit launches, lesson studies, and/or scholar work review
- As needed, pull small groups of students and support with priority interventions
Other Contributions
- Support campus leadership teams as needed with supporting a positive scholar culture and talent-focused adult culture
Who We’re Looking For
We seek outstanding people with the following qualifications:
- At least 5 years of classroom experience in a K-12 public charter or district school with a high population of students on IEPs and Multilingual Learners (Additional school leadership/management experience preferred)
- Proven track record of outstanding results as a classroom teacher
- Alignment to Alma’s vision for excellent ELA curriculum & instruction
- A belief that all scholars can achieve at high levels
- An entrepreneurial and creative approach to new work
- Adaptability, humility, resilience, and a hunger to learn and grow
- Strong team orientation
- A high level of personal organization and work management
- Bilingual candidates are highly encouraged to apply, especially those with proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese or Cape Verdean Creole
What You Can Expect
- Weekly meetings with a manager who supports you
- A strong benefits package
- Opportunity to be creative and impact the school and community
- Friendly, supportive, #almazing colleagues
Compensation: Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience. Starting salary is $75,000 to $85,000, depending on previous experience. Multilingual candidates are compensated higher. We offer a comprehensive benefits package.
Alma del Mar is an equal opportunity employer and an organization that values diversity. People from all diverse backgrounds and identities are strongly encouraged to apply. Spanish language proficiency is a plus.