Job Location Sunbeam Family Services - Oklahoma City, OK 73106 Position Type Full Time Education Level Undergraduate Degree
The Curriculum Coordinator supports high-quality early childhood education by leading curriculum development, implementation, and innovation across Early Childhood Services (ECS). This role enhances classroom practices through curricula and assessments, maintaining alignment of classroom materials with educational goals, and overseeing the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) Program to ensure its continued relevance, effectiveness, and integration into classroom instruction.
Working collaboratively with related content areas, the Curriculum Coordinator provides technical assistance, contributes to professional development initiatives, and supports data-informed decision-making related to curriculum effectiveness. This position plays a key role in fostering children's growth within developmental domains through thoughtful curriculum integration.
This role is instrumental in shaping the educational experience by promoting best practices and supporting educators through aiding onboarding curriculum training for new staff and refresher training for current staff as needed. The Curriculum Coordinator ensures that staff are equipped with the knowledge and tools necessary to deliver engaging, developmentally appropriate instruction through curriculum and materials.
All employees and volunteers are expected to be sensitive to our clients’ cultural and socioeconomic characteristics, reflect Sunbeam Family Services’ core values and to perform at Sunbeam’s standards of excellence at all times.
Promote, encourage, and display examples of leadership for the agency in accordance with the agency mission.
Demonstrate understanding of developmentally appropriate and evidence-based practices.
Exemplify the values expected within the program and promote the mission of the organization.
Collaborate within and across content areas and Communities, promoting a teamwork mentality that facilitates inter-disciplinary practice and service delivery to enhance Education, Disabilities, STEAM, Early Birds, and Professional Development.
Exemplify a commitment to continually improving the overall ECS program, maintaining knowledge of best practices, and utilizing data to improve child outcomes.
Provide leadership in identifying and recommending evidence-based curriculum options for implementation at Sunbeam and partnership sites.
Collaborate with the Education Services Team to ensure selected curricula align with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (HSELOF), and meet standards for developmental appropriateness, trauma-informed practice, cultural and linguistic relevance, and instructional rigor.
Lead the design, innovation, and refinement of comprehensive, integrated curriculum systems that align with early childhood best practices, the HSELOF, state early learning guidelines/standards (ELGs), and school readiness goals.
Provide strategic direction and subject-matter expertise in curriculum planning, ensuring cohesion across content areas and classrooms.
Lead the design and delivery of professional development related to curriculum and instructional strategies.
Conduct onboarding training for new ECS staff focused on the curriculum, its expectations, and use in the classroom.
Provide refresher training to current staff as needed to reinforce curriculum fidelity and instructional quality.
Supports fidelity of implementation and continuous improvement through curriculum innovation and evaluation with the Instructional Coaches and the Coaching to Fidelity App.
Evaluate Curriculum Fidelity Program Wide through observations, surveys, outcome data analysis, lesson plan audits, and coaching collaborations.
Pilot new curriculum models and instructional strategies, gathering feedback and data to inform future adoption.
Monitor the Interrater Reliability Certifications program wide and collaborate with Instructional Coaches Quarterly to align with the Assessment Periods.
Oversee the STEAM Program, ensuring integration into classroom activities and alignment with educational standards.
Maintain and manage classroom materials to support curriculum delivery and learning outcomes.
Collaborate with staff to review and approve school purchases, ensuring materials align with high-quality standards.
Collaborate with the Education Services Team to align curriculum with child development goals and school readiness standards.
Stay current with early childhood education trends, research, and best practices to inform curriculum decisions.
Ensure curriculum supports diverse learners and promotes inclusive, culturally responsive teaching.
Train, guide, and monitor the implementation of assessments and curricula.
Assist in the following Education Processes: Onboarding, Self-Assessment, Integrated Services Plan, Program Information Report (PIR), and Education Procedure and workflow updates.
Work closely with data team and Communities to analyze and evaluate the ECS program, school readiness goals, and ECS data to monitor current practice effectiveness, identifying trends and gaps, and generating recommendations for ECS program quality improvement.
Assist in informing the annual ELN/OECP individual and classroom assessment process, reviewing results to guide professional development needs.
Assist in Disabilities and STEAM events and training as assigned by Supervisor.
Represent Sunbeam in community collaborations and events as directed by supervisor.
Promote culturally sensitive practice.
Promote, encourage, and display examples of leadership with clients, co-workers, and the community.
Travel locally as required in the performance of responsibilities.
Perform other appropriate and related responsibilities as assigned by supervisor, Senior Program Director, Chief Program Officer, or Chief Executive Officer.
Minimally Required
Preferred
Education
Bachelor's degree in early childhood education or related field with equivalent coursework in ECE (Early Childhood Education)
Master's degree in early childhood education
Lic / Cert
CLASS certification
Experience
Early education teaching experience
Experience in developmentally appropriate practice and inclusion, and curricula development and application
Experience coaching, guiding, and mentoring within the education of children and families
Experience with parent education programs and curricula
Skills
Knowledge
Abilities
Caring and compassionate attitude when interacting with and caring for children and families
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Head Start Performance Standards.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working, relationships with staff, community partners, organizations, and the public
Interpersonal skills including collaboration and work within multi-disciplinary teams
Knowledge and understanding of current practices in early childhood education with an emphasis in teacher-child interactions and using curriculum and assessments to plan and individualize
Knowledge and understanding of the early childhood coaching model and CLASS assessment cycle
Ability to present, motivate, articulate, and model best practices within early childhood services
Knowledge and understanding of Child Plus
Excellent command of English language and grammar, both verbal and written
Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft applications and the ability to master other software as needed
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Communicate in a professional manner, demonstrating dignity and respect for both our internal and external partners/community members
Process, protect, and exercise discretion in handling confidential information and materials
Able to detect, discern, distinguish, observe, inspect, and compare reports related to Education Requirements.
Sustained concentration to detail and accuracy, along with the ability to prioritize workload
Must be able to travel and work some evenings and weekends as required by the job
Valid Oklahoma driver’s license and state required vehicle insurance for any vehicle used in performance of job duties
Knowledge and understanding of NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Early Childhood Program Standards and Code of Ethics
Bilingual Spanish/English speaking ability to interact with children and families from multilingual homes
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to frequently communicate with staff and others and must be able to exchange accurate information when doing so. Employee must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time and occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office equipment, attend meetings, etc. Occasionally must be able to move needed materials weighing up to 50 pounds.
Work Environment
Employee will work in an office environment, may work in close quarters with other staff and small children. The noise level in the work environment varies from moderate to loud; frequent chaotic, characteristic to working with children ages 0-5 years. Employee must expect exposure to strong odors such as soiled diapers and clothing, and poor hygiene. Employee may come into contact with childhood diseases and blood on occasion.
Other
The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. The qualifications, physical demands, and work environment described herein are representative of those an employee will encounter and must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel or candidate and may be subject to change at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
Sunbeam Family Services is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fairness and equity in employment practices for all persons without regard to any characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Established in 1907, Sunbeam is one of Oklahoma’s longest-serving nonprofits. Sunbeam helps over 4,000 Central Oklahoma children and families learn, grow, and thrive each year through early childcare and education, with specialized wraparound support for entire family systems, including mental health services, and programming for foster families and grandparents raising their grandchildren.
Through its nationally-recognized early childhood program, Sunbeam prepares babies and toddlers to enter kindergarten through full-day, year-round early care and education. Its traditional (legacy) foster care program provides temporary care and supportive services in a home environment for children. Finally, to provide robust wraparound care, sliding-scale mental health services are available to Sunbeam’s clients and the community. Through the mental health program, Sunbeam provides individual, family, group, and play therapy along with support groups and psycho-educational classes.
