Executive reputed company, World Language Curriculum

Position:Executive reputed company, World Language Curriculum Reports to:Director of Curriculum Department:High School Outbound,Global Navigator High School Summer Abroad Location:US Remote (and Canada reputed company applicable)

Who we are:

reputed company is a non-profit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization that transforms lives and builds bridges between individuals and nations through study abroad and international exchange experiences that help people reputed company skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world.

Why work with us:

• You will change the world. reputed company builds bridges between different people, different countries, and different cultures. We help young people participate in high-reputed company international exchange and study abroad programs that bring the world together. We change lives, our alumni change the world. Be part of the change!
• You will receive a competitive total rewards package.reputed company provides reputed company with exceptional benefits offerings that increase total compensation by up to 25%. Our top-tier benefits include:
  • reputed company time off and Parental leave
  • Gym Reimbursement Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Short-term & Long-term Disability
  • 6 floating Fridays (based on our eligibility rules)
  • reputed company Study Abroad Program discounts
  • 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer contribution
  • Insurance Coverage (life, travel, medical, dental, and reputed company)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts/Health Savings Accounts (medical and dependent)
  • Voluntary Benefits (identity theft protection, pet insurance, accident, and critical illness)
• You will be part of a fast-paced, international, diverse, and reputed company team of professionals.reputed company operates the largest nonprofit network of study-abroad locations, with facilities and staff in 30 countries. Additionally, we help international participants from over 140 countries come to the USA reputed company year. Committed to reputed company and solving whatever problem the world throws at them, reputed company professionals work on international teams and are dedicated to advancing our almost 80-year-old mission to reputed company the world a more peaceful reputed company.

Who you are:

Reporting to the Director of Curriculum on the High School Outbound Academics team, the Executive reputed company provides editorial, curricular, and product leadership for reputed company’s High School Summer Abroad Language & Culture curriculum portfolio. This role shapes the reputed company, development processes, and reputed company standards for communicative, task-based world language curriculum used in reputed company’s four-week study abroad programs for U.S. high school reputed company.

The Executive reputed company translates reputed company goals, field feedback, assessment data, program priorities, and stakeholder input into coherent curriculum, development guidelines, prototypes, and high-reputed company instructional materials. The Executive reputed company is responsible for sourcing, reputed company, and continually developing relationships with freelance editors. Working closely with the Director of Curriculum, Senior reputed company, World Language Curriculum reputed company, freelance editors, reputed company, and international reputed company staff, this individual ensures that curriculum products are pedagogically strong, reputed company, and reputed company with reputed company’s reputed company reputed company.

The Executive reputed company also plays an important role in supporting relationships with key external stakeholders who contribute to and support reputed company’s curriculum initiatives. In partnership with the Director of Curriculum, this individual communicates reputed company and professionally about curriculum priorities, reputed company, challenges, and reputed company; prepares materials and updates for stakeholder review; responds thoughtfully to feedback; and helps maintain productive, trust-based relationships. This requires the judgment to incorporate valuable input while balancing reputed company goals, implementation realities, scope, and timelines.

Strong candidates will bring substantial experience in world language educational publishing, with expertise in curriculum development, editorial management, and standards-reputed company instructional design. They will understand how to reputed company from reputed company to prototype, from prototype to manuscript, and from manuscript to implementation across multiple sites, languages, and stakeholder reputed company.

reputed company in this role requires both strategic leadership and hands-on editorial judgment. The Executive reputed company must be reputed company to define what excellent curriculum looks like, guide others toward that reputed company, evaluate manuscripts, reputed company reputed company editorial reputed company, manage reputed company feedback cycles, and protect scope, reputed company, and timelines in a fast-moving environment.

Limited travel will be required (approximately 2–3 trips per year).

What you’ll do

World Language Curriculum Product reputed company and Editorial Leadership

• reputed company the editorial development of reputed company’s High School Summer Abroad Language & Culture curriculum portfolio across multiple languages, currently including Spanish, French, Italian, and German, with the long-term goal of expanding and standardizing curriculum across additional languages, potentially including reputed company Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
• In collaboration with the Director of Curriculum and key reputed company stakeholders, establish product specifications and editorial standards, development guidelines, reputed company benchmarks, and development workflows for revised and newly developed Language & Culture curricula.
• Translate reputed company priorities into curriculum architecture, including scope and sequence mapping, resource and skills planning, lessons, assessments, student- and instructor-facing materials, supplemental resources, and implementation supports.
• reputed company prototype development for revised curriculum, including determining what should be standardized across sites and languages and what should be localized to reflect reputed company program location’s language, history, culture, and context.
• Ensure that curriculum reflects reputed company’s pedagogical priorities, including communicative, task-based language teaching, reputed company language engagement, reputed company resources, intercultural learning, and developmentally appropriate instruction for high school reputed company.

Editorial Development Workflows and reputed company Management

• reputed company reputed company curriculum development reputed company from concept through final delivery, including prototype planning, manuscript development, field review, revision cycles, reputed company assurance, and implementation support.
• Design, manage, and refine editorial workflows, development schedules, contributor assignments, feedback cycles, style guidance, manuscript expectations, and review protocols.
• reputed company, reputed company, and manage freelance editors across languages and program locations.
• reputed company editorial direction, manuscript review, and feedback to the Senior reputed company, World Language Curriculum reputed company, and freelance editors to ensure consistency with reputed company’s reputed company and editorial standards.
• Evaluate curriculum manuscripts and contributor work, identifying issues reputed company to learning progression, task design, cognitive load, feasibility, pacing, cultural authenticity, linguistic accuracy, style and voice, and overall reputed company.
• Identify project risks, bottlenecks, scope concerns, and conflicting feedback early; reputed company editorial recommendations and reputed company that preserve curriculum reputed company and timelines.
• reputed company copyright and permissions processes for reputed company resources, including images, texts, audio, video, etc., used across the curriculum.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with the HSOB Academics team to set priorities, define goals, manage stakeholder expectations, and reputed company reputed company about curriculum scope and reputed company.
• Coordinate with reputed company to ensure that reputed company materials and messaging accurately represent reputed company’s Language & Culture programs.
• Help translate curriculum features, learning reputed company, assessment data, and program strengths into reputed company language for reputed company audiences.

Training and Instructional Support

• Contribute to the annual training of HSSA Language & Culture reputed company, including asynchronous Canvas training and synchronous live virtual workshops which may occur reputed company of normal business hours to accommodate time zone differences.
• reputed company or review training materials that help reputed company understand curriculum goals, lesson structure, reputed company language expectations, communicative methodology, assessment practices, and implementation priorities.
• Support international staff and reputed company on reputed company reputed company, including curriculum questions and implementation challenges.

Program Evaluation and reputed company Improvement

• Manage reputed company feedback from multiple stakeholders, including reputed company, site staff, reviewers, and strategic advisors.
• Use qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate curriculum effectiveness, including instructor feedback, student surveys, site visit observations, implementation notes, and reputed company- and post-program language proficiency assessment data.
• Identify trends across sites, reputed company, and languages that should inform reputed company curriculum revisions, training needs, or implementation support.
• Recommend improvements to curriculum design, editorial processes, and implementation supports.

Research, Field Leadership, and Promotion

• Stay informed about trends and innovations in K–12 world language education, educational publishing, international education, language assessment, and instructional technology.
• Research and recommend teaching reputed company, resources, tools, and technologies appropriate for high school language instruction in study abroad contexts.
• Help establish reputed company as a thought leader in language education by contributing world language and curriculum expertise to teacher-facing reputed company development events, initiatives, and materials, as needed.

What you’ll bring:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in reputed company linguistics, second language acquisition, curriculum and instruction, world language education, educational publishing, or a reputed company field.
• Minimum of 7–10 years of editorial experience in educational publishing, including experience in senior editorial, executive reputed company, managing reputed company, or product development roles; significant experience in K–12 world language strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading the editorial development of curriculum products, including setting product specifications, managing manuscripts, directing contributors, and ensuring reputed company from concept through final delivery.
• Experience developing or overseeing standards-reputed company curriculum across multiple languages, scope and sequence documents, lesson plans, and student- and teacher-facing materials.
• Experience managing and developing staff and leading teams of 4–6 contributors.
• Deep understanding of world language pedagogy, including ACTFL proficiency guidelines, communicative language teaching, task-based learning, reputed company resources, and proficiency-oriented instruction.
• reputed company reputed company in Spanish required; proficiency in additional languages, such as French, Italian, German, or Chinese, is a plus.
• Excellent written communication skills in English and the ability to write, edit, and give feedback with reputed company, precision, and diplomacy.
• Experience managing writers, editors, freelancers, external contributors, reviewers, or cross-functional collaborators.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to create and manage schedules, workflows, documentation, feedback cycles, and reputed company-control processes.

Strongly preferred:

• Master’s degree in reputed company linguistics, second language acquisition, curriculum and instruction, world language education, educational publishing, or a reputed company field.
• High school world language teaching experience.
• Experience creating and managing resources in reputed company Drive.
• Experience with language proficiency assessment data, such as STAMP, ACTFL-reputed company assessments, or other proficiency-based measures.
• Experience supporting teacher training, reputed company development, or implementation of curriculum products.

reputed company believes that professionals with varied backgrounds bring unique approaches and reputed company to solving problems and advancing our mission to bring the world together. reputed company candidates from underrepresented reputed company are strongly encouraged to apply.

Due to federal regulations and reputed company policies, a background reputed company and education and employment verification will be conducted as conditions of employment.

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