Curriculum Head- Science

Role Summary

The Curriculum Head – Science will provide academic and instructional leadership for the Science curriculum across grades. The role will lead curriculum design, implementation, assessment, teacher development, and academic quality improvement, ensuring alignment with the school’s academic vision, learning outcomes, and standards of teaching and learning.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced Science educator with strong subject expertise and proven experience in curriculum development, pedagogy, teacher training, assessment design, instructional coaching, and academic evaluation.

Key Responsibilities

• Curriculum & Content Development: Lead the design, review, mapping, sequencing, and progression of the Science curriculum across grades, ensuring conceptual depth, breadth, academic rigour, and clear learning outcomes.
  
• Content Creation & Curation: Develop, review, and standardise high-quality Science content including lesson plans, teacher guides, student learning modules, worksheets, concept resources, presentations, projects, case studies, practical activities, enrichment and intervention materials.
  
• Content Quality: Ensure all Science content is scientifically accurate, age-appropriate, curriculum-aligned, engaging, well-structured, and progressively scaffolded, with emphasis on conceptual understanding, application, scientific reasoning, and higher-order thinking.
  
• Assessment Content: Lead the development and quality assurance of question banks, question papers, competency- and application-based questions, case studies, practical assessments, projects, rubrics, and formative assessment resources aligned to learning outcomes.
  
• Practical & Experiential Learning: Strengthen laboratory work, experimentation, inquiry, investigations, projects, real-world applications, and STEM connections within the curriculum and learning resources.
  
• Teacher Development: Design and deliver professional development to strengthen Science subject knowledge, pedagogy, lesson design, content delivery, questioning, differentiation, practical teaching, and assessment practices.
  
• Instructional Coaching: Conduct classroom observations and review lesson plans, student work, and assessments; provide actionable feedback and coaching to improve the quality and consistency of Science teaching.
  
• Academic Evaluation: Analyse student performance and classroom evidence to identify learning gaps and misconceptions and use insights to improve curriculum, content, teaching strategies, and interventions.
  
• Resource & Repository Management: Build and maintain a structured repository of Science teaching, learning, assessment, practical, enrichment, and intervention resources.
  
• Continuous Improvement: Stay abreast of developments in Science education, pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, and educational technology, and continuously enhance content and academic practices.
  
• Academic Collaboration: Work with the Principal, academic leadership, coordinators, and Science educators to establish academic priorities, maintain standards, resolve implementation challenges, and build a culture of Science excellence.
  

Requirements

Qualification & Experience

• Master’s degree in Science.
  
• Additional qualification in Education, Curriculum & Instruction, or Educational Leadership is desirable.
  
• 8–12+ years of experience in Science education, with demonstrated progression into curriculum, academic, or instructional leadership.
  
• Proven expertise in Science curriculum development, teacher training, assessment design, instructional coaching, and academic evaluation.
  
• Strong experience in developing teaching-learning resources, assessment frameworks, question papers, and subject-specific content.
  
• Strong understanding of inquiry-based, experiential, competency-based, and application-oriented Science pedagogy.
  

Core Competencies

Science Subject Expertise | Curriculum Design & Development | Pedagogical Leadership | Teacher Training & Mentoring | Assessment Design | Instructional Coaching | Academic Evaluation | Experiential & Practical Learning | Learning Outcome Analysis | Content Development | Academic Quality Assurance | Educational Leadership