Job Title: Curriculum & Learning Designer - English / Maths
School: Chrysalis High World School, Gunjur, Bengaluru
Department: Academics & Curriculum
Reports To: Principal (academic outputs also reviewed by Chairman & CEO)
Employment: Type Full-Time
Start Date: August 2026 (pre-launch phase — no students in Year 1)
Curriculum: Cambridge International (CAIE) — Primary through Lower Secondary
About the School:
· Chrysalis High World School is a new Cambridge International school launching in July 2027 in Gunjur, Bengaluru, on a shared campus with the established Chrysalis High (CBSE).
· The school is in its pre-launch phase and working toward full Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) affiliation.
· The Curriculum & Learning Designer will join in August 2026, a full year before the first student walks through the door, as a founding academic team member responsible for building the school’s entire curriculum architecture of a specific subject from the ground up.
Role Purpose:
· The Curriculum & Learning Designer will spend the entire first year — August 2026 to July 2027 — without a single student in the building. That is both the challenge and the opportunity: 12 uninterrupted months to design, document, and operationalise a complete Cambridge curriculum framework and resources for the specific assigned subject for Grades 1–8 before the school opens.
· The role has two equally important dimensions. Academically, this person is the school’s in-house Cambridge authority: designing Schemes of Work, building the resource library, supporting CAIE affiliation documentation, and recruiting and inducting the founding teacher team.
· Other responsibilities will include presenting at Open Houses, answering parent curriculum questions at admissions events, and helping the Parent Relations & Outreach Lead convert Cambridge-curious families into confirmed enrolments.
· The person who will thrive in this role is equally comfortable writing a Scheme of Work and explaining to the parents why Cambridge Pathways is the right choice for their child.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Curriculum Framework & Architecture
· Design and document a comprehensive, stage-by-stage curriculum framework for Cambridge Primary (Grades 1–5) and Cambridge Lower Secondary (Grades 6–8), covering one of the subjects (as per your subject domain) such as English, Mathematics, Science, and Global Perspectives as a subject matter expert.
· Develop subject-specific Schemes of Work (SoW) that align with CAIE learning objectives, Cambridge learner attributes, and the school’s vision and mission.
· Ensure curriculum continuity and vertical progression across grades, so that learning in Grade 3 meaningfully builds on Grade 2 and prepares for Grade 4.
· Map curriculum outcomes to CAIE’s Cambridge Pathway, ensuring readiness for Cambridge IGCSE transition at Grade 9.
· Develop an interdisciplinary framework where relevant, incorporating project-based learning (PBL), STEaM integration, and Global Perspectives threads across subjects.
2. Lesson Planning & Resource Development
· Create or curate high-quality lesson plan templates, unit plans, and teaching resources aligned to CAIE syllabi for each subject and grade band.
· Build a resource library covering Cambridge-endorsed textbooks, supplementary materials, digital tools, and assessment banks for use by all subject teachers.
· Develop formative and summative assessment frameworks including rubrics, check-for understanding tools, and end-of-unit assessments that reflect Cambridge assessment principles.
· Design a co-curricular and enrichment curriculum that supports the Cambridge learner profile through activities, clubs, competitions, and community engagement.
· Create resources for subject-specific in-house programs identified by the school.
3. CAIE Affiliation Support
· Serve as the school’s internal subject matter expert on CAIE requirements, staying current with Cambridge curriculum updates, syllabi revisions, and affiliation guidelines.
· Prepare and maintain curriculum documentation required for CAIE affiliation inspection, including subject plans, learning outcome matrices, and teaching and learning policies.
· Liaise with the Principal on CAIE compliance timelines, ensuring all curriculum deliverables are inspection-ready ahead of the affiliation visit.
· Support the preparation of the Cambridge School Review submission, particularly the sections covering curriculum breadth, depth, and assessment practice.
4. Teacher Recruitment & Induction
· Participate actively in the recruitment of all founding subject teachers for your assigned subject area, conducting subject knowledge assessments, reviewing teaching portfolios, and evaluating candidate writing samples (lesson plans or SoWs) as part of the hiring panel.
· Design and deliver a structured Cambridge Induction Programme for all incoming teachers prior to school opening, covering CAIE pedagogy, enquiry-based learning, formative assessment practice, and use of Cambridge curriculum resources.
· Facilitate weekly Curriculum Planning Meetings (CPMs) across subject teams once teachers are on board, ensuring alignment between planning documents and intended classroom delivery.
· Identify CPD needs across the teaching team and coordinate training through Cambridge’s professional development pathways, including Cambridge PDQ and CICTL programmes, with PDQ sponsorship as a formal benefit for eligible hires.
· Build a culture of reflective practice and collaborative curriculum ownership within the academic team from Day 1.
5. Admissions Support & Parent Engagement
· Serve as the academic face of Chrysalis High World School at all pre-launch events including Open Houses, Curriculum Information Sessions, and School Preview Days, presenting the Cambridge programme to prospective families with clarity, warmth, and authority.
· Partner with the Parent Relations & Outreach Lead to develop compelling, parent-friendly curriculum collateral: FAQs, subject guides, ‘Cambridge vs CBSE’ comparison documents, and grade-by-grade learning journey descriptions that convert curious inquiries into confirmed enrolments.
· Confidently address the most common parent objections at admissions events: differences between Cambridge and CBSE curricula, assessment approaches, university recognition, and what a typical week looks like for a Cambridge student.
· Conduct one-on-one academic consultations with high-intent parent prospects, explaining grade placement criteria, curriculum depth, and the school’s pedagogical philosophy.
· Provide the admissions team with updated and accurate curriculum messaging, ensuring all communications reflect the school’s Cambridge identity accurately and professionally.
6. Assessment, Data & Quality Assurance
· Establish the school’s assessment calendar for formative checkpoints, unit assessments, and end-of-term reviews across all grades and subjects.
· Design a student progress tracking system enabling teachers to monitor learning outcomes against CAIE benchmarks and report to parents meaningfully.
· Devise a system to analyse assessment data at class and cohort level to identify learning gaps, curriculum blind spots, and areas for targeted intervention.
· Plan systems for curriculum audits, reviewing lesson plan completion rates, resource usage, and assessment outcomes to report to the Principal.
7. Inclusion, Differentiation & Global Competence
· Embed differentiation principles into curriculum and lesson design, ensuring the framework supports diverse learners including high achievers and students with additional learning needs.
· Integrate global competence, intercultural awareness, and sustainability themes across subjects in line with Cambridge’s global education framework.
· Ensure the curriculum reflects the Cambridge learner attributes — confident, responsible, reflective, innovative, and engaged — as observable, measurable outcomes.
Qualifications & Experience
· Master’s degree in Education, Curriculum Design in a relevant subject discipline.
· A Bachelor’s with exceptional experience will be considered.
· Minimum 5–7 years of experience in a Cambridge International school environment, with direct experience in curriculum planning and CAIE-aligned teaching.
· Demonstrated experience writing Schemes of Work, unit plans, and assessment frameworks for Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary programmes.
· Cambridge PDQ (Professional Development Qualification) or CICTL certification is preferred.
· Prior experience as a curriculum coordinator, head of department, or academic lead in an international school is an added advantage.
· Experience supporting a CAIE affiliation process or Cambridge School Review is highly desirable.
Skills & Competencies
· Deep, working knowledge of the Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary curriculum frameworks in one of the subjects such as English, Mathematics, Science, or Global Perspectives.
· Strong instructional design skills — able to translate Cambridge learning objectives into practical, engaging, and well-sequenced lesson content.
· Excellent written communication: capable of producing professional curriculum documents, assessment rubrics, and policy papers independently.
· Confident public presenter: comfortable addressing groups of 20–50 parents at admissions events, Open Houses, and curriculum information sessions with authority and warmth.
· Able to explain the Cambridge curriculum to non-educator audiences — translating academic language into parent-friendly, compelling narratives that support admissions conversion.
· Collaborative and facilitative: able to work alongside teachers as a co-creator rather than a top-down curriculum authority.
· Budget-aware: able to recommend curriculum resource purchases within institutional parameters, prioritise spend, and provide the Principal with costed resource plans.
· Data-literate: comfortable analysing assessment results and translating data into curriculum improvement decisions.
· Comfortable with ambiguity and building systems from scratch in a startup school environment with evolving structures.
· Proficiency in Google Workspace and curriculum management or LMS tools identified by the school.
Key Performance Indicators (Pre-Launch Phase: August 2026 – July 2027)
Note: There are no students in Year 1. All KPIs relate to curriculum readiness, CAIE compliance, teacher recruitment, and admissions support.
· Cambridge curriculum audit complete — all CAIE syllabi, endorsed resources, and affiliation requirements mapped and reviewed.
· Schemes of Work for all core subjects, Grades 1–8, submitted and approved by the Principal.
· Curriculum Policy and Teaching & Learning Policy completed in CAIE affiliation-ready format.
· Costed curriculum resource plan (textbooks, digital tools, assessment platforms) submitted to Principal for budget approval.
· Participate in shortlisting and interview panels for all founding subject teacher appointments.
· Full lesson plan library and resource bank available for all core subjects across Grades 1–8.
· Present at a minimum of 3 parent-facing admissions events (Open Houses, Curriculum Information Sessions) with feedback rated ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’ by 90%+ of attendees.
· Cambridge teacher induction programme designed and ready for delivery to all founding teachers joining in May–June 2027.
· All curriculum documentation submitted and cleared as part of CAIE affiliation inspection preparation.
· School opens with 100% of Grades 1–8 having complete SoWs, lesson plans, resource packs, and assessment frameworks in place.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation is benchmarked against Cambridge and international school academic lead roles in Bengaluru, reflecting the seniority, dual academic-commercial scope, and strategic importance of this appointment:
· Probation Period: 12 months, confirmed upon submission of Schemes of Work for Grades 1–8 and completion of at least one parent-facing admissions event
· PDQ sponsorship provided for candidates not yet certified, subject to 2-year service commitment
· Opportunity to grow into Curriculum Lead or Section Coordinator as the school expands.
Why Join Chrysalis High World School?
This is a once-in-a-career opportunity to design a Cambridge school’s academic programme from a blank canvas — with a full uninterrupted year to do it right before the first student arrives. The Curriculum & Learning Designer who joins us will:
· Author the complete academic framework of a brand-new Cambridge school — every SoW, every policy, every assessment tool — a professional body of work that is entirely their own.
· Be the academic voice of the school to prospective families during the admissions phase — shaping how the Cambridge programme is understood and chosen in the Sarjapur–Gunjur corridor.
· Recruit and shape the founding teacher team, building the culture of teaching and learning from Day 1.
· Work directly with the Principal in a high-trust environment where academic decisions carry institutional weight.
· Be part of the CAIE affiliation journey — a process that fewer than a handful of educators in Bengaluru have experienced from the founding side.
· Join the Chrysalis High family, a respected education brand in Bengaluru, as it makes its entry into the Cambridge international space.
Pay: ₹700,000.00 - ₹800,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
