Curriculum Development & Instructional Readiness Consultant - Contract

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Flexible schedule
• Opportunity for advancement

Celeste Beauty Academy, Inc. | Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC
Planning & Pre-Opening Contract | August 2027 School Opening
Project-Based Contract | Curriculum Development & Instructional Readiness

Celeste Beauty Academy (CBA) is seeking an experienced Curriculum Development & Instructional Readiness Consultant to support the development of CBA’s comprehensive academic and Career & Technical Education instructional framework during its charter-school planning year.

CBA is preparing to open a public charter high school in August 2027 integrating rigorous academics, cosmetology licensure preparation, entrepreneurship, leadership development, career readiness, and workforce preparation.

The selected consultant will work closely with CBA’s Executive Director, Founding Principal, CTE Teachers, Exceptional Children staff, and other instructional stakeholders to move CBA from its approved charter-school instructional model into a comprehensive, implementation-ready curriculum framework.

Contract Purpose

The consultant’s primary responsibility will be to ensure CBA has a documented, standards-aligned instructional framework covering all required academic and cosmetology pathway courses and demonstrating clear readiness for the school’s August 2027 opening.

This is a deliverable-based consulting engagement , not an ongoing instructional employee position.

Primary Deliverables

The consultant will lead and/or support development of:

• Comprehensive curriculum-development work plan.

• Academic course sequence for CBA’s opening grades.

• Multi-year course progression through Grade 12.

• North Carolina Standard Course of Study alignment.

• Future-Ready Core alignment.

• Cosmetology/CTE course sequence.

• Cosmetology instructional-hour mapping.

• Academic and cosmetology pathway integration.

• Entrepreneurship and career-readiness integration.

• Course-level curriculum frameworks.

• Scope and sequence.

• Pacing guidance.

• Essential standards and learning objectives.

• Assessment strategy.

• Instructional-resource recommendations.

• Intervention and student-support considerations.

• EC and MLL instructional-access considerations.

• Teacher implementation expectations.

• Curriculum-review and revision procedures.

• Evidence package suitable for NC GROW and charter-school opening-readiness review.

Corrective Action Plan Deliverables

The consultant will work with CBA leadership to meet the following required planning milestones:

By November 21, 2026

• Develop and document the curriculum-development timeline.

• Establish responsibilities and review milestones.

• Inventory all academic and cosmetology courses requiring curriculum development.

• Establish the instructional-development workflow.

By December 21, 2026

• Produce a complete draft curriculum framework.

• Include all required academic and cosmetology pathway courses.

• Include course sequencing.

• Demonstrate academic/cosmetology alignment.

• Address instructional-hour considerations.

• Provide dated documentation demonstrating progress and responsible parties.

By January 20, 2027

• Complete the final curriculum framework.

• Incorporate leadership feedback.

• Document Principal/leadership review.

• Prepare the framework for Board review where applicable.

• Produce organized final files suitable for CBA’s opening-readiness evidence.

Academic Curriculum Development

The consultant will support CBA in translating the approved charter model into an actionable high-school instructional program.

Responsibilities include:

• Identify all required courses for the grades CBA will serve.

• Map courses across Grades 9–12.

• Align academic curriculum to applicable North Carolina standards.

• Review graduation requirements.

• Establish prerequisite/course -progression relationships.

• Support instructional pacing.

• Develop curriculum maps or framework templates.

• Identify core curricular resources.

• Support development of common instructional expectations.

• Recommend appropriate formative and summative assessment approaches.

• Support alignment between academic instruction and CBA’s career-focused model.

CTE & Cosmetology Curriculum Alignment

A major component of this engagement will be ensuring CBA’s cosmetology pathway is integrated appropriately with its academic program.

Responsibilities include:

• Work with CBA’s CTE/cosmetology instructional team.

• Map cosmetology courses across applicable grade levels.

• Identify instructional-hour considerations.

• Align program sequencing with applicable CTE and cosmetology requirements.

• Identify required instructional resources.

• Identify lab, equipment, supply, and instructional-material needs.

• Support alignment between classroom instruction and practical skill development.

• Incorporate career-readiness competencies.

• Incorporate entrepreneurship and business-development concepts.

• Support preparation for applicable industry credentials and licensure pathways.

The consultant is not expected to independently make regulatory determinations outside their professional qualifications. Regulatory questions should be coordinated with CBA leadership and applicable state agencies.

Exceptional Children, MLL & Instructional Accessibility

The curriculum framework should reflect CBA’s responsibility to serve diverse learners.

The consultant will collaborate with EC and instructional staff to incorporate:

• Differentiation.

• Universal access considerations.

• Accommodations and modifications.

• Intervention structures.

• Multi-Tiered Systems of Support considerations.

• EC instructional access.

• MLL instructional access.

• Appropriate assessment supports.

• Accessible curriculum-resource planning.

Curriculum Systems & Documentation

The consultant will establish systems CBA can maintain after the consulting engagement ends.

Deliverables should include:

• Standard curriculum-map template.

• Standard course-framework template.

• Curriculum-development tracker.

• Curriculum-review process.

• Resource-selection framework.

• Course-documentation structure.

• Shared curriculum-file organization.

• Revision/version-control process.

• Final curriculum-development status report.

All final curriculum work must be stored in CBA-controlled systems.

Collaboration Expectations

The consultant will collaborate closely with:

• Executive Director.

• Founding Principal.

• CTE/cosmetology instructional staff.

• Exceptional Children staff.

• Other instructional contractors or advisors.

• Board curriculum/education representatives where appropriate.

• NC GROW or other technical-assistance providers when requested.

The consultant should be prepared to participate in structured curriculum working sessions and provide concise progress updates against established milestones.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, curriculum and instruction, instructional design, educational leadership, or a related field.

• Demonstrated professional experience developing or aligning K–12 curriculum.

• Strong knowledge of curriculum mapping, standards alignment, scope and sequence, pacing, instructional resources, and assessment design.

• Experience translating educational-program concepts into implementation-ready curriculum documents.

• Strong project-management and documentation skills.

• Ability to manage multiple curriculum workstreams against firm deadlines.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with school leadership and instructional staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Curriculum & Instruction, Educational Leadership, Instructional Design, or related field.

• North Carolina public-school curriculum experience.

• North Carolina charter-school experience.

• High-school curriculum-development experience.

• Career & Technical Education experience.

• Cosmetology or workforce-development program experience.

• Experience with NC Standard Course of Study.

• Experience with Future-Ready Core requirements.

• Experience opening a new school or educational program.

• EC/MLL curriculum-access experience.

• Instructional coaching experience.

• Experience developing curriculum documentation for regulatory, accreditation, grant, charter, or opening-readiness review.

Contractor Requirements

This position will be engaged as an independent contractor/vendor.

The selected consultant must be able to provide:

• Active LLC/business entity information.

• Completed IRS Form W-9.

• Required CBA vendor documentation.

• Signed independent contractor agreement.

• Required confidentiality and intellectual-property agreements.

• Invoices tied to contractual deliverables and milestones.

• Any additional grant, procurement, background, or payment documentation required by CBA.

Applicants should not submit sensitive tax information with the initial application . Required vendor documentation will be collected securely from the selected contractor.

Ownership of Work Product

All curriculum frameworks, templates, documents, instructional plans, research, resource lists, trackers, presentations, and other work specifically produced for CBA under this engagement will be provided to CBA in editable format and maintained in CBA-controlled systems.

The consultant may not retain exclusive control over CBA curriculum materials or required opening-readiness documentation.

Compensation

CBA has an approved planning-year allocation for curriculum-development consulting.

Final compensation will be based on the approved scope of work, qualifications, deliverables, procurement requirements, available grant funding, and required approvals.

The engagement will be milestone- and deliverable-based rather than an open-ended consulting arrangement.

Application Requirements

Please submit:

• Resume or CV.

• Business/LLC name.

• Brief statement of interest.

• Description of relevant curriculum-development experience.

• Sample curriculum map, scope and sequence, instructional framework, or comparable work product when available.

• Relevant licenses/certifications.

• Proposed availability through January 2027.

• Confirmation of ability to meet the required curriculum-development milestones.

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