The Curriculum Content Lead, High School is responsible for the instructional quality and integrity of all high school teaching resources for CFR Education, the educational arm of the Council on Foreign Relations. The Curriculum Content Lead, High School leads all professional development (PD), presents at webinars and conferences, and creates all high school teaching resources in support of educators who are using CFR Education resources in their classes. 

CFR Education, the educational arm of the Council on Foreign Relations, helps middle, high school, and higher education students understand and engage with today’s most pressing global issues. With over 800 free, nonpartisan, multimedia teaching and learning resources, CFR Education’s supplemental materials help students gain the knowledge, skills, and perspective needed to navigate today’s interconnected world. CFR Education also provides professional development and programming opportunities to support educators as they take on this crucial work. 

The ideal candidate will have public school teaching experience, excellent presentation skills, a passion for innovative and engaging teaching methods, and a commitment to the importance of global affairs literacy. 

This full-time position is based in CFR’s New York City office on a hybrid basis. CFR currently defines hybrid status as working at least three days a week onsite, with Tuesdays and Thursdays considered institutional anchor days where all staff are required to be onsite.

• Design and develop classroom materials and supports such as simulations, lesson plans, student handouts, and curriculum alignments for all Education products to ensure they are accessible and effective for teachers and students. 
• Provide instructional and effective insight and serve as the voice of the high school educator in departmental conversations among the Content, Marketing, and Product teams.  
• Remain current on and share high school education industry trends, including state and national standards, trends in supplemental social studies materials, technology, and AI. 
• Lead all aspects of CFR Education’s high school professional development (PD) activities: 
  • Outreach to, and management of relationships with state and district administrators.  
  • Delivery of all in-person and virtual PD content and programming 
  • Meet with partners or internal teams to discuss the goals, audience, content strategy, and administration of the webinars. 
    • Create the content and structure for all presentations. 
    • Provide Marketing with draft summaries of all webinars to be used for the website, newsletter, or other collateral. 
    • Work with Marketing on webinar promotion. 
• Work collaboratively with Curriculum Content Lead, Higher Education on resource production and major projects targeted at both the higher school and higher education audiences 
• Speak at conferences representing CFR Education and exhibit at Education conference booths as an enthusiastic evangelist of CFR Education materials. 
• Support the development of new and maintenance of existing partnerships in the high school sphere. 
• Partner with Marketing on all efforts aimed at the high school audience. 
• Serve as a point of contact and support for high school educators and administrators. 
• Other responsibilities in the domain of high school education, as needed. 

Education 

• B.S. in Secondary Education or B.A. in foreign policy-related field.  
• M.S. in education, edtech, or a foreign policy-related field. 

Experience 

• Minimum of five years integrating global affairs into the teaching of social studies at a public high school. Social studies subject areas include world history, U.S. history, AP or IB classes, government, civics, foreign policy, geography, or economics. 
• History of delivering professional development to teachers. 
• Successful track record presenting at webinars and conferences. 
• Creator of high school social studies lesson plans, classroom activities, and/or simulations. 
• Deep knowledge and usage of high school national and state content standards in social studies. 

Related Skills & Other Requirements 

• Strong team player. 
• Engaging and energetic presenter. 
• Project management skills and ability to self-manage schedule and output. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Comfort reaching out and establishing relationships with district and state education leaders. 
• Thrives on a small, fast-paced, high-output team. 
• Ability to travel as needed to in-person professional development and national and state conferences. 

Please submit a résumé and cover letter stating your interest in the position. 

• The full-time annual compensation range for this position is $90,000 – $105,000 depending on experience. 
• In addition to competitive salaries, the Council on Foreign Relations offers a benefits package that is among the best offered by nonprofit institutions today, including an award-winning health and wellness program, an on-site fitness center, and generous leave policies and health insurance programs. 

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is committed to fostering a foreign policy community in the United States that is more representative of American society, recognizing that diverse backgrounds and perspectives contribute to broader, more informed participation in the foreign policy debate and lead to an enhanced understanding of the world and the United States’ role therein. To that end, CFR is dedicated to continuing to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion  throughout its work and workplace by building a more diverse membership and staff, producing and dispensing thoughtful analysis on a broad range of foreign policy issues, and developing relevant, wide-reaching programming that also serves to expand the foreign policy talent pipeline to underrepresented populations.