Improve teachers’ and principals’ effectiveness in raising student achievement through comprehensive, sustained, and intensive professional development.
Requirements
- Knowledge and understanding of current research-based instructional and assessment practices and methodologies
- Expertise in teacher/administrator evaluation
- Knowledge and skills in common formative assessment, effective instructional practices, data-driven decision making, and collaborative teaming applicable in all core academic areas
- Experience, training, and implementation of the PBIS system
- Ability to develop training materials and gather and report research data and program evaluation projects
- Presentation experience with adult audiences both small and large
- Ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely in writing, as well as the ability to speak effectively to large and small groups
Responsibilities
- Provide training, observation, feedback, coaching, tools and resources to help school districts improve their instructional practices
- Develop training materials and gather and report research data and program evaluation projects
- Implement Positive Behaviors Interventions and Supports and other best practices
- Provide job-embedded coaching to support the transfer of new knowledge and skills to the classroom
- Assess identified learning goals, improved teaching, and the ability of all students in meeting state academic achievement standards
- Complete reporting and implementation requirements
- Participate in all Agency for Teaching, Leading and Learning staff meetings
Other
- A Master’s degree in the field of Education from an accredited four-year college or University
- At least five years of successful teaching or public school administrative experience
- Ability to transport a laptop and a projector and quantities of informational brochures unassisted to professional development sessions located both on- and off-campus
- Attendance at evening and/or weekend activities, including national, state, and local conferences and meetings
- Travel is necessary
