Job Description
Job Summary
Ensures all students receive content area instruction based upon ELA B.E.S.T Standards. Monitors and revises mapping of content and standards-based curriculum. Ensures meeting of District goals for producing college ready students
Essential Functions
• Supervises and trains assigned staff, conducts performance appraisals, makes employment and discipline recommendations, and coordinates work assignments.
• Develops and/or delivers training, professional development, and train-the-trainer, for school and district coaches.
• Develops department strategies across multiple grade levels and content area programs, with clear, specific performance measures for related priorities.
• Ensures development and implementation of K-12 content area curriculum.
• Ensures adoption of textbooks and support resources for instructional materials.
• Ensures and assists with implementation of summer content area programs.
• Ensures coordination and implementation of District level content area projects, partnerships, and book celebrations.
• Provides guidance to schools in determining pupil progression and interpreting K-12 content area policies.
• Monitors content area benchmarking and progress assessments.
• Assists and supports Academic Services in completion of grant applications, interpreting state Differentiated Accountability requirements and executive staff directions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education: Master's degree from an accredited college or university.
Experience: Five (5) years teaching content area experience. Experience teaching at the elementary or secondary level.
Certifications & Licenses: Florida Department of Education Certification in content area K-6 or 6-12 and Administration and Supervision K-12 or Educational Leadership (unless Master's degree is in the content area or a broad curriculum area).
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Thorough knowledge of content area instruction best practices
• Thorough knowledge of technology used in intensive content area
• Strong working knowledge of school district, state, and federal policies, guidelines, laws, and rules related to content area instruction
• Strong working knowledge of instructional design methodologies using teaching methods that appeal to different learning types
• Knowledge of adult learner theories
• Knowledge of professional development best practices
• Knowledge of professional development evaluation levels
• Knowledge of content area related subjects
• Strong working knowledge of content area standards
• Strong coaching, mentoring, and leadership skills
• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong project management skills
• Strong training program development and delivery skills
• Strong word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software skills
• Strong time management skills
• Strong organization skills
• Strong creative problem solving skills
• Strong report writing skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with teachers, principals, and parents
• Ability to design workflow and procedures
• Ability to implement continuous improvement processes
• Ability to manage team activities
• Ability to influence, guide, and motivate others