Instructional Advisor, ESL

Shelby County Schools•Memphis, TN

About The Position

The Instructional Advisor, ESL maintains high standards of excellence in the assigned curricular area so students can derive the greatest academic and personal benefit from their learning experience. The role addresses unusually complex problems with innovative solutions and supports quality and work-process improvement. The advisor provides leadership in developing, monitoring, and implementing curriculum; serves as an instructional teacher leader and expert in the assigned area; and designs and shares strategies that enhance instruction and address the rigor of the Common Core State Standards. The position collaborates with school-based professionals, community representatives, managers, and other departments on research-based instructional and assessment practices. It also supports professional development, teacher orientation and coaching, student-data analysis, resource selection, program planning, and the preparation of related reports and records. The role ensures work aligns with organizational goals and lawful and ethical standards, and performs other related duties as assigned or directed.

Requirements

Master’s degree in education or a related area, plus an additional five years of related experience, or equivalent totaling 11 years of education and experience.
Tennessee teaching license.
At least four years of successful classroom teaching experience.
Proficiency with technology, including video presentation, word processing, database, and spreadsheet applications.

Nice To Haves

Administrative certification.
ESL endorsement.

Responsibilities

Lead the development, monitoring, and implementation of curriculum to meet identified system needs and maintain standards of excellence.
Serve as an instructional teacher leader in the assigned curricular area, developing and implementing curriculum that addresses the rigor of the Common Core State Standards.
Design and disseminate instructional strategies that enhance instruction in the assigned curricular area.
Assist school-based professionals and community representatives, and collaborate with professionals and management, to develop effective, research-based instructional and assessment techniques that produce system-wide results; may lead a team.
Serve as liaison between the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and teachers and principals on K-12 curriculum and instructional matters, and make recommendations.
Assist the Department of Professional Development and Regional Academic Office with planning and conducting content-specific professional growth activities.
Assist with ongoing orientation of new teachers in English Language Arts curriculum and instruction.
Assist teachers, as needed or requested, with content-specific curriculum implementation and instructional and assessment techniques.
Research and provide support for research-based instructional and assessment techniques that increase student mastery of state standards; advance teachers’ knowledge of state and district standards, teaching strategies, assessments, data-driven instruction, lesson demonstrations, and pre- and post-analysis.
Address unusually complex problems with innovative solutions and achieve quality and work-process improvements.
Ensure workgroup goals and activities support broader organizational goals and that responsibilities are executed according to lawful and ethical standards.
Assist the Department of Curriculum and Instruction with disaggregating student data, identifying student needs, selecting textbooks and materials, and establishing program goals.
Assist the Humanities Manager with planning and conducting programs, workshops, and other in-service activities.
Direct the preparation and maintenance of narrative and statistical reports, records, correspondence, and files related to assigned services and operations; conduct appropriate research and compile reports as needed.
Perform other related duties as assigned or directed.