Instructional Facilitator

Hamblen County School District•East Ridge, TN

9d•Onsite

About The Position

To provide school-level mentoring, training, content area support, and professional development to teachers in order to strengthen the instructional program at the building level.

Requirements

Minimum bachelor's degree
Valid teacher license with appropriate grade level core curriculum endorsement
Minimum three years teaching experience relative to the specific responsibilities of the position
Meets health and physical requirements
Possession of mature professional judgment, growth mindset, positive attitude, and focus on student learning
Possession of attributes and qualities of leadership with ability to organize and mentor teachers and professional learning community (PLC) teams
Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
Adaptability to changing work schedule to prioritize tasks according to urgency
Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity
Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on data, sensory, or judgmental criteria
Ability to exercise professional judgment and maintain confidentiality of information in professional discussions with teachers and administrators
Ability to tactfully deliver constructive criticism and professional recommendations to teachers regarding presentation of content
Intelligence: Ability to understand instructions and underlying principles; ability to reason and make judgments
Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them.
Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately
Data Perception: Ability to understand and interpret information presented in the forms of graphs, charts, or tables
Communication: Ability to effectively communicate in oral and written forms

Responsibilities

Participates in data review and monitors instructional needs based on data analysis, to include implementation of the state and local curriculum.
Acts as an instructional leader, capable of providing informed analysis and advice about curriculum and instruction based on research and the analysis of assessment data.
Provides mentoring support, lesson modeling, feedback, and professional development for teachers.
Coordinates the school-level teacher mentoring program.
Applies the instructional coaching cycle to provide support to classroom teachers.
Provides support to classroom teachers to make data actionable in the classroom.
Facilitates professional learning community (PLC) processes in the assigned school and conducts fidelity monitoring of PLC process implementation.
Models teacher leadership and supports the principal in the development of teacher leadership.
Assist in curriculum development and the implementation of state standards.
Organizes and implements staff development opportunities by proposing, planning, and conducting inservice activities based on teacher and school need.
Performs other duties as assigned by the principal (in coordination with the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction).