Prek Regional Instructional Specialist

School District of Philadelphia • Philadelphia, PA

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About The Position

Assists school, community-based child care agencies, and teachers in creating a consistent implementation of the schools core curriculum and Pennsylvania’s Early Learning Standards. As a member of the Early Childhood team, the Pre-Kindergarten Instructional Specialist participates in instructional walk throughs to analyze teaching practices, support schools, early childhood centers and teachers, to attain high quality instructional practices, and provide professional development support based on teacher, school, or early childhood site needs. Provides on-going, daily informal and formal classroom assessments and instructional best practices to meet the needs of individual student in attaining educational excellence.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Five years of full-time, paid, professional appointed classroom or site based teaching experience (which has included supporting teachers in improving instructional practices).
• Possession of a valid Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Early Childhood Instructional II teaching certificate.
• Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of the content and implementation of the core curriculum and PA Early Learning Standards.
• Demonstrated knowledge of best instructional practices and Federal and State guidelines.
• Demonstrated knowledge of periodic assessments and on-going informal assessments and strategies to support students based on the results.
• Demonstrated knowledge of site visit protocol for walks for learning.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current research regarding communities of learners, instructional practices linked to student achievement, differentiated instruction, mentoring, coaching and emergent technologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of increasing achievements for all students.
• Demonstrated knowledge of collecting, analyzing and using data.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the use of technology to access students’ assessment results.
• Demonstrated ability to provide interventions (strategy groups, conferencing, small groups, etc) based on formal and informal assessment results.
• Demonstrated ability to design and facilitate school and/or early childhood site led workshops for staff development incorporating assessments and interventions into current curriculum.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and help teachers feel comfortable with and understand instruction.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a member of the Early Childhood Team and participates in regular Walk Throughs of Pre-Kindergarten classes in schools, off-sites, and community-based child care partner sites.
• Debriefs with teachers, school leadership teams, partner directors, and Early Childhood staff to analyze and support the instructional practices in schools and/or early childhood sites.
• Plans and administers (in collaboration with the central and academic offices) the implementation of instructional strategies to support academic achievement.
• Develops, designs and delivers professional development for central and academic offices, principals, leadership teams, teachers, classroom assistants, and partner staff based on the needs of schools, early childhood sites and teachers.
• Visits schools, partner sites, and classrooms and provides support to improve instructional and assessment strategies, outside of the Walk Throughs.
• Encourages a continuous exchange of ideas and maintains a relationship with the assigned academic division.
• Develops strategies that connect curriculum, instruction, assessment and professional development for effective data driven interventions to improve teaching and learning.
• Supports teachers in delivering on-the-spot, in-classroom data-driven instruction.
• Supports teachers in creating interventions (strategy groups, conferencing, small groups, etc) based on formal and informal assessment results.
• Supports teachers in the use of on-going periodic assessment results on their students and how to best use the results to deliver differentiated instruction.
• Collaborates in crating content for professional development during school year and in the summer.
• Facilitates summer sessions for new teachers and assistants.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level