Professional Learning Specialist (PLS)

Douglas County School District • Pierz, MN

3d • $56,366 - $119,121 • Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Principal and/or Assistant Principal, the Professional Learning Specialist (PLS) acts as a professional learning coordinator, mentor/coach, facilitator, and member of the leadership team. This role serves as a resource for the professional development of teachers and may facilitate various aspects of teacher induction. The PLS is responsible for developing and promoting good community relations among various community members and school clientele.

Requirements

• Teaching License - Colorado Department of Education
• Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Responsibilities

• Create personalized induction opportunities
• Provide support for inductees
• Ongoing mentoring of all teachers
• Model, co-teach, and Cognitive Coach teachers
• Create Differentiated Induction Plans for inductees
• Support staff in attaining goals
• Facilitate data analysis opportunities
• Facilitate team, school or feeder meetings to enhance shared responsibility when appropriate
• Provide ongoing training to facilitate meaningful Learning Community Work
• Enhance dialogue opportunities while building professional community
• Facilitate the creation of a supportive, restorative, and inclusive building culture
• Coordinate, plan, implement and evaluate professional development aligned with DCSD PD Standards
• Arrange peer observations
• Lesson Study Design
• Facilitate and coordinate Professional Learning Communities
• Train mentors, department heads and teacher leaders
• Implement job embedded professional learning
• Evaluate and provide high quality resources
• Liaison between district and site
• Lead school initiatives
• Collaborate with leadership to build World Class Education opportunities for staff
• Work with principal to create Unified Improvement Plan and Professional Development Plan
• Backward Plan, implement, evaluate and support professional development to support Site Certifications

Benefits

• health insurance
• vision insurance
• dental insurance
• health savings account (HSA)
• flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• short and long-term disability
• critical illness and accident voluntary insurance
• employee assistance program (EAP)
• voluntary 401(k)
• 403(b)
• 457 retirement plan options
• paid sick and personal time

What This Job Offers

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