Academic Specialist: 10 Month (Birth to Five)

About the role

The Specialist: Academic 10 Month position plans, oversees, and leads projects from ideation through to completion at the direction of content/program supervisor in support of the AACPS Strategic Plan.

Responsibilities

• Communicates AACPS’s mission, vision, goals, and expectations for assessment, curriculum, and instruction to school staff and community.
• Plans, oversees, and leads program/content projects from ideation through to completion at the direction of content/program supervisor.
• Serves as a liaison between school administration and teacher leaders to ensure structures for planning that enhance teacher capacity.
• Supports system leadership in the review, adoption, writing, and implementation of researched-based, standard-aligned programming that includes best practices for school-level implementation and planning for mastery of students.
• Works with school administration and teacher leaders to ensure structures for the facilitation of planning to enhance teacher capacity.
• Participates in local, state, and federal monitoring initiatives, including analyzing multiple measures of student achievement and performance data to evaluate program, curricular, and assessment effectiveness and adjust system resources to support on-track academic success of students.
• Provides professional learning for all stakeholders at the school, system, and community level to understand and model researched-based instructional best practices utilizing the lens of equity.
• Implements system initiatives aligned to The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and other local, state, and federal requirements to ensure fidelity across all schools. Provides system oversight while monitoring school-level implementation to ensure fidelity of program and documentation of services as appropriate.
• Facilitates collaboration with internal offices from various departments and schools along with external offices and stakeholders, including local and state agencies, aligned with content/program initiatives to ensure voice, equity, and results on system initiatives.
• Facilitates and plans system initiatives that occur for students and staff outside of the school day (e.g., evenings, weekends, summer) ensuring logistics and instruction align with system goals. Coordinates services through outsourcing with vendors and non-profit organizations.
• Remains current with and models best practices in content/program area while working with local, state, and national content/program organizations to advance the work of the field.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within the same classification or lower.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in related field of education from a regionally accredited college or university required.
• Four (4) years successful classroom teaching experience required.
• One (1) year experience as a school-based teacher leader preferred.
• One (1) year experience providing professional development to adult learners preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of school organization, curriculum, teaching techniques; current trends, research and materials of instruction in field of specialization.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities as a member of an instructional staff.
• Ability to work effectively with grade levels, pre-k through 12 and collaborate with other disciplines to develop comprehensive program for students.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in written form with professional colleagues, staff, students, and parents.
• Demonstrated ability to employ technology into instruction and professional development such as document cameras, projectors, and Smart Boards, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work and communicate with diverse populations.
• Demonstrated proficiency in data analysis, assessment, curriculum, instruction, building teacher capacity, and professional development methods.

Skills

• Proficiency in data analysis, assessment, curriculum, instruction, building teacher capacity, and professional development methods.
• Proficiency with business technology applications (e.g. Video/Web Conferencing, Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, and/or PowerPoint preferred).

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