Instructional Advisor, Arts

About the role

Delivers at a high level of competency in maintaining standards of excellence in the assigned curricular area, so that students may derive the greatest academic and personal benefit from the learning experience. This involves working on unusually complex problems and providing solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious, achieving quality and improving work processes. Provides leadership in developing, monitoring, and implementing appropriate curriculum to meet the identified needs of the system. Serves as an instructional teacher leader in the assigned curricular area, developing and implementing appropriate curriculum and meeting identified needs to address the depth and rigor of Tennessee State Standards.

Responsibilities

• Designs and disseminates instructional strategies that enhance instruction in the assigned curricular area.
• Provides assistance to all professional school-based personnel and/or community representatives regarding the assigned curricular area and works collaboratively with other professionals and management in the development of effective instructional and assessment techniques that are research-based and achieve system-wide results; may lead a team in this effort.
• Serves as liaison between the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and teachers and principals on K–12 curriculum and instructional matters and makes recommendations pertaining thereto.
• Assists the Department of Professional Learning and Support by planning and conducting/leading content-specific professional growth activities.
• Assists with on-going orientation of new teachers in the areas of Visual Arts and Theatre curriculum and instruction.
• Assists teachers as needed or requested in the development of effective content-specific curriculum implementation and instructional and assessment techniques.
• Researches, provides, and assists teachers as needed or requested in the development of effective instructional and assessment techniques that are research-based to increase student mastery of state standards; advances teachers’ knowledge of state and district content standards and understanding, including teaching strategies, assessments, data-driven instruction, and lesson demonstrations and pre- and post-analysis.
• Assists the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in disaggregating student data, identifying student needs, selecting textbooks and materials, and establishing program goals.
• Assists the Humanities Manager by planning and conducting programs, workshops, and other in-service activities.
• Directs the preparation and maintenance of a variety of narrative and statistical reports, records, correspondence, and files related to assigned service, activities, and operations; provides for appropriate research and compiles reports as needed.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education or a related area plus an additional 5 years of related experience, or equivalent for a total education/experience of 9 years.
• Tennessee teaching license with Administrative Certification.
• A minimum of four years of successful experience as a classroom teacher.
• Proficient in the use of technology to include video presentation, word processing, database, and spreadsheet applications.
• Proof of education, training, and/or experience is required.

Degree Equivalency Formula

• Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years plus required years of experience.
• Master’s Degree = 2 years plus required years of experience.
• Where Master’s degrees are required, years for Bachelor’s Degrees must be included.