TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT (TOSA) - Content Specialist -MATH SUPPORTS - Instructional Services - Washington Service Center - 26/27 School Year

About the role

The Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) - Instructional Services - Content Specialist - Regional Math Supports position is part of Northwest Regional Education Service District's mission to improve student learning by providing equitable access to high-quality services and support.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and facilitate professional learning, including school coaching, to school teams in the 20 school districts in Columbia, Clatsop, Tillamook, and Washington counties and NWRESD employees.
• Contribute to and support the development, coordination, and implementation of a comprehensive networked learning model.
• Build content knowledge by acting as a content area expert in an assigned area.
• Engage in and facilitate reflective thinking while looking critically at instructional practices.
• Introduce refinements for instructional practices through coaching conversations.
• Support the successful implementation of professional learning based on the identified needs of districts.
• Analyze feedback to guide future professional development priorities.
• Work respectfully and effectively with people from a wide range of racial, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds.
• Requires frequent travel to schools across our four-county region and flexibility in scheduling off-site training.
• Work collaboratively and communicate effectively with staff and customers at all organizational levels.
• Requires travel to rural school districts, sometimes outside of the normal school day, including overnight stays.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in curriculum, instruction, counseling, or teaching.
• Valid Oregon TSPC Teaching License or ability to obtain license within specified timeline, including Mathematics Endorsement.
• Three (3) or more years of successful PK-12 teaching/educational experience.
• Three (3) or more years of successful experience planning and delivering effective professional development, including coaching.
• Experience leading equity work.
• Valid Drivers License; available transportation and proof of auto insurance.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
• Exhibit professionalism and effective human relations.
• Confer regularly with immediate supervisor.
• Proficient in the use of computer and internet-based applications, including but not limited to email, internet software, Google Suite, and word processing (MS Word).
• Knowledge of current and emerging practices for effective adult learning.
• Deep content knowledge of speciality area: Regional Math Supports Specialist.
• Understand and apply principles of educational equity, antiracism, and social justice.
• Experience coaching or mentoring teachers for the purpose of improving student learning and providing feedback in a non-evaluative manner.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate groups in meetings and workshop settings.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Able to express complex ideas with clarity and precision, both orally and in writing.
• Able to work with minimal supervision, communicate clearly, and prioritize and manage multiple projects.

Pay

Compensation is per negotiated contract, Licensed Salary Schedule Bargaining Unit: NWEA FTE: 1.0 FTE Work Days: 192 work days

Schedule

Requires frequent travel to schools across our four-county region and flexibility in scheduling off-site training. Requires travel to rural school districts, sometimes outside of the normal school day, including overnight stays.