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.

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. 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.