Teaching and Learning Coordinator - Vacancy ID: 217455
Closed Vacancy
Vacancy Details
Teaching and Learning Coordinator
District Office
1
N/A
9/12/2024
Contact
Carolyn Krechel
HR Specialist
(262)268-6086
Position Details
As soon as possible
Competitive
1.0 FTE, 200 Day Contract
Full Time
Benefits: Health, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, WRS, sick and personal leave.
Position Summary: The Teaching and Learning Coordinator, working under the supervision of the Director of Curriculum and Instruction, having content and instructional K-12 expertise, works directly with classroom teachers, teacher teams, other staff, families, and students to support grade-level instruction and student engagement. The coordinator supports teachers by working with them to ensure all learners work toward grade-level learning standards and the Wisconsin Career Readiness Standards to ensure implementation of the district's framework for multi-level systems of support. The primary focus of this role will be on three key areas. First, coordinating and supporting efforts across all grade levels to develop a comprehensive K-12 system that prepares students to be learning-ready, career-ready, and life-ready. Second, collaborating with teachers to guarantee that English Learners have full access to their education and that best practices for language acquisition are consistently applied in the general education classroom. Lastly, ensure that teachers are equipped to work effectively with students who have already met grade-level standards or who are identified as Talented and Gifted (TAG).
Professional qualifications:
Experience:
QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Degree/License:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university; Master’s degree preferred
Professional qualifications:
- Minimum of five years of successful teaching experience (level-specific preferred)
- Current Wisconsin teaching license required. Licenses 10/5010, 316/1316, 317/5017, 395/1395, 023/1023, 014/1013/5013 & 011/5011 are desirable but not required.
Experience:
- Coaching, mentoring, and/or other teacher leadership experience.
- Instructional and lesson design practices for Inclusive, equitable, culturally responsive teaching strategies that promote student achievement, growth, and engagement
- Guaranteed & viable curriculum development / standards-based instructional design
- Professional development for adult educators
- Blended learning and/or other forms of personalized learning
- Wisconsin Educator Effectiveness model, setting and achieving instructional goals
- Social-Emotional Learning / Trauma-Informed Practices
FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Communicate with students, families, staff
- Coordinate Talented and Gifted Program
- Coordinate ELL Program
- Coordinate and support K-12 programming for career awareness, career exploration, workforce development, and postsecondary engagement grounded in the Wisconsin Career Readiness Standards.
- Provide professional development and instructional coaching to staff around inclusive, equitable, culturally responsive teaching strategies that promote student achievement, growth, and engagement.
- Use formal and informal assessments to continually monitor and communicate student progress and performance to staff and families.
- Collaborate with the teaching and learning team.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Support the vision and mission of the Port Washington-Saukville School District.
- Facilitate the intellectual and professional growth of teachers with a focus on improving student achievement.
- Establish and maintain positive collegial relationships.
- Teach and model inclusive, equitable, culturally responsive teaching strategies that promote student achievement, growth, and engagement.
- Respond to change productively and manage multiple assigned tasks.
- The ability to differentiate, be organized, attend meetings, and follow through on commitments will be an integral part of supporting teachers while also building capacity in strategies teachers can use within their classroom environments.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- The physical requirements and work environment described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform those functions.
- This is a light job, which involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
- This job involves sitting, standing, bending, twisting, walking and needs to frequently move about for significant periods of time.
- Verbal and auditory communication are both frequently involved.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
- Must have a valid driver’s license.
Candidate Requirements
5
Bachelor
- Director of Instruction/Program Supervisor
- Gifted and Talented
- Reading Specialist
- School to Work
- Bilingual/English Language Learner
- English as a Second Languages
- Gifted and Talented
- Middle Childhood – Early Adolescence Regular Education
- Reading Teacher
- Elementary/Middle Level Education
- Cover Letter
- Resume
- Letters of Recommendation
- Transcripts & Licenses/Certifications