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19 Jul
2017
Instructional Support Director, Teaching and Learning
Job Description
| Licensed Administrative/Professional Technical |
| Job Title: | Director, Teaching and Learning |
| Work Year: | 261 days |
| Department: | Division of Equity in Learning |
| Reports To: | Chief Academic Officer |
| Salary Range: | 10 |
| Starting Salary: | 105,649/yr |
| Summary: | Accelerate the learning for every student by ensuring that students, teachers, principals and P-20 support team members have the resources, training and support needed to excel. Responsible for providing leadership, supervision, evaluation, guidance, and support for all P-20 teaching and learning processes with a focus in the following curricular areas: Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, the Arts, Health & Physical Education, World Languages and including International Baccalaureate and other site-based curricular programs, as defined and developed. This position will lead extensive standards-based instructional and curricular development, ensuring full alignment between the Colorado Academic Standards, summative and formative assessments and adopted curricular resources. Responsibilities include leadership of the processes for adoption, implementation and evaluation of curricular materials, associated budgets and policies and systemic implementation of all curriculum-based programming. |
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
| Daily | 5% | Facilitate communication between and represent APS interests in state curriculum groups, Colorado Department of Education, Department of Higher Education and other agencies and partners. | ||
| Wkly | 5% | Develop, administer, monitor and evaluate associated departmental budgets. | |
| Qrtly | 2% | Implement/draft and interpret policy as needed. | ||
| Yrly | 10% | Lead, supervise and evaluate staff to include Instructional Coordinators, and Program Directors for: Teacher Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Post-Secondary Workforce Readiness, Educational Technology and Library Services. | |
| Wkly | 30% | Collaborate with the Chief Academic Officer, Directors of: Student Services, English Language Acquisition, P-20 Learning Communities, principals, teachers, and other key personnel in the development, implementation and evaluation of district curriculum and programs. Ensures effective implementation of instructional initiatives, to include: READ Act, Early Intervention, CAP 4 K. | ||
| Wkly | 20% | Directs the development, implementation and evaluation of K-12 district curriculum to ensure alignment with the Colorado Academic Standards, identified assessments and curricula to ensure the acceleration of student achievement. Coordinate processes for the selection of curriculum and manage teams and processes related to these responsibilities. Supervise the identified Program Directors too ensure effective implementation of all district curricula. | |
| Yrly | 15% | Engage principals, teachers and other identified staff members in ongoing conversations, monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness of curricular implementations. | ||
| Mnthly | 5% | In partnership with the directors of Exceptional Students Services and English Language Development and identified Program Directors, develops, modifies, implements and evaluates district curricula to ensure appropriate instruction for gifted and talented and accelerated students and students with disabilities and second language learners. Prepares, monitors, and submits budgetary requests for related programs and monitors state and federal funds and grants. Prepares and submits all required reports for the district related to state and federal funding and identified grants. | |
| Mnthly | 5% | Supports content and programmatic grant development and implementation of and monitoring of programs to measure effectiveness and fidelity to proposals. | ||
| Daily | 3% | Perform other duties as assigned. | |
| EDUCATION AND TRAINING: | Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction plus additional coursework required for certification or licensure for a Doctorate degree. |
| EXPERIENCE: | Over 5 years of experience in curriculum and instruction. |
| SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EQUIPMENT & OTHER: | Knowledge of content and pedagogy in Instruction. Knowledge of adult learning. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Use of technology, knowledge of curriculum and instruction to meet a diverse group of learners. English language skills required. Oral and written fluency in second language may be preferred or required based on building assignment. |
| CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, & REGISTRATIONS: | CDE Principal License required. |
| SUPERVISION/TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITY: | Directly supervises Instructional Coordinators, Program Directors for: Teacher Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Post-Secondary Workforce Readiness, Educational Technology and Library Services, and others as assigned. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include assigning and directing work; working with the director of professional learning in training employees, and addressing complaints and resolving problems. |
| PHYSICAL DEMANDS: | While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; taste or smell. The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 25 pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves more than 50 pounds. No specific vision abilities required by this job. |
| WORK ENVIRONMENT: | The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. |
| MENTAL FUNCTIONS: | While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to compare, analyze, communicate, coordinate, instruct, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate. Frequently required to copy and compute. |
| Aurora Public Schools – Job Description – Director, Teaching and Learning |
