Job opening: Instructional Systems Specialist (Mathematics PK-5)
Salary: $93 689 - 126 215 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Oct 27 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position:
This position is located at Department of Defense Education Activity, DoDEA-Americas, Southeast District, Ft. Stewart, Georgia
Description of the Working Environment: Work is performed in an office setting.
Duties
Provides direct content-specific leadership and system wide management for the Mathematics PK-5th Grade.
The incumbent has Contracting Officer Represent (COR) responsibilities for multiple contracts which include developing Statement of Work (SOW), monitoring contracts to ensure technical services are provided.
Facilitates alignment of content and instruction with assessments that measure performance in Mathematics PK-5th Grade ranging from traditional test scores to performance indicators and tasks and related scoring rubrics.
Creates an aligned system with clear, sequential expectations to prepare all students for college and career readiness.
Collaborates with other education program specialists to ensure essential components of instruction and content are integrated with content delivery.
Supports teacher growth through focused learning about, development of, and use of informal, formative and summative classroom assessments.
Identifies viable and feasible performance measures to monitor the support and improvement of student achievement associated with the college and career readiness and Mathematics PK-5th Grade.
Requirements
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Requirement.
- Proof of U.S. Citizenship required.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
- One year trial or probationary period may be required.
- Appointment subject to a suitability/fitness determination, as determined by a background investigation.
- This position requires a Tier 3 (T3) investigation with Childcare Checks since its duties require interaction with children and youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain Secret security clearance.
- You will be required to sign a mobility agreement, be available for worldwide placement, and be willing to rotate to any DoDDS or DDESS location.
- You may be required to sign a transportation agreement.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Minimum Education Requirement: A Master's degree in the field of Education. The course work must have been completed at or accepted by a regionally accredited U.S. college or university.
The undergraduate/graduate course work must have included study in at least three of the following five areas:
Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material.
Instructional design practices: Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design strategy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness.
Educational Evaluation: Study of the techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluation instruments.
Instructional product development: Study of the techniques appropriate for developing training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training.
Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training.
Specialized Experience Requirement (5 years): Specialized experience is experience gained in teaching, educational research, development of educational materials and aids, educational testing, educational administration, or comparable activities in an elementary and/or secondary school, which has clearly demonstrated success in the application of principles, methods, and techniques of education and familiarity with current developments in PreK-12th grade education and training. This experience must have been in Mathematics grades PK-5.
Professional Licensure/Certification Requirement: Applicants must be currently certified or certifiable under the current DoDEA standards as a Teacher, Pre-Kindergarten (category 0090) or Kindergarten (category 0095) or elementary (categories 0101, 0102 or 0103). A minimum of 12 semester hours of undergraduate or graduate level course work in mathematics is required.
Information on DoDEA teaching categories and requirements is located at:http://www.dodea.edu/Offices/HR/employment/categories/index.cfm.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Instructional and Performance Support TechnologyInstructional Materials & Curriculum DevelopmentStaff and Faculty DevelopmentTests and Measurement
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Contacts
- Address HEGAST DoDEA Southeast District - Fort Stewart
7441 Custer Road Bldg 2670
Fort Moore, GA 31905
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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