| Position Description: |
Full-time one-year reassignment of a classroom teaching position to provide
instruction and support for teachers to integrate computer technology into
their classroom practice, and to facilitate the mentoring process between
teachers. |
| Hours: |
Flexible schedule to accommodate different building needs; {Some hours
during the school day, some hours after school, regular visits as well as
scheduled blocks} |
| Locations: |
PPS Schools |
| Responsibilities: |
- Plan (with site principals and building coordinators)
staff development focused on Learning Results
- Provide instruction to teachers to enhance their understanding
of technology as connected to instructional practice
- Promote mentor/intern connections between teachers
- Develop and assess the comprehensive district technology
staff development program (with District Technology Coordinator)
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| Qualifications |
- Teaching certificate 7-12
- Demonstrated computer skills with curriculum applications
and their connection to the Learning Results
- Demonstrated knowledge of the use of electronic student
data to inform classroom instruction
- Evidence of successful experience as a technology mentor
to other teachers
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| Desirable Qualities: |
- must foster the mentor/intern process in every way possible;
- must be responsive to the different curricular needs;
- must know what is available in the marketplace;
- must be familiar with the Learning Results in all areas—though
not how to teach in all those areas;
- must be technically competent to give software support
to mentors and interns;
- must be customer-focused.
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| Position Description: |
Ongoing support of the teaching staff and students in a building in the
following areas:
- building-based staff development
- long-range technology planning with building principal,
Technology Director and Technology Leader
- information resources
- communication with building and district-level teaching
and technical support staff
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| Responsibilities: |
- staying current with developing technology, providing
updates to building staff
- providing end-user technology support
- initiating first response to technical problems
- coordinating activities of building-level technology teams
with other related activities
- attending district-level meetings as scheduled
- working closely with the CTS Technician and/or CTS Network
Administrator on issues such as purchasing, donations, and upgrades
- providing assessment information for the Building and
District Technology plans
- assisting teaching staff with grade reporting
- supporting teachers' efforts to connect computer technology
to the Learning Results
- educating the building staff on the Technology Plan and
the activities of the CTS Team
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| Responsibilities do NOT include: |
- new software installations
- major hardware/software problems that cannot be solved
with standard troubleshooting
- network maintenance, including hubs and wires
- hardware repair and installations of cards, drives, etc.
- cleaning and moving workstations
- providing scheduled, structured staff development sessions
|
| Qualifications: |
- demonstration of computer skills with curriculum applications
- demonstration of knowledge of connections of the Learning
Results to classroom use of technology
- experience in the building where based
|
| Desirable Qualities: |
- must foster the mentor/intern process in every way possible;
- must be responsive to the different curricular needs;
- must know what is available in the marketplace;
- must be familiar with the Learning Results in all areas—though
not how to teach in all those areas;
- must be technically competent to give software support
to technology mentors and interns (state endorsement desirable);
- must be customer-focused
- must have strong interpersonal skills
- must have strong organizational skills
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