Instructional Technology Specialist

Job Level
Entry-level position
Job Category
Specialist / Associate
Sector
  • Technology
Job Status
Areas of Responsibility
  • Instructional Technology
The Woodward Academy strives to help students fulfill their potential in every facet of their lives. Woodward provides opportunities for students to expand their horizons through academics, the arts, athletics, and community service.
 
Our dedicated teachers excel in their respective fields and provide a stimulating, fun, and challenging environment. Whether they are promoting academic excellence or demonstrating personal accountability, the teachers find creative and meaningful ways to communicate with their students.
 
This position involves teaching Pre-Kindergarten to 6th-grade students.
Specific Duties Include
  • Plan lessons and provide instruction for students in the areas of, specifically (but not limited to),

    • Coding (i.e., Code.org)

    • Robotics (i.e., Mindstorm)

    • Engineering Design Process

    • Design Thinking Process

  • Demonstrate appropriate use of instructional technology and other educational tools to enhance and extend instruction.

  • Promote digital citizenship and academic integrity using the Common Sense Media curriculum.
  • Attend weekly grade-level meetings to help teachers in planning and suggesting ways to integrate technology.

  • Assist teachers in using technology effectively for assessing student learning, differentiating instruction, and providing rigorous, relevant, and engaging learning experiences for all students.

  • Model best practice and facilitate learning among teachers, staff members, and students in a technology-rich environment.

  • Adhere to and communicate digital ethics, safety and copyright laws and guidelines pertaining to the use of all technology resources to faculty, staff, and students.
  • Engage in ongoing learning to remain current in emerging technologies, trends, and research, and model effective practice in 21st-century teaching and learning strategies.

  • Provide professional development opportunities to support best practice uses of digital tools, environments, and processes in teaching and learning.
 
Required Skills
  • Broad experience with implementing emerging technologies to support student learning

  • Experience leading both formal and informal professional learning

  • Successful demonstration of leadership and interpersonal relationship skills.

  • Demonstrated success as a classroom teacher with knowledge of a variety of effective instructional strategies, such as Design Thinking, Personalized Learning, Project- and Problem-Based Learning, Collaborative Learning, Formative/Summative Assessment, etc.

  • Demonstrated capacity to be self-directed, organized, and collaborative.

 
 
Minimum Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required.
  • B.A. or B.S. in educational field required. Masters preferred in Curriculum or Instructional Technology.

  • Minimum five years teaching experience with at least three years in the elementary classroom.

  • Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds and move around in small spaces. Must be able to bend, stoop, reach items on high shelves, sit and/or crawl on the floor.
 
The Instructional Technology Specialist position is an exempt, 10-month, salaried position.  Salary is commensurate with education and experience.  EOE.