Coord Professional Learning and Growth

Job Summary

Provides support and leadership for district certificated staff with coordinated professional growth and development including the development, promotion, and implementation of professional learning activities in a variety of formats within and beyond the district. This role will include both leadership and technical assistance of a professional learning management system initiative, implementation, and monitoring for all stakeholders.

Department Name:

Professional Growth and Learning

Reports to:

Director, Professional Learning and Growth

Primary Job Duties/Responsibilities: List, in the order of importance or time spent, the essential and position specific duties/tasks performed by the position. This is not an exhaustive list and employees may be assigned additional duties by management as required. Regular and reliable attendance is an expectation of the job.

Essential Duty 1:

Collaborates with Stakeholders district-wide at all levels to develop and facilitate a variety of professional learning types and designs content for teachers.

Essential Duty 2:

Identify priorities for professional learning based on the district’s strategic plan, student achievement data and staff needs data.

Essential Duty 3:

Delivers innovative, research-based, and job-embedded learning opportunities, and implements district-wide initiative for professional coaching that supports school-based leaders in the ongoing development and effectiveness of Professional Learning Communities

Position Specific Responsibility 1:

Utilizes Learning Management Systems to support Professional Learning Communities across the district, zone and schools.

Position Specific Responsibility 2:

Plan the delivery structure for content and support for school and district teams on topics within the scope of the work; Provide professional learning for school/district teams (leveraging the distributive leadership model) to maximize the professional learning experiences of staff.

Position Specific Responsibility 3:

Develop and communicate protocols and procedures for data-based decision making at the district and school level; provide technical assistance on utilizing data to drive professional learning planning at the school and district levels.

Position Specific Responsibility 4:

Participate in professional development opportunities and coordinate and facilitate district-level professional development offerings;

Position Specific Responsibility 5:

Maintain a collection of professional materials related to high-quality professional development and reflective of current research.

Other Responsibilities:

Performs other duties or tasks as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the responsibilities in this job classification.

Education and Experience Requirements

Education (training/degree):

Master's Degree from an accredited institution in education, curriculum development or a related field required.

Licenses, Certifications or Registrations Required:

Must hold or be eligible for a certificate or license issued by the Tennessee Department of Education with a related endorsement. Must hold a TN Instructional Leadership License (ILL) or equivalent Administrative certificate or license.

Experience:

Minimum 3 years successful classroom teaching experience or 5 years of related experience preferred; instructional technology degree or certification preferred, demonstrated ability to integrate technology

Skills Required:

Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; Ability to relate and interact positively with teachers, other staff, students, administrators, Support Hub personnel, parents, and the public; Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral form; Competency in adult learning theory and the development and leadership of professional learning opportunities for instructional staff and parents

General Skills, Responsibilities, Requirements, and Impacts

Data Responsibility:

Level 6: Synthesizes or integrates analysis of data or information to discover facts or develop knowledge or interpretations; modifies policies, procedures, or methodologies based on findings.

People Responsibility:

Level 6: Negotiates or exchanges ideas, information, and opinions with others to formulate policies and programs, or arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions, or solutions.

Assets Responsibility:

Level 4: Requires responsibility and opportunity for achieving moderate economies and/or preventing moderate losses through the management or handling of supplies of high value or moderate amounts of money

Mathematical Requirements:

Level 4: Uses practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions, measurements, or logarithms; may use algebraic solutions of equations and equalities, deductive geometry, and/or descriptive statistics.

Communications Requirements:

Level 6: Reads journals and manuals; composes specialized reports/analysis; speaks to large groups of coworkers and people outside the organization.

Complexity of Work:

Level 5: Performs coordinating work involving guidelines and rules with constant problem solving; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressure.

Impact of Decisions:

Level 5: Makes decisions with serious impact - affects most units in organization, and may affect citizens.

Equipment Usage (if applicable):

Level 1: Handles machines, tools, equipment, or work aids involving little or no latitude for judgment regarding attainment of standard or in selecting appropriate items.

Safety of Others:

Level 2: Requires some responsibility for safety and health of others and/or for occasional enforcement of the standards of public safety or health.

Make your selections below

Kronos Set Up Data: Select a choice from the drop-down lists in highlighted in yellow in the text below.

Meal Deduction – Most Bransford office and district level employee have a meal deduction. They are scheduled 8.5 hours per day and get an hour lunch. Itinerants and retirees get a 30 minute lunch period and therefore do not have a meal deduction. All school based employees will not have a meal deduction. Auto Meal Deduction

Travel – Itinerant non-exempt employees who travel will be using the time clock differently than others and are paid for travel time between work locations. Employee does not or seldom travels

Compensatory Time vs. Overtime (Support Non-Exempt Employees only) – Does this department have overtime budgeted, i.e. Maintenance, Transportation, Food Service. If not, employees accrue comp time only. Exempt Employee - can not accrue comp or overtime

Restrictions – Should employee be restricted to punch in and out within 7 minutes of their schedule start and end times? No, Do not restrict punches

Employee Type – Clock, phone, supervisor, etc. Time Stamp

Timekeeper – Is the employee a timekeeper? No

ADA Requirements/Compliance

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires MNPS to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

Physical Demands:

Level 3: Requires light work involving standing or walking some of the time, exerting up to 20 pounds of force on a regular basis, and moderate dexterity in operating machinery, tools, or office equipment.

Additional Requirements:

None.

Unavoidable Hazards:

Level 1: The position is exposed to no unusual environmental hazards

Sensory Requirements:

Level 1: The position requires normal visual acuity and field of vision, hearing, and speaking.