What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructional Specialist - Full Time (3 Vacancies) position at Orange-Ulster BOCES?
The Orange-Ulster BOCES' Division of Instructional Support Services is seeking (3) full-time Instructional Specialists to join our dynamic and innovative staff development team. Full-time Instructional Specialists will be responsible for providing expert level learning experiences for educators and K-12 students. Instructional Specialists will present online, hybrid, and live-in-person professional learning courses for educators as well as provide expert level model instruction to students in person, using online formats, and distance learning platforms. Successful candidates have at least 3-5 years of teaching experience as well as experience designing and implementing professional learning. Prior experience teaching ENL/ELL or bilingual students is important for this role. Candidates must have strong communication skills and technology skills. The Instructional Specialist will teach students using innovative, content-rich, technology-infused methods as well as model for, support, train and guide teachers, librarians, administrators, and other school staff to use innovative, content-rich, technology- infused methods to effectively bring the curriculum and student learning alive. The Instructional Specialist will conduct professional learning experiences in their curriculum area, lead interdisciplinary workshops, coach teachers how to best use content area and instructional technology in the classroom, run curriculum meetings, lead curriculum development projects, collaborate with other staff developers, technology integration specialists, instructional specialists and TAs. The ideal candidate will be organized, tech-savvy, have broad teaching and presentation experience, able to work as a member of a team, have knowledge of methods for supporting linguistically diverse students in the content/subject areas, have content area/subject expertise, and have excellent interpersonal skills.
Qualifications:
All candidates must hold valid and appropriate NYS teacher certification. All certification areas are acceptable. We are especially interested in candidates who are dually certified (ESOL and a subject) and/or candidates holding ESOL, English 7-12, Chemistry 7-12, Earth Science 7-12, Math 7-12, Physics 7-12, Biology 7-12, Literacy K-12, Social Studies 7-12, Art 7-12, Music 7-12, Childhood Education 1-6, Early Childhood N-2, Bilingual Extensions, and School District Leader/School District Administrator.
