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Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Instructional Advisor, ESL
K-12
Edtech.com's Summary
Memphis-Shelby County Schools is hiring an Instructional Advisor, ESL to develop, monitor, and implement curriculum for the assigned curricular area across the school system. The advisor serves as an instructional teacher leader who designs instructional strategies to meet the rigor of the Common Core State Standards. This role also acts as liaison between the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the teachers and principals it supports.
Highlights
- Develop, monitor, and implement curriculum that meets the identified needs of the system.
- Design and share instructional strategies that strengthen instruction in the assigned curricular area.
- Serve as liaison between the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and K-12 teachers and principals.
- Plan and conduct content-specific professional growth activities with the Department of Professional Development and the Regional Academic Office.
- Assist with ongoing orientation of new teachers in English Language Arts curriculum and instruction.
- Help the Department of Curriculum and Instruction disaggregate student data, select textbooks and materials, and set program goals.
- Prepare and maintain narrative and statistical reports, records, and files for assigned services and activities.
- Hold a Master's degree in education or a related area plus 5 additional years of related experience, or an equivalent total of 11 years of education and experience.
- Have at least 4 years of successful classroom teaching experience and a Tennessee teaching license, with administrative certification and an ESL endorsement preferred.
- Offer a salary range of $63,880.35 to $91,883.04 per year, and use technology such as video presentation, word processing, database, and spreadsheet applications.
Instructional Advisor, ESL Full Description
Purpose and Scope:
Delivers at a high level of competency in maintaining standards of excellence in the assigned curricular area, so that students may derive the greatest academic and personal benefit for the learning experience. This involves in working on unusually complex problems and provides solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious, achieving quality and work process improvement.Essential Job Functions:
- Provides leadership in developing, monitoring and implementing appropriate curriculum to meet the identified needs of the system. This requires a high degree of ingenuity, creativity, resourcefulness, and competency in maintaining standards of excellence in curriculum & instruction; is viewed as expert within the field. Serves as an instructional teacher leader in the assigned curricular area, developing and implementing appropriate curriculum and meeting identified needs to address the rigor or the Common Core State Standards. Designs and disseminates instructional strategies that enhance instruction in the assigned curricular area.
- Provides assistance to all professional school-based personal and/or community representatives regarding the assigned curricular area and works collaboratively with other professionals, and management in the development of effective instructional and assessment technique which are research based and achieve a system-wide result. May lead a team in the effort.
- Serves as liaison between the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and teachers and principals on K-12 curriculum and instructional matters and makes recommendations pertaining thereto.
- Assists the Department of Professional Development and Regional Academic Office by planning and conducting content specific professional growth activities.
- Assists with on-going orientation of new teachers in the areas of English Language Arts curriculum and instruction.
- Assists teachers as needed or requested in the development of effective content specific curriculum implementation and instructional and assessment techniques.
- Researches, provides and assists teachers as needed or requested in the development of effective instructional and assessment techniques which are research based in order to increase student mastery of state standards; advances teachers' knowledge of state and district content standards and understanding including teaching strategies, assessments, District and school data driven instruction and lesson demonstrations and pre and post analysis.
- Deals with unusually complex problems and provides solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious, achieving quality and work process improvements. Ensures that the workgroup’s goals and activities are in sync with and support the broader goals and objectives of the organization; and that the execution of responsibilities is in accordance to lawful and ethical standards.
- Assists the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in disaggregating student data, identifying student needs, selecting textbooks and materials, and establishing program goals. Also, assist Humanities Manager by planning and conducting programs, workshops and other in-service activities.
- Directs the preparation and maintenance of a variety of narrative and statistical reports, records, correspondence, and files related to assigned service, activities, and operations; provides for appropriate research and compiles reports, as needed.
- Performs other related duties as assigned or directed.
Minimum Qualifications:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master’s degree in education or a related area plus an additional 5 years related experience, or equivalent for a total education/experience of 11 years. Tennessee teaching license is required. Administrative certification and ESL endorsement preferred. A minimum of four years of successful experience as a classroom teacher. Proficient in the use of technology to include video presentation, word processing, database and spreadsheet applications.
Degree Equivalency Formula:
Bachelor’s Degree= 4 years plus required years of experience.
Master’s Degree= 2 years plus required years of experience. Where Master’s degrees are required, years for Bachelor’s Degrees must be included.
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master’s degree in education or a related area plus an additional 5 years related experience, or equivalent for a total education/experience of 11 years. Tennessee teaching license is required. Administrative certification and ESL endorsement preferred. A minimum of four years of successful experience as a classroom teacher. Proficient in the use of technology to include video presentation, word processing, database and spreadsheet applications.
Degree Equivalency Formula:
Bachelor’s Degree= 4 years plus required years of experience.
Master’s Degree= 2 years plus required years of experience. Where Master’s degrees are required, years for Bachelor’s Degrees must be included.
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