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Frisco ISD is hiring a Secondary Instructional Specialist for Hunt Middle School. The role focuses on enhancing educator effectiveness by providing instructional support through data analysis, professional learning, and collaboration with campus and district leaders to improve student achievement and close learning gaps.

Highlights

Support and model district priorities under the direction of Teaching and Learning and campus principal.
Collaborate with campus and district leaders to monitor student performance impact.
Lead job-embedded professional learning, data discussions, co-teaching, and learning walks to strengthen instructional quality.
Foster positive, collaborative culture with various departments including Content Leads, Digital Learning, and Special Education.
Use student tracking systems to monitor progress and intervention effectiveness.
Partner with teachers to analyze data, plan, and implement effective instructional strategies.
Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s preferred; valid Texas Secondary Teacher Certification required.
Preferred: Three or more years of classroom experience, campus leadership, and professional learning facilitation experience.
Maintain high standards of ethics and confidentiality regarding student and staff information.
Work full day supporting collaborative teams, professional development, and data review to improve instruction and student outcomes.

Secondary Instructional Specialist – Hunt MS Full Description

Reports To: Campus Principal Work Year Days: 189 Salary: Actual salary will be calculated based upon experience Primary Purpose:

Strengthen educator effectiveness by building capacity through data analysis, response to data, and job-embedded professional learning in order to close the achievement gap via instructional support and guidance aligned to best practices to positively influence student achievement and overall growth.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:
Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree - preferred
Valid Texas Secondary Teacher Certification at the appropriate level

Special Knowledge/Skills:
Strong knowledge of TEKS, curriculum, and instructional strategies

Effective collaborator
Knowledge of effective data analysis and response to data

Experience:
Three or more years of classroom experience preferred
Campus leadership experience preferred
Experience facilitating professional learning preferred

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

Work under the direction of Teaching and Learning and the campus principal by supporting, communicating, and modeling district priorities.

Collaborate regularly with campus and district leaders to monitor impact on student performance.

Strengthen the quality of instructional foundations through job-embedded professional learning, data-talks, co-teaching, and learning walks.

Lead and facilitate ongoing, job-embedded professional learning at the campus and district level.

Foster trusting relationships and a positive, collaborative culture within and across departments, including Content Leads, Digital Learning, Library Services, Special Education, and English as a Second Language (ESL).

Maintain high standards of ethics and confidentiality regarding student and staff information.

Partner with campus leadership and stakeholders to gather and review data to support teachers in responding to student needs for intervention, including providing Tier 1 intervention resources and scaffolds, planning for implementation of and modeling language-rich classroom structures.

Use a student tracking system that includes assessment information, course grades, teacher referrals, and attendance to monitor individual student progress and the intensity and schedule of interventions.

Partner with teachers to engage in analyzing data to assess current instructional practices, establish goals, identify and explain effective teaching strategies, and provide ongoing support until goals are achieved.

Support teachers through co-planning and co-teaching in order to build instructional skills and implement strategies from professional learning in classrooms through ongoing interaction, reflection, and continuous improvement.

Partner with teachers to gather and review data to respond to student needs and close learning gaps.

Analyze whole campus student data to determine appropriate tiered levels of support.

Contribute to the campus improvement goals and action plans based on classroom and district assessment data.

Collaborate with the campus leadership team to determine and plan teacher professional learning opportunities.

Provide training and support so that teachers consistently implement research-based best practices for delivering rigorous instruction in any content.

Other Duties as Assigned:

Frisco ISD retains the right to adjust the responsibilities and assignments of all positions as needed to meet the needs of the District. Work Relationships:

Frisco ISD is committed to fostering a collaborative work environment that honors and supports the social and emotional well-being of all. Employees are expected to interact in a manner that is becoming of educators and promotes high levels of productivity for the benefit of the students we serve. Working Conditions:

Instructional Specialist is a full day role. The expectation is that the Instructional Specialist supports and grows collaborative teams several times a week; supports the campus professional learning plan; meets regularly with the campus principal and/or the Teaching and Learning team; works one-on-one with teachers in improving instruction; and regularly reviews learner and campus data and assesses performance.

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Maintain emotional control under stress. Flexibility to meet the needs of staff members. Duties are physically demanding, including moving between rooms and moving small stacks of textbooks. Organizing, storing, and distribution of materials as well as moving media equipment, desks, and other classroom equipment.

Disclosure Statements:

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.

The Frisco Independent School District is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, national origin, gender, age, religion, or disability status of otherwise qualified individuals. FISD does not discriminate on the basis of membership or application for membership in the uniformed services.

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