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Job Title: INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST (40 WEEKS) TO ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY POOL
Posting Date: August 13, 2008
Closing Date: No Closing Date
Salary Range: DFT - DFT (annually)
TO ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY POOL
Job Type: Instructional
Benefits Eligibility: Successful candidates will be eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage, as well as illness and vacation days.
Reports to: Executive Director/Director/Principal
Location: Multiple Locations
Successful candidates with sufficient preparation beyond the Master’s Degree may be eligible for the advanced salary differential.
Must possess and provide evidence of a Master’s Degree with twenty hours of course work in the specified content area.
Five (5) years successful certified teaching experience in English Language Arts; Mathematics; Science or Social Studies.
Regular Attendance is critical; must have an exemplary attendance record.
Must be able to verify whether U.S. citizen, resident alien, or otherwise authorized to accept employment in the U.S.
Must be physically able to perform the duties and responsibilities outlined with or without accommodations.
Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate with a BR/Reading, BA/English, BX/Language Arts, EX/Mathematics, RX/Social Studies or DX/Science endorsement.
Under the direction of Curriculum and Instruction/Principal, the Instructional Specialists will:
1. Supports the development and implementation of the District’s curriculum through an on-going process of planning for innovation, change and continuous academic improvement.
2. Assist teachers in implementing a developmental content area, developing and identifying materials for students; and relating instruction to Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCE), High School Content Expectations and Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) objectives.
3. Provide teachers with research based instructional strategies and model their use in the specified content area.
4. Assist teachers in the implementation of direct instruction; indirect instruction (self-selection/self-monitoring activities); and diagnostic/prescriptive teaching, including an in-class tutorial plan for students.
5. Work with teachers to jointly collect and examine student achievement data (MEAP, MIP, MME/ACT) and use to determine the areas of focus and intervention.
6. Assist teachers with classroom management strategies in planning for instruction, development of lesson plans, grouping to meet individual needs and organizing the classroom.
7. Provide follow-up support and ongoing professionally embedded assistance to staff.
8. Assist content area teachers with the use of reading and writing instruction in the content areas (reading to learn and writing as a learning tool).
9. Provide in-service activities in the specific content area curriculum for teachers, support staff, parents, and administrators.
10. Participate in and support local school planning teams.
11. Share information with school teams on the progress of students.
12. Perform other tasks and assume other responsibilities as assigned.
EXTERNAL APPLICANTS
If you are hired to fill a vacant position, you will be required to submit a Detroit Public Schools security clearance.
At point of offer to hire, please be advised that you will be responsible for a non-refundable payment of $65.25 by cashier's check, certified check or money order, payable to the I.I.S. (Identix Identification Services). DO NOT SUBMIT PAYMENT WITH APPLICATION.
There is an option to pay by MasterCard or Visa.
All fingerprinting appointments will be scheduled by Detroit Public Schools, Human Resources Department.
INTERNAL APPLICANTS
If you are a current Detroit Public Schools employee, presently employed with the district, you do not have to submit a fee related to obtaining the Detroit Public Schools security clearance.
APPLICATION PACKET CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM www.detroit.k12.mi.us/employment.
Internal candidates: Must submit a letter of interest, resume, proof of highest degree obtained, their current classification (job title); work location and telephone number; file number; home address and telephone number; specific location(s) of interest and job requisition number(s), as well as any other requested documentation stated in this job announcement to the address listed at the end of this posting.
External candidates: Must submit a completed employment application, proof of highest degree obtained, as well as any other requested documentation stated in this job announcement to the address listed at the end of this posting.
Successful candidates are required to submit official transcript(s) at point of offer to hire. Service outside of the Detroit Public Schools must be verified by the applicant’s employee(s) prior to hire.
It is the applicant’s responsibility to provide all documentation (including copies) as requested. All documentation must be submitted along with the letter of interest. Due to the high volume of candidates applying for positions, we regret that we are unable to pull individual personnel files to retrieve/copy documents. Therefore, to assure the application process is not delayed, if you are applying for multiple positions with the district, we strongly encourage you to have available several photocopies of your credentials to be submitted for each position for which you apply. Documentation will not be accepted subsequent to the closing date of the announcement. Incomplete information will not be considered. Applicants requesting assistance during the application process should contact the Office of Recruitment and Employment Services at (313) 873-7101.
Detroit Public Schools – Welcome Center
Attn: INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST (40 WEEKS)
New Center One Building
3031 W. Grand Boulevard (1st Floor)
Detroit, MI 48202
The Board of Education of the School District of the City of Detroit does not discriminate against, deny benefits to or exclude participation by any person in its programs, activities or employment on the basis of age, race, sex, color, national origin, creed, religion or handicap.
