Role: Technology Coordinator

Job Description: Full time, 10-month, technology teacher and coordinator position for the 2020-2021 school year starting immediately.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and teach technology-integrated lessons and computer science skills for all grade levels (K-6).

• Provide technology professional development for staff on current technology tools and best practices in technology education.

• Collaborate with teachers to develop technology-integrated lessons for our core subjects (ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science) and ancillary subjects (Art, Music, PE, Spanish, and Hands-On Science).

• Attend professional development to keep current with best practices in technology education.

• Provide ongoing technology support - update devices through server management program, add/delete apps for teachers,  provide ongoing technology support, especially during hybrid/remote learning. (Platforms: Google Classroom, G Suite, educational iOS apps, Mac/iOS devices). 

Skills and Qualifications:

• Proficient experience with iOS, iPads and Mac devices, G Suite (Google Classroom, Drive, Google apps, etc.) 

• Proficient experience teaching computer science skills: digital citizenship, keyboarding, word processing, graphic design, coding, multimedia, media literacy, and design thinking/engineering.

• Strong instructional and classroom management.

• Familiarity with common technology software and apps appropriate for the elementary years and capable of curating them for effectiveness and grade-level appropriateness

• Familiarity with the ISTE Standards for Students and Educators.

• Experience teaching primary grade levels.

• Experience working collaboratively within teams.

Additional Roles (or adjunct duties for hire): 

Social Media/Newsletter - 

• Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Constant Contact.

• Post quality photos and captions (aligned with the school brand and culture) to social media accounts.

• Create clean and consistent graphics, find quality stock photos, and coordinate articles for newsletter bi-weekly with staff/parent reps.

• Use Constant Contact to create and send newsletters and maintain contact lists for school-wide communication.  

My DMP - 

• Current platform: Wordpress

• Maintain teacher websites on whichever platform the school chooses. 

• Post school videos, parent communication whenever needed. 

• Provide support to help teachers with adding content, posting to their blog, etc. 

Diversity/No Place For Hate Coordinator - 

• Collaborate with ADL on No Place for Hate.

• Lead PD for teachers and provide PD recommendations for specific interest areas. 

• Provide parent outreach, host parent coffees and book talks. 

• Coordinate special events (multicultural day, mix it up at lunch, read across America, walk against hate).

• Lead student leadership/NPFH committee.