Instructional Supports Specialist - Candidate Pool for the 2024-25 School Year - Canyons Administrative Bldg. (300 E)

Job Title: Instructional Support Specialist

Department: Instructional Supports

Supervisor: Instructional Supports Director

Lane Placement: Licensed Salary Schedule 242

Schedule: 242 days/8 hours Evaluation Group: CTESS Ed. Specialist

FLSA Classification: Exempt

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Instructional Supports Specialist will serve as a member of the Instructional Supports team. This team supports Canyons School District schools in implementing the District Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Framework. Specialists are instructional leaders responsible for creating evidence-based instructional, curriculum, and assessment resources that intentionally integrate digital teaching and learning practices; designing effective language scaffolds for multi-lingual learners, providing high quality, personalized professional learning to teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators; and coaching targeted areas of improvement. Additionally, Instructional Support Specialists work collaboratively with other district departments, school districts, the Utah State Board of Education, institutes of higher education, and community partners.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Demonstrates high standard of professional, legal and ethical conduct (CTESS standard)
• Provides expertise, training, modeling, co-teaching, and support to teachers in implementing standards based instruction, adopted curriculum, and assessment.
• Cultivate a supportive coaching culture that encourages educators and leaders to achieve a shared vision and individual goals
• Pursue professional learning that deepens expertise in order to serve as a model for educators and leaders
• Establish trusting and respectful coaching relationships that encourage educators to explore new instructional strategies
• Partner with educators to identify digital learning content that is culturally relevant, developmentally appropriate and aligned to content standards
• Partner with educators to evaluate the efficacy of digital learning content and tools to inform procurement decisions and adoption
• Personalize support for educators by planning and modeling the effective use of instructional strategies and the effective use of technology to improve student learning
• Collaborate with educators to develop authentic, active learning experiences that foster student agency, deepen content mastery and allow students to demonstrate their competency
• Help educators to create effective assessments that provide timely feedback and support personalized learning
• Model the use of instructional design principles with educators to create effective blended learning environments
• Design professional learning based on needs assessments and frameworks for working with adults to support their cultural, social-emotional. and learning needs
• Build the capacity of educators, leaders and instructional teams to put the system supports into practice by facilitating active learning and providing meaningful feedback
• Evaluate impact of professional learning and continually make improvements in order to meet districtwide vision for high-impact teaching and learning
• Assist educators and leaders in securely collecting and analyzing student data
• Compile, synthesize, interpret and display aggregate and disaggregate data sets to support district level decision making
• Support educators to interpret qualitative and quantitative data to inform their decisions and support individual student learning
• Design and select instructional resources, curriculum materials, and content area technology tools that support educators in delivering equitable, high quality instruction based on Utah State Standards
• Design and support the implementation of instructionally relevant assessment and evaluation, including district-wide standards-based common assessments
• Design content-specific scaffolds that support diverse learners in Tier 1 instruction and supplemental interventions
• Collaborate with other district departments to ensure alignment of services to schools
• Serve as a liaison between CSD, other local districts, universities, and the Utah State Board of Education, as assigned
• Communicate consistently and courteously with CSD stakeholders, including parents
• Relentless commitment to personal growth and development through participation in professional learning and other opportunities to develop and refine instruction and coaching skills
• Predictable and reliable attendance

During times of state or district emergency, all employees may be required to perform additional duties that are not required on a normal basis in support of educational and operational priorities. e.g. Performs general cleaning and sanitizing of work areas, provides remote assistance to students and staff, and any other reasonable duty as needed.

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Other duties as assigned.

• This description should not be construed to contain every function/responsibility that may be required to be performed by an employee assigned to this position.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the education, knowledge and experience requirements; the machines, tools and equipment used; background; and any licenses or certifications required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.