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Position Summary:
Manages individual, complicated projects with multiple study sites, numerous classrooms and multiple trainers and teachers. Removes administrative duties from principle investigator.
Position Key Accountabilities:
- Coordinates project activities between the Education Outreach Coordinator and the classroom teachers. Supervises and monitors implementation of training and evaluation methods in classrooms.
- Develops and writes statewide curriculum for use in Pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary and secondary schools.
- Designs presentations and trains teachers nation-wide on the most current research information and classroom instruction techniques.
- Translates current research into lessons for teachers. Demonstrates model lessons in classrooms for teachers; provides on-going, side-by-side coaching for teachers in classroom settings.
- Travels to local, state, and national training sites to evaluate classroom instruction.
- Evaluates current school textbooks and provides feedback on how to differentiate, improve and upgrade instruction techniques.
- Reviews national reading curriculums for Pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools on an on-going basis.
- Writes and directs classroom instructional videos.
- Collects and reviews testing data from sites for research. Prepares executive summaries and reports upon completion of on-going classroom sites.
- Translates classroom-teaching materials from English to Spanish.
- May provide work direction and guidance to personnel within department. May lead projects and activities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills:
Certified teacher preferred.
Knowledge of current reading research applications, experience with presenting best practices in reading, experience classroom teacher who has supervised and coached teaching.
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in education preferred.
Minimum Experience:
Experience in one of the following areas: curriculum writing, and/or managing school/child care programs, and/or designing and conducting professional development programs for teachers; 10 years with a Bachelor’s degree, 7 years experience with a Master’s degree.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215
