Per Diem Educational Consultant (6-12 Science)

Overview

The Per Diem Educational Consultant (Secondary Science) is an onsite representative of Savvas Learning Company helping to initiate lasting change in districts and schools by delivering core content, intervention and supplemental professional development, Change of Practice, and Job-embedded services. This resource provides individual and group support for district personnel and school faculty to incorporate effective strategies into classroom practice.

Additional responsibilities include delivering professional development and technical assistance to schools that have contracted with Savvas for professional development and job-embedded services. In addition, this position requires deep knowledge and extensive experience with academia, standards-based school reform and the ability to deliver high quality job-embedded professional development and site-based technical support to school personnel using innovative Savvas products, technology resources and / or research-based methodologies for school turn around.

Desired applicants must have 5+ years of successful teaching experience in a Secondary school setting and preference will be given to candidates who can provide evidence through demonstration of existing knowledge of Savvas products, experience in effective coaching and training to teachers and teacher leaders.

Candidates must be local to the Southeast Region.

Primary Responsibilities

• Effectively implement classroom components and resources in the program :
• Apply the philosophy, pedagogy, and basic organization of the program.
• Implement each segment of the daily instructional block.
• Differentiate instruction based on student need.
• Effectively manage a Savvas curriculum classroom, technology integration and devices.
• Effectively utilize data and reporting tools to impact instruction and decision making.
• Model coaching conversations that support admin with providing effective teacher feedback.
• Job-Embedded Coaching and Modeling :
• Coach teachers to apply the philosophy, pedagogy, and basic organization of the program.
• Differentiate instruction based on teacher / student need.
• Observation and Support :
• Observe classroom practices following the professional development to identify implementation progress of the Savvas program.
• Provide teachers with critical feedback to guide implementation progress of the key instructional features of the program.
• Provide feedback on observable practices learned from Model Lesson / Lesson Study opportunity.
• Data-Based Decision Making :
• Use of two dashboards within the product (Performance and Assignment).
• Differentiate instruction based on student need.
• Administrator Support :
• Utilize Savvas program tools to determine the implementation needs.
• Observe the strategies and practices implemented in the instructional block and provide teachers with feedback on implementation.
• Understand and identify the philosophy, pedagogy, and basic organization of the program.
• Administrator Coaching :
• Classroom / Instructional coaching.
• Facilitation of training to support implementation.
• Provision of onsite technical support.
• Regular and ongoing communication with school and district leaders.

Required Qualifications

Desired Qualifications

Additional Skills, Knowledge, Abilities

Travel Requirements

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