Instructional Designer

Essential Job Functions:

• Embodies the four core values of Imagine Tomorrow - integrity, equity, teamwork, and ingenuity

• Supports the development and implementation of the School Innovation and Improvement Plan (SIIP) that is aligned to Imagine Tomorrow, the district strategic plan

• Works collaboratively with the school administrative team to ensure impactful professional learning, implementation of curriculum, and enhancement of student learning through the use of technology

• Provides leadership in supporting the alignment of teachers’ instructional practices to the SIIP goals

• Engages with individual teachers or groups of teachers and administrators in the analysis of student performance data and instructional decisions based on the data

• Enacts a flexible problem-solving approach that utilizes the continuous improvement cycle

• Implements a teacher coaching model inclusive of planning, modeling, implementing, and reflecting

• Builds the capacity of teachers, in partnership with school leaders, through learning walks, modeling lessons, solving implementation dilemmas, and providing feedback cycles

• Works collaboratively with individual teachers or groups of teachers to integrate technology into instruction through technology-related professional development for school staff

• Uses Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) as a framework to ensure technical, pedagogical, and curricular objectives are carried out in accordance with the CCPS Technology Master Plan, which is aligned to the division strategic plan, the state technology plan, and the Profile of a Virginia Graduate

• Provides support and training for teachers in best practices for instructional management in the learning management system

• Effectively coordinates, manages, and maintains data on school support services provided

• Stays current with best practices and trends in curriculum and instruction strategies in all content areas

• Stays current in instructional technology and applications

• Serves as a connector between schools and the Division of Teaching and Learning by maintaining communication-related to instruction in and across content areas and the technology practices and resources that enhance instruction

• Works collaboratively with content specialists to use existing data to identify areas of curricular deficiency and to determine effective strategies and instructional technologies for addressing these areas

• Regularly collaborates with the Division of Teaching and Learning and other Instructional Designers in planning and implementing district-wide professional learning training and events

• Regularly collaborates with other Instructional Designers in a professional learning network

• Performs other duties as assigned