Director, Digital Content and Instruction

Overview

POSITION TITLE (Oracle title)

DIRECTOR

 

WORKING TITLE

Director-Digital Content and Instruction 

 

SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT

Digital Learning and Libraries

 

LOCATION

Crossroads II, Cary, NC

 

PAY GRADE

Director Band 2

 

FLSA STATUS

Exempt

 

ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

Yes

 

WORK WEEK SCHEDULE

Monday-Friday (occasional evenings and weekends) Position is available for a Hybrid Telework workweek. 

 

POSITION PURPOSE:

Oversees personalized and blended learning in Wake County Public School System (WCPSS). Facilitates the creation, development, implementation, and evaluation of digital curriculum. Collaborates with key stakeholders to select and integrate digital resources and instructional practices that increase student engagement, achievement, and success, including guidance on district learning management systems.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSAs)

• Extensive knowledge of state and national standards for curriculum including instructional technology;

• Extensive knowledge of research based pedagogical practices, instructional frameworks, and assessment;

• Extensive knowledge of information technology and applications, especially those used in a K-12 environment;

• Comprehensive knowledge of curriculum, assessment, and instructional processes;

• Comprehensive knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local regulations, policies, and educational statutes including but not limited to the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), as well as the Universal Design for Learning (UDL);

• Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; Google Apps;

• Considerable instructional and technical knowledge of learning management systems (LMS) and similar collaborative online tools;

• Proven ability to communicate and visualize technical concepts to non-technical people (technical staff, instructional stakeholders, and senior management;) to enhance understanding and drive decisions that lead to positive outcomes;

• Ability to demonstrate successful experience of effective practices for teaching and learning;

• Ability to demonstrate success working with peers or other adults in leadership or training roles;

• Ability to demonstrate organizational and management abilities;

• Ability to make independent judgments and to implement creative solutions to problems with minimal supervisory oversight;

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form using a variety of communication techniques and tools to ensure the appropriate flow of information, collaborative efforts, and feedback;

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with administrators, teachers, support staff, parents, and community members.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in Educational Administration, Curriculum and Instruction, or Instructional Technology;

• Five years of successful teaching experience;

• Successful experience providing professional training to instructional staff;

• Demonstrated leadership experience.

 

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

• Hold or be eligible for a North Carolina Professional Educator’s License in one of the following administrative license areas: School Administrator-Principal (00012), Curriculum Instructional Specialist (113), OR Instructional Technology Specialist-Computers (00077).

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Hold or be eligible for a North Carolina Professional Educator’s License in Computer Education (18079) OR Instructional Technology Specialist-Computers (00077);

• Two years of successful experience supporting technology integration at a district level.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develops and communicates the vision and requirements of personalized and blended learning pedagogy to appropriate stakeholders and then facilitates the institutionalization of those programs and processes.

Designs and implements a long-range strategy for digital learning.

Provides leadership and support for collabor