Director of Professional Learning

Jenks Public Schools Job Description

Position: Director of Professional Learning

Reports To: Executive Director of Teaching and Learning

Supervises: N/A

Qualifications:

1. Oklahoma administrative certificate is preferred, but not required.
2. Master’s degree required.
3. Classroom teaching experience.
4. Satisfy all District requirements with regard to physical health and citizenship.  
5. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Position Goals:

1. Provides leadership in planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating District professional learning for certified and classified staff.
2. Collaborates across sites and departments to support instructional innovation, continuous improvement, and strategic district initiatives.
3. Support the development and implementation of systems, resources, and supports that strengthen the District’s Professional Learning Community practices.
4. Support a culture of continuous professional growth through collaboration, resource development, compliance support, and data-informed decision making.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Leads the District in determining needs, planning, designing, communicating, and delivering professional learning for certified and classified staff, i.e., new teacher training, summer training, professional learning days, and technology support. 
2. Works collaboratively with the Professional Learning Administrative Assistant to manage the professional learning registration system and individual staff members’ professional learning transcripts.
3. Work collaboratively with the Professional Learning Administrative Assistant to maintain and add to the professional learning resources.
4. Provides leadership to ensure the District meets professional learning requirements resulting from legislative actions and state mandates, including cycles of annual review and refinement. 
5. Provides leadership in coordinating District professional learning initiatives i.e. Mindset, Writing Institute (elementary, intermediate, secondary), Advanced Placement Training, inquiry work with Trevor Mackenzie, and other ongoing initiatives.
6. Provides leadership and supervision for the Title II federal program, including, but not limited to the District Consolidated Application process, required needs assessments, budgets, and reports.  
7. Provides leadership and facilitates the District Professional Learning Committee.
8. Manages local professional development funds, budgets, and reports.  
9. Stays current with professional learning trends by following multiple formats i.e., blogs, podcasts, professional organizations that support District areas of focus and strategic objectives.
10. Provides leadership and supports the District’s Professional Learning Community work through the development of implementation frameworks, facilitator resources, handbooks, training videos, and aligned professional learning supports.
11. Provides leadership in partnership with the Educational Technology Department for the district’s vision, implementation, and continuous improvement of artificial intelligence in teaching, learning, and leadership practices.
12. Provides leadership and partnership with Human Resources to support the Oklahoma Teacher Empowerment Grant.
13. Facilitates the District Teacher of the Year selection process and the State Teacher of the Year application process.
14. Participates and co-facilitates meetings initiated through Teaching and Learning i.e., media, department, District curriculum alignment and adoption committee.
15. Coordinates with Human Resources to provide support for emergency and alternatively certified teachers, to include resources for the Praxis Performance Assessment Teacher (PPAT) and the Oklahoma Subject Area Test (OSAT).
16. Collaborates with universities on programs that support teacher certification and shares information about opportunities to employees.
17. Performs other duties and assumes responsibilities for other tasks that may be assigned by the Executive Director for Teaching and Learning.

Terms of Employment:  Twelve (12) months a year.  Salary and work year to be established by the Board. Benefits as established by Board policy. 

Evaluation:  Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board of Education’s policy on Staff Evaluation (2.20/certified).

Physical Demands:

This is an overview intended for compliance with the ADA – it is not an exhaustive list of the duties to be performed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of a specific position.

Regular Requirements:  Stand for extended periods; sit for extended periods; twist at the neck and trunk; bend at the waist; stoop, kneel, crouch; lift/move up to 20 pounds; handle objects and tools with hands; repetitive use of fingers and hands.

Occasional Requirements: Reach with hands and arms overhead, above shoulder and horizontally; lift/move up to 40 pounds.

Visual Requirements:  Close, color, peripheral, depth perception, ability to adjust focus.

Hearing/Speaking Requirements: Adequate to exchange information.