Instructional Technology Coach (ITC)

Job Title:  ITC 

Terms of Employment:  200 days

Pay Grade: Teacher Scale

Job Summary

The Instructional Technology Coach (ITC) provides training and assistance to ensure colleagues are utilizing educational technology to create authentic, student-centered learning experiences. The focus is not on the tool itself, but rather on skill development and content acquisition. 

The main responsibility for the Instructional Technology Coach is planning and conducting professional learning opportunities that move teachers forward in their professional growth and in their purposeful integration of technology.

Essential Duties:  

The ITC will model the seven International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Educators consistently in their work with site based and division colleagues. https://www.iste.org/standards/for-educators

• Continually improve practice to leverage technology to enhance student outcomes
• Serve as a leader in the teaching and learning cycle to nurture student agency
• Encourage students to participate responsibly in the digital landscape
• Collaborate with learners and colleagues to curate resources and solve problems
• Design learning activities that are student-centered and honor learner variability
• Facilitate student use of technology to promote student selection of appropriate tools
• Use data to drive instructional decisions and integration of technology 

The ITC Essential Duties as detailed in the ISTE Coaching Standards:

1. Establish trusting and respectful coaching relationships that encourage educators to explore new instructional strategies.
2. Facilitate equitable use of digital learning tools and content that meet the needs of each learner.
3. Actively participate in professional learning networks to enhance coaching practice and keep current with emerging technology and innovations in pedagogy and the learning sciences.
4. Collaborate with educators to develop authentic, active learning experiences that foster student agency, deepen content mastery and allow students to demonstrate their competency.
5. Build the capacity of educators, leaders and instructional teams to put the ISTE Standards into practice by facilitating active learning and providing meaningful feedback.
6. Evaluate the impact of professional learning and continually make improvements in order to meet the schoolwide vision for using technology for high-impact teaching and learning.
7. Support educators to interpret qualitative and quantitative data to inform their decisions and support individual student learning.
8. Coaches model digital citizenship and support educators and students in recognizing the responsibilities and opportunities inherent in living in a digital world.

Other Duties

Performs such other duties and assumes such other responsibilities as assigned by the Director of Recruitment and Retention or building administrators. An ITC is an education specialist on site to work in collaboration with teachers and staff and to be an extension of district instructional technology initiatives.  

Job Specifications

1. Serves on school leadership teams and attends scheduled meetings at each school as requested.
2. Plans and conducts timely, data driven professional learning opportunities for school staff.
3. Collaborates with building administrators to satisfy site specific instructional technology goals.
4. Attends scheduled ITC meetings and communicates effectively with school based and division level staff. 
5. Provides support for district initiatives, software/hardware purchases, with the focus to support the division strategic plan as a member of the instructional team.
6. Creates and maintains a current schedule that will be made available to the Director of Recruitment and Retention and the administrators in the building(s) the ITC serves. These schedules can be utilized in summative meetings as documentation of contact and contribution.
7. Distribution, upkeep, training, and management of devices. 
8. Dedicates time to a variety of tasks, as detailed below: (Suggested Time Approximations)
1. 70% designated for assisting, training, and modeling instructional technology with teachers and students, researching best practices, evaluating tech tools
2. 14% dedicated to planning with site administrator and division instructional personnel to make data driven decisions regarding technology use in curriculum and instruction
3. 10% communication and record keeping
4. 3% minor troubleshooting of technical concerns
5. 4% conduct personal professional learning to remain abreast of current instructional trends and practices  

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)

1. Holds a valid Virginia teaching license.
2. Completion of Google Level 1 Certification and Canvas experience is preferred.
3. Three years of successful classroom teaching is preferred.
4. Possesses an in-depth knowledge of instructional technologies, instructional delivery, curriculum development, and data analysis.
5. Demonstrates ability to develop and implement training for adult learners and lead educational projects.
6. Possesses an electronic portfolio that demonstrates standards-based instruction and achievement that is inclusive of technology.
7. Demonstrates problem-solving capabilities to ensure instruction is supported by specific technologies that would raise student achievement.
8. Possess a valid Virginia driver’s license. 
9. Provides such alternatives to the above qualifications as the School Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. However, candidates must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity; hear and understand speech at normal levels; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly; and have the physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; to bend, stoop, climb stairs, walk, and reach overhead.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The ITC will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Director. Bedford County Public Schools reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.