1801 Curriculum and Instruction Project Assistant

CLASSIFICATION Exempt

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR  Director, Southwest Regional Professional Development Center (SWRPDC)

MAJOR ADMINISTRATOR Head, Institute for School Improvement

The Curriculum and Instruction Project Assistant ensures high academic achievement for all students by supporting school districts in the region, providing direct support to classroom teachers and school districts in Scientifically-based Reading Instruction (SBRI), and providing professional development training in instructional best practice.

MIMINMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS

Education: A Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in Education or a related field is required.

Experience: Five years of successful teaching experience is required. Experience organizing and providing professional development training is required. Successful experience working with diverse student and staff populations is preferred. Experience working as a staff developer is preferred. Experience communicating results of assessment data to all stakeholders including staff, students, parents, and community members is preferred. Experience teaching adults is preferred.

Skill: Demonstrated ability to communicate and express ideas effectively, both orally and in writing is required. The ability to establish rapport and effective working relationships with local school district personnel, University staff, and RPDC personnel is required. The ability to use technology for word processing, recordkeeping, and presentations is required. Extensive knowledge of curriculum, instruction, and assessment, including working knowledge of SBRI, the Grade Level Expectations (GLEs), and the Missouri Assessment Project (MAP) is preferred. Excellent presentation skills with diverse audiences is preferred. An understanding of the importance of using assessment data to inform decision-making and drive instructional practice is preferred. Demonstrated expertise in teamwork, coaching, and/or mentoring is preferred.

Other: Must be able to travel, including overnight, within Missouri and occasionally out-of-state. Must be able to provide a car for travel.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Builds the capacity of school districts through professional development activities and on-site consultation by providing training, follow-up instruction, support, and coaching to classroom teachers in SBRI, curriculum development, and instructional best practice.

2. Ensures effective communication with the RPDC and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education by preparing and submitting data, documentation, and written reports as requested and attending RPDC, Field Staff, and other required state meetings.

3. Remains competent and current through self-direct professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development course, and attending training and/or courses as required by the Director of the SWRPDC.

4. Supports the SWRPDC by performing all other duties as assigned.

The Curriculum and Instruction Project Assistant is supervised by the Director, SWRPDC.

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Factor 1: Professional Knowledge, Skill, and Technical Mastery

Level 5 - 3300 Points: Knowledge of the principles and methods of an administrative, managerial, or professional field such as accounting or auditing, financial management, information technology, business administration, human resources, engineering, law, social sciences, communications, education, or medicine. Knowledge permits employee to supervise projects and/or departments using standard methods to improve administrative and/or line operations. Knowledge also permits employee to plan steps and carry out multi-phase projects requiring problem definition and modified techniques, to coordinate work with others, and to modify methods and procedures to solve a wide variety of problems. Knowledge at this level requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree with substantial related work experience, including up to two years of administrative or supervisory experience. Alternatively, this level may require a professional or clinical degree beyond the Bachelor's degree with moderate related work experience; knowledge requirements include significant levels of related work experience.

Factor 2: Supervisory Responsibility

Level 1 - 50 Points: Typically, little, if any, supervision of others is required. The job may require irregular but occasional responsibility to direct the work of student workers and/or temporary or part-time workers. The nature of supervision is largely confined to assigning tasks to others and does not include a full range of supervisory responsibilities. The amount of time spent on directing the work of others is normally a small portion of total work time.

Factor 3: Interactions with Others

Level 4 - 500 Points: Interactions with others are somewhat unstructured. The purpose may be to influence or motivate others, to obtain information, or to control situations and resolve problems. Interactions may be with individuals or groups of co-workers, students, or the general public, may be moderately unstructured, and may involve persons who hold differing goals and objectives. Individuals at this level often act as a liaison between groups with a focus on solving particular unstructured problems. Interactions at this level require considerable interpersonal skill and the ability to resolve conflict.

Factor 4: Job Controls and Guidelines

Level 3 - 500 Points: The employee operates under general supervision expressed in terms of program goals and objectives, priorities, and deadlines. Administrative supervision is given through statements of overall program or project objectives and available resources. Administrative guidelines are relatively comprehensive and the employee need only to fill in gaps in interpretation and adapt established methods to perform recurring activities. In unforeseen situations, the employee must interpret inadequate or incomplete guidelines, develop plans, and initiate new methods to complete assignments based on those interpretations. Assignments are normally related in function, but the work requires many different processes and methods applied to an established administrative or professional field. Problems are typically the result of unusual circumstances, variations in approach, or incomplete or conflicting data. The employee must interpret and refine methods to complete assignments. Characteristic jobs at this level may involve directing single-purpose programs or performing complex, but precedented, technical or professional work.

Factor 5: Managerial Responsibility

Level 3 - 850 Points: Work involves providing significant support services to others both within and outside of the department that substantially influences decision-making processes. Work activities are complex and others rely on the accuracy and reliability of the information, analysis, or advice to make decisions. Work activities have a direct, but shared, impact on further processes or services, affect the overall efficiency and image of the department, and may have material impact on costs or service quality within the cost center. Incumbents may be responsible for identifying areas of need and for developing proposals that request funding to fulfill those needs.