About the Position: There is currently one vacancy in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Description of the Working Environment: Work is performed in an office setting.
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens Current Competitive Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Civilian Employee Current Excepted Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Employee Current Excepted Service Department of Defense Employee Current Excepted Service Employee Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Minimum Education Requirement: The course work must have been completed at or accepted by a regionally accredited U.S. college or university. ISS positions must meet the following three criteria: (1) Minimum Education Requirement, (2) Specialized Experience Requirement, (3) Professional Licensure Requirement. (1) Minimum Education Requirement: A minimum of a Master's degree in the field of Education is required for all Instructional System Specialist (ISS) positions. (2) Specialized Experience Requirement (5 years): Specialized experience is experience gained in teaching, educational research, development of educational materials and aids, educational testing, educational administration, or comparable activities in an elementary and/or secondary school, which has clearly demonstrated success in the application of principles, methods, and techniques of education and familiarity with current developments in PreK-12thgrade education and training. This experience must have been in grades 6-12 English Language Arts. Preferred consideration given to applicants that have completed coursework in the following content areas: Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material. Instructional design practices: Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design strategy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness. Educational evaluation: Study of the techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluation instruments. Instructional product development: Study of the techniques appropriate for developing training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training. Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training. (3) Professional Licensure Requirement: Applicants must be currently certified or certifiable under the current DoDEA standards in 6-12 English Language Arts. Information on DoDEA teaching categories and requirements is located at: https://www.dodea.edu/offices/human-resources/work-dodea/teaching-categories-and-requirements You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Instructional Design Instructional Program Evaluation Needs/Occupational Analysis Partnering Staff and Faculty Development
Design professional development plans to follow a transfer of learning into daily work practices.
Provide job-embedded professional development to achieve positive student results.
Evaluate English Language Arts grades 6-12 educational learning programs for quality assurance using formative/summative assessment tools.
Address teaching needs to create a systemic shared responsibility of the work.
Establish priorities for professional learning using a collaborative coaching approach.
Provide direction for the development of intervention strategies.
Administer multiple data collection methods (e.g. surveys, questionnaires, and observations) to district staff and students.
Provide consultation opportunities to support transfer of learning into practice.
Collaborate to model the integration of technology as a teaching/learning tool across the English Language Arts 6-12.