Computer/Systems Specialist

Provide coaching (both in-person and virtually) to Elementary PK-5 educators/educational leaders. Guide leadership/leadership team(s) in the school-wide implementation planning (this includes professional development, time for job-embedded learning, and scheduling). Foster professional practice improvement of teachers in a Elementary PK-5 learning environment. Implement Elementary PK-5 instruction within student-centered learning environments (such as the physical space, academic, social, and emotional learning opportunities, and daily structure). Advise educators in leveraging interpreted data to improve teaching effectiveness. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Requirement. Direct deposit of pay is required. Appointment subject to a suitability/fitness determination, as determined by a background investigation. This position requires a Tier 1 (T1) investigation with Childcare Checks since its duties require interaction with children and youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age. You will be required to sign a mobility agreement, be available for worldwide placement, and be willing to rotate to any DoWEA location. Individuals hired from the Continental United States (CONUS) and their family members (who are US Citizens) are required to obtain Official Passports prior to departure to the overseas area. 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., professional; student; 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.1) Minimum Education Requirement, (2) Specialized Experience Requirement, (3) Professional Licensure Requirement.(A minimum of a Master’s degree in the field of Education is required for all Instructional System Specialist (ISS) positions. 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.
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. 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-12th grade education and training. This experience must have been in general education for grades PK-5. Professional Licensure Requirement: Foreign Degrees and Course Work from Non-accredited Institutions. Credits or degrees earned from a foreign college or university must be evaluated prior to acceptance. The work may be evaluated and interpreted by the International Education Research Foundation, Inc., Credential Evaluation Service, Post Office Box 3665, Culver City, CA 90231-3665 or The foreign institution that awarded the degree is on a list endorsed by a regionally accredited university or on a list endorsed by a state department of education for the purpose of teacher certification in that state (this procedure will require an English translation of the transcript and a copy of the document awarding the degree, together with an authenticated list produced by an American university or a state department of education); The work may be evaluated by the graduate division of a regionally accredited university and declared the equivalent of similar undergraduate or graduate work in a U.
Graduates of non-accredited institutions may have their undergraduate work validated by admittance to graduate school and completion of a minimum of 5 semester hours of credit in a regionally accredited graduate college. Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the An ordinarily resident is anyone who has lived in