Instructional Systems Specialist

**Duties**:

- Provide guidance to school leaders and staff for the district's special education program (Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12).
- Resolve special education program issues through effective oral and written communication.
- Provide leadership in designing/implementing special education services.
- Model best instructional practices for the Special Education program to community staff.
- Analyze Special Education data to assess the district's Special Education program needs.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Requirement.
- Proof of U.S. Citizenship required.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
- Two-year trial or probationary period may be required.
- 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 may be required to sign a transportation agreement.
- You will be required to sign a mobility agreement, be available for worldwide placement, and be willing to rotate to any DoDEA 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.
- Individuals assigned to Italy, England, or Korea, are required to obtain a visa to enter these countries.

**Qualifications**:

- Current Competitive Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Civilian Employee
- Current Excepted Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Employee

**Minimum Education Requirement**: A Master's degree in the field of **Special Education or Education**. The course work must have been completed at or accepted by a regionally accredited U.S. college or university.

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.
- _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.

**Licensure/Certificate Requirement**: Applicants must be currently certified or certifiable under the current DoDEA standards in any Special Education certification area.

**(Note: An unexpired state or DoDEA teaching license/certification must be uploaded to verify you are certified or certifiable under current DoDEA standards.)**

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

**Education**:
Foreign Degrees and Course Work from Non-accredited Institutions. 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. Three evaluation procedures are acceptable:
a. The work must be evaluated and interpreted by a current member of National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). This website provides a list of current organizations who can perform your evaluation. You must select and work directly with one of these organizations.

b. 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); and

c. 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.S. institution.

Graduates of non-accredited institutions may have their undergraduate work validated by admittance to graduate school and completion of a minimum of 5 SH of credit in a regionally accredited graduate college.

**Additional information**:

- Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19.
- Pay retention may be offered to selected applicants for positions at overseas locations. Pay retention will not be offered as an incentive for employees moving between overseas positions.
- Applicants who have family members with special medical needs should ensure that prior to accepting a position overseas their family members' medical needs can be met. Access to care