Instructional Systems Specialist

**Duties**:

- Provide coaching (both in-person and virtually) to 6-12 Science 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 to 6-12 Science learning environment.
- Implement to 6-12 Science 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.

**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**:

- Who May Apply:

- Current Competitive Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Civilian Employee (Current DoDEA)
- Current Excepted Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Employee (Excpt Svc DoDEA)
- Current Excepted Service Department of Defense Employee (Excepted Svc DoD)
- Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee (DoD Transfer)
- U.S. Citizens

**Minimum Education Requirement**:
ISS positions must meet the following three criteria: (1) Minimum Education Requirement, (2) Specialized Experience Requirement, (3) Professional Licensure Requirement.

Preferred consideration given to applicants that have completed coursework in the following content areas:
- _Learning theory, psychology of/earning, 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.

**AND**

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***(3) Professional Licensure Requirement**:Applicants must be currently certified or certifiable under the current DoDEA standards in grades 6-12 Science.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

- Education Consultation, Coaching and Collaboration
- Instructional Implementation
- Instructional Program Administration
- Needs/Occupational Analysis
- Staff and Faculty Development

**Education**:
**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:

- 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_.
- 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
- 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.
- 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. Ac