Job Description
Job Description
Old Redford Academy is hiring a full time Technology Director.
Old Redford Academy has new leadership, new direction and a new commitment to academic excellence. The academy is a tuition free, Pre-K to 12th grade academy that offers highly qualified teachers, free transportation, one-to-one student technology, an expansive athletic program, and a rigorous curriculum that is both standards based and culturally responsive.
The Technology Director ensures efficient delivery of technology resources for users District-wide; provides leadership in the integration of technology into the curriculum.
Old Redford Academy District is a charter district (public school academy) that serves approximately 950 students. Old Redford Academy is located in Detroit, Michigan.
The district houses a GSRP Preschool program, elementary school, middle school, 9th grade academy, and high school.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Directs and oversees the administration of educational technology and information services; assures efficient District-wide operation at all sites and in all departments.
- Prepares and monitors contracts for information services with outside vendors, agencies, and districts.
- Plans, develops, and directs construction, infrastructure, and classroom design of computer and emerging technologies; works with State and local government agencies and authorities to expedite technologies into the District, the schools, and the community;
assists in interconnectivity.
- Coordinates the preparation of appropriate District information, communications, and educational technology plans.
- Prepares and administers the Educational Technology budget.
- Directs the evaluation, acquisition, installation, maintenance, and repair of information and communications technology equipment and software.
- Coordinates ongoing evaluation and recommends procedures to respond to instructional administrative needs for information and communications resources.
- Assures the validity of District information through the development of security and backup / recovery procedures.
- Identifies needs and directs staff in developing technology solutions for instructional programs.
- Designs and implements support systems and learning networks to increase capacity for the use of technology by teaching staff and District administration.
- Serves as the main contact for licensing, rostering, and maintaining logins for all digital programs
- Participates in digital program implementation and supports ongoing, on-site training for staff
- Assists in the technology resource review process and monitoring of digital programs
- Performs other duties as required.
Additional Qualifications :
Qualified candidates should skillfully demonstrate the following turnaround competencies :
- the ability to prioritize student-learning needs over the customs, routines, and established relationships that can stand in the way of necessary change;
- the strong desire to achieve outstanding results in a short amount of time;
- the ability to motivate others and influence their behaviors;
- the power to stay visibly focused and self-assured despite the barrage of personal and professional attacks common during turnaround;
- the talent to foster collective responsibility and ownership for greater student achievement;
- the capacity to rigorously create and sustain a well-orchestrated system of ongoing data collection and analysis to inform a continuously responsive and adaptive system of tiered instruction attentive to students’ specific academic needs;
- the aptitude to sustain an effective system of shared leadership and responsibility throughout the school;
- the commitment to allocating higher percentages of the building budget towards the direct instruction of students and job-embedded, teacher-specific professional development aligned to students' needs.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS :
Preferred : Previous K-12 education experience.
Company Benefits :
Health Insurance : Medical, Vision, & Dental Plans
1% 401(k) company contribution
2% 401(k) company match
Life, ADD, STD, LTD 100% paid by the employer
Voluntary Plans Available
For more information on Old Redford Academy, please visit our website at https : / / www.oradistrict.org / .