Area Horizon Content Lead - Special Education Coordinator I (School Leadership) 2024-2025

The DeKalb County School District is seeking an experienced and professional Area Content Lead - Special Education Coordinator I.

Salary Grade / Schedule : Unified

Salary Schedules :

The material contained herein is subject to change. All open positions offered by the DeKalb County School District are subject to specific job requirements.

The DeKalb County School District is an equal opportunity employer, and all hiring decisions are subject to federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.

Title : Coordinator I, Area Content Lead - Special Education Coordinator I

Under limited supervision, contributes to the development, coordination, implementation, and on-going support of the following content areas : ELA, Math, EL, Special Education.

Maintain Comprehensive knowledge of current local, state, and federal policies, educational issues, and guidelines related to field / content and program areas (Exceptional Education and ESOL) and knowledge of state, international, and Advanced Placement, WIDA standards and resources as well as DCSD curriculum and instructional materials.

Essential Functions :

The following duties are representative of this position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification.

Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Plan collaboratively with area team, school leaders, district coordinators, and teacher leaders to ensure quality instructional planning and curriculum delivery.
• Participate in and assist area with local school and grade level / department data collection and data analysis to identify patterns / trends in student learning to improve the instructional program.
• Model effective lessons for teachers in identified content area, program, and / or subgroup area.
• Identify, establish, and support model classrooms in each school to support each content area, program, and / or student support programs.
• Assist schools with developing, implementing, and monitoring school improvement plans that are in alignment with the district strategic plan and CLIP.
• Collaborate with Professional Learning Facilitators, Academic Coach Coordinators, Curriculum and Instruction Coordinators, Special Education Coordinators, and EL Studies Coordinators.
• Collaborate and align work / tasks with other area Content Leads to ensure coherence of the district instructional framework, district curriculum, and district strategic plan.
• Plan and conduct small groups, school-wide, and area professional learning opportunities to address content and pedagogy for instructional improvement.
• Provide professional development experiences for teachers and school leaders within content area, and support school leaders to calibrate teachers’ instructional practices in accordance with professional development content.
• Support teachers and school leaders to access, discern, analyze, and respond to students’ formative and summative academic outcomes within content area;

uses assessment results to improve the instructional program; collaborates with schools with the development of instructional plans to meet the needs of scholars.

Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s Degree in Education, Education Administration, or closely related area from a Professional Standards Commission approved accredited college or university is preferred. Bachelor’s degree required

Minimum five years of experience in Education, Education Administration, or closely related school-based related experience is required.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, PERMITS :

Requires a valid Georgia Professional Standards Commission approved certificate at level T-4 or above required.

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