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ALTA VISTA INNOVATION HIGH SCHOOL

Full Time, Monday - Friday; 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

This position provides support to various school sites within the region, including Watts, Gardena, Lincoln, Inglewood, East LA, and Los Angeles. The role may require travel between locations to meet site-specific needs.

Help Us Change Lives

We live by the motto that “There is a Student in Front of Everything We Do” and we are very passionate about it. Do you have a passion to work with students? If so, then this is an exciting opportunity for you! You’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of students supporting their growth and development. Remember the person who made a difference in your life? Now it’s your turn.

Learn more about us at https://learn4life.org/

How You Will Make an Impact

The Regional Instructional Specialist - Literacy supports student achievement through the implementation of an Organization-wide, comprehensive teacher training and development program. Primary responsibilities include: developing new and existing training modules for teachers, facilitating various trainings and staff development workshops, monitoring participation and completion of trainings, and providing ongoing coaching support to teachers.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: This list is illustrative only and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of tasks performed by this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Conduct New Teacher Trainings for all incoming teachers.
• Coach and provide mentorship to new and existing teachers for the purpose of developing effective teacher-leaders within the schools, achieving professional goals, and providing support to fulfill job duties and responsibilities at a high level of performance.
• Monitor and track employees who are trained, including outcomes and responses.
• Develop and maintain new and existing training modules.
• Create and establish staff development workshops for teaching staff.
• Create and establish various support materials for trainings and presentations.
• Create and maintain up-to-date training manuals and materials.
• Present various training modules and professional development workshops using multiple modes of delivery (webinars, videos, live presentations, etc.).
• Collaborate with Regional VP and Administrative teams to support training and staff development needs including, but not limited to assessment, research, material development, presenting, and training.
• Maintain an organized calendar of regional and site professional development, trainings, and coach support.
• Work collaboratively with individuals within and outside department for purposes of research, development, presentation, and accountability.
• Work collaboratively with Education and Compliance Departments to ensure consistent information is being presented to staff.
• Create and conduct various assessment tools to evaluate the effectiveness of trainings and workshops. Use results to continuously improve upon practices.
• Attend trainings and conferences that will support position.
• Stay current on best practices in education through research and trainings.
• Administrative duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed from time to time.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors Degree in Education or related field
• Valid California Teaching Credential
• Minimum of 3 years teaching experience- PREFERRED
• Minimum of 6 months experience as teacher or working in an administrative capacity within Organization-PREFERRED
• Minimum of 6 months in a leadership role (Lead teacher, Department Chair, Learning Center Coordinator, Assistant Principal, Principal)- PREFERRED

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Demonstrate knowledge of research-based instructional strategies that engage adult learners.
• Demonstrate knowledge of effective training and development techniques and strategies.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current trends in education.
• Demonstrate knowledge of technology to effectively prepare and deliver trainings (Word, PowerPoint, calendar, e-mail, etc.).

ABILITY TO:

• Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
• Ensure the transference of training content and meaning in a way that supports regional, organizational, and individual teacher goals.
• Establish an engaging and professional learning environment.
• Work as a team player with colleagues, administrators, and other department staff members.
• Maintain diplomacy when working with others to solve conflicts.
• Work independently and efficiently, exercising reasonable judgment, in a flexible environment with minimal supervision, and with broad directives.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Meet deadlines and maintain accurate records.
• Travel is required in performance of duties.

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

• Mental Demands: high workflow management, high project coordination.
• Finger Dexterity: using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together.
• Talking: especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Average Hearing: able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.
• Average Visual Abilities: ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery.
• Physical Strength: sedentary work. Sitting most of the time, and occasionally exerts up to 10 lbs. of force (almost all office jobs).
• Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required.
• Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures.