Department Administrator For 9-12 English And Library Information Services

Duties

West Aurora Department Administrator Job Description POSITION TITLE: Department Administrator for 9-12 English and Library Information Services REPORTS TO:

Executive Director for Curriculum, Instruction & Professional Learning CONTRACTLENGTH: 11 months POSITION SUMMARY: The Department Administrator works cooperatively with the entire administrative staff and provides direct leadership and oversight of the identified content area.

The job of the Department Administrator is to lead and support the day to day workings of their content area.

This includes, leading, managing, and overseeing all aspects of the department including teachers, support staff, and department meetings. The Department Administrator oversees the development and implementation of curriculum, curricular documents and instruction in designated content area(s). In addition, this role is responsible for supervising and evaluating the delivery of instruction in compliance with district and building policies and procedures for the purpose of advancing student learning. QUALIFICATIONS: ? Evidence of professional certification. ? Minimum five (5) years of demonstrated teacher leadership experiences ? Successfully completed modules to evaluate certified staff or willingness to complete ? Knowledge of current teaching methodologies, curricular innovations and educational research within the designated content/curricular area. ? Have teaching/clinical experience within the department/grade level of assigned supervisory responsibility.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Curriculum Development, Implementation, Evaluation and Revision: ? Articulate a vision for the department and see it through to implementation. Conceptualize short and long-term goals and align those with those of the building/district.

Provide a structure and support system to help staff work toward those goals. ? Supervise all aspects of curriculum change including development, implementation, evaluation, and revision and internal articulation. ? Demonstrates support to District, school, and department goals. The curriculum leader will demonstrate a willingness to examine student data and facilitate changes necessary to produce efficient and effective practices that will increase student achievement, by: ? coordinating and having an awareness of the curriculum that is being taught in the classroom. ? facilitating in the development of measurable and meaningful goals within the content area that support school wide goals. ? facilitating content level discussions on student performance data for the purpose of curricular or instructional modification. ? Promote department efforts with implementation of the most current standards and objectives, formative and summative assessments, common assessments for courses, and effective instructional practices. ? Facilitate content area committees for new resource/text adoptions, and recommend supplementary materials for the content area. ? Conduct review of instructional materials and make recommendations for change through involvement of instructional staff through district approved procedures. Upon approval, coordinate ordering and distribution of materials. ? Lead annual (or more frequent) reviews of the curriculum in the department to ensure vertical continuity and appropriateness of content, skills, and assessment. ? Unify and provide recommendations for departmental and district policies (such as course outlines, pacing plans, common assessments, grading scales, etc.) ? Act as the curricular leader of the department for all staff by overseeing curriculum workshops, reviewing course proposals, lead textbook/resource adoption, improving instruction, interventions, and services.

Department Management, Leadership & Fiscal Responsibility: ? Supervise and monitor all departmental operations. ? Assist in development of master schedule by recommending course offerings, schedule of classes, teacher assignments, articulation, student placement, and room usage. ? Assist in the interview, selection and assignment of certified and non-certified staff. ? Assist articulation efforts between elementary/middle and middle/high school curriculum specialists. ? Resolve and de-escalate conflicts that arise. Identify conflicts, listen to various parties and empower others to come to a resolution, or be directive when the situation necessitates it. Understand that conflict can be an opportunity for growth and approach situations with that mindset. ? Submits any department budget requests.

Facilitates the department discussions regarding the allocation of resources when assigned to the department Professional Learning: ? Work with classroom, building grade level, or content area data, in order to identify student trends as well as to support identification of professional development needs. ? Assist staff in understanding and implementing national, state, and district standards, in analyzing student achievement data, and in determining how to focus instruction to remediate and reinforce skills and knowledge in the content area. ? Plan and coordinate district-wide staff development activities. ? Support growth opportunities for staff members in the department and facilitate collaboration among all members of the department. Other: ? In general, the Department Administrator will be available on-site before, after, and during school hours to meet their professional responsibilities and lead and support their content areas. INTENDED OUTCOMESANDSUCCESSMEASURES: ? Written curriculum is created, revised and updated according to the SD129 Scope of Work ? Improve student and teacher performance in targeted areas as identified. ? Take accountability for resolving content area issues.

Qualifications

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSE WITH SECONDARY ENDORSEMENT; REQUIRED

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ENDORSEMENT PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

How to Apply

Submit your application online at - West Aurora School District 129 website.

Link to District/Third Party Online Application Web Page

https://www.applitrack.com/d129/onlineapp/admin/_admin.aspx

School District

https://www.sd129.org

Position Website

https://www.sd129.org

City Website

https://www.sd129.org

ILearn Link

ILearn

Report Card Link

District Report Card

Job Posting Date

4/17/2024

Start Date

7/15/2024