Per Diem Educational Consultant; ELA

The Per Diem Educational Consultant (6-12 ELA) is an onsite representative of Savvas Learning Company helping to initiate lasting change in districts and schools by delivering core content, intervention and supplemental professional development, Change of Practice, and Job-embedded services. This resource provides individual and group support for district personnel and school faculty to incorporate effective strategies into classroom practice.

Additional responsibilities include delivering professional development and technical assistance to schools that have contracted with Savvas for professional development and job-embedded services. In addition, this position requires deep knowledge and extensive experience with academia, standards-based school reform and the ability to deliver high quality job-embedded professional development and site-based technical support to school personnel using innovative Savvas products, technology resources and/or research-based methodologies for school turn around.

Desired applicants must have 5+ years of successful teaching experience in a 6-12 school setting and preference will be given to candidates who can provide evidence through demonstration of existing knowledge of Savvas products, experience in effective coaching and training to teachers and teacher leaders.

Candidates must be local to the Northeast region.

• Effectively implement classroom components and resources in the program:
  • Apply the philosophy, pedagogy, and basic organization of the program.
  • Implement each segment of the daily instructional block.
  • Differentiating instruction based on student need.
  • Effectively manage a Savvas curriculum classroom, technology integration and devices.
  • Effectively utilize data and reporting tools to impact instruction and decision making.
  • Model coaching conversations that support admin with providing effective teacher feedback.
• Job-Embedded Coaching and Modeling:
  • Coach teachers to apply the philosophy, pedagogy, and basic organization of the program.
  • Differentiating instruction based on teacher/student need.
• Observation and Support:
  • Observe classroom practices following the professional development to identify implementation progress of the Savvas program.
  • Provide teachers with critical feedback to guide implementation progress of the key instructional features of the program.
  • Provide feedback on observable practices learned from Model Lesson/Lesson Study opportunity.
• Data-Based Decision Making:
  • Use two dashboards within the product (Performance and Assignment).
  • Differentiating instruction based on student need.
• Administrator Support:
  • Utilize Savvas program tools to determine the implementation needs.
  • Observe the strategies and practices implemented in the instructional block and provide teachers with feedback on implementation.
  • Understand and identify the philosophy, pedagogy, and basic organization of the program.
• Administrator
  
  Coaching:
  
  
  • Classroom/Instructional coaching.
  • Facilitation of training to support implementation.
  • Provision of onsite technical support.
  • Regular and ongoing communication with school and district leaders.

• B.A. or B.S. degree required; M.A. preferred.
• Experience of fering workshops/coaching to teachers.
• Experience with classroom-based technology integration.
• Experience with differentiated instruction.
• Demonstrated success as a classroom teacher and at least five years of successful experience as a 6-12 professional in the ELA content area.
• Strong collaboration and team building skills.
• Knowledge of standards-based reform, curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
• Ability to plan strategically with and coach school leaders and classroom teachers.
• Ability to provide instructional support relating to effective teaching strategies for teachers across content areas using instructional technology.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent ability to present content to large and small groups (effective presentation skills).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Scaffolding instruction for English Language Learners.
• Certification in bilingual education preferred.
• Scaffolding instruction for students with…