Teacher Consultant - Educational Technology

Grande Yellowhead Public School division is accepting applications for a Teacher Consultant
- Educational Technology

Position: Teacher Consultant
- Educational Technology

Location(s): Education Service Center (ESC) - Edson, Alberta and/ or Hinton Learning Services Centre (HSC) - Hinton, Alberta

Start Date: Duties will commence on September 1, 2026 (or a mutually agreeable start date) and will conclude on June 29, 2027

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week, 1.0 FTE Monday
- Friday

Reports to: Director of Technology

The competition will remain open until July 15, 2026 at 12:00pm MST

Providing leadership in GYPSD, the Teacher Consultant
- Educational Technology is knowledgeable about the Alberta programs of study, skilled at teacher collaboration and sharing promising practices, with specific expertise in emerging and assistive technologies to support student learning. The Teacher Consultant
- Educational Technology supports teachers in building their capacity and strengthening instructional practices to provide effective universal support for all students. As an instructional leader, the Teacher Consultant
- Educational Technology continues to gain knowledge about emerging trends, technologies and research-based instructional practices.

• Be an innovator of technology
• Be results-oriented and possess an ability to achieve defined results.
• Have a clear sense of direction and vision for learning and teaching in the 21st Century.
• Have the ability to work effectively with a variety of groups including Alberta Education, Division office colleagues, school administration, teachers, parents and other local and regional partners.
• Have the ability to lead change efforts.
• Have the capacity to develop leadership potential in others.
• Have the ability to unify schools toward common Division purposes and have excellent written, verbal and communication skills.

• In accordance with the Director of Information Technology’s specifications and direction.
• Work closely with the Technology Team to implement the goals and strategies of the Learning Technology Policy Framework (LTPF).
• Supporting Power School SIS, Power Teacher Pro, K-9 Digital Report Card and Outcome-Based reporting, My Power Hub , Dossier & Vretta Online Assessment both in the Technology Department, and working alongside teachers and principals to support their effective use of these platforms will be a large part of this role.
• Promote research based educational technology strategies and assistive technologies to support the highest level of learning for all students.
• Contribute to improving and facilitating division-wide leadership and professional staff development strategies in educational technology.
• Provide ongoing training for division staff to effectively utilize technologies to enhance and improve student learning outcomes.
• Recommend research-based information and resources to support effective technology applications for school, class and individual levels.
• Analyze student data response to emerging technologies and assistive technologies to guide programming decisions for individual students, school-based interventions and division-wide best practices.
• Share knowledge about emerging trends, technologies and research-based instructional practices, especially in the domain of educational technology & assistive technologies.
• Actively demonstrate and subscribe to the practice of educational leadership.
• Support video streaming and video conferencing programming and courses.
• Contribute to achieving the outcomes established for Learning Services and the division.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Technology.

Occasional travel may be required.

• The Teacher Consultant
  - Educational Technology must possess (or be eligible for) a valid Alberta teaching certificate, have a minimum of six years of successful teaching experience;
• Possess (or be working toward) a Master’s Degree in a related field;
• Demonstrate all of the competencies outlined in the Alberta Leadership Quality Standards and
• Have superior technology skills to be able to work in the divisional context.
• A valid Alberta driver’s license is required.