Professional Learning Specialist; PLS

Professional Learning Specialist (PLS)##

Job Description:

Under the direction of the Principal and/or Assistant Principal, acts as a professional learning coordinator, mentor/coach, facilitator, and member of the leadership team. Acts as a resource for the professional development of teachers. May facilitate various aspects of teacher induction. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele.## Position Specific Information (if Applicable):## Responsibilities:
** Mentor/Coach:
** Create personalized induction opportunities

Provide support for inductees

Ongoing mentoring of all teachers

Model, co-teach, and Cognitive Coach teachers

Create Differentiated Induction Plans for inductees

Support staff in attaining goals

Facilitate data analysis opportunities
21st Century Skills Leader
** Facilitator:
** Facilitate team, school or feeder meetings to enhance shared responsibility when appropriate

Provide ongoing training to facilitate meaningful Learning Community Work Enhance dialogue opportunities while building professional community

Facilitate the creation of a supportive, restorative, and inclusive building culture
** Professional Learning Coordinator:
** Coordinate, plan, implement and evaluate professional development aligned with DCSD PD Standards Arrange peer observations

Lesson Study Design Facilitate and coordinate Professional Learning Communities Train mentors, departmentment heads and teacher leaders

Implement job embedded professional learning

Evaluate and provide high quality resources

Liaison between district and site
** Collaborative Member of the Building Leadership Team:
** Lead school initiatives

Collaborate with leadership to build World Class Education opportunities for staff

Work with principal to create Unified Improvement Plan and Professional Development Plan Backward Plan, implement, evaluate and support professional development to support Site##

Certifications:

Teaching License - Colorado Department of Education##

Education:

Bachelor's Degree (Required)## Position Type:

Regular## Primary

Location:

Pioneer Elementary## One Year Only (Yes or No):

No## Scheduled Hours Per Week:40## Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):1.00## Approx Scheduled Days Per Year:200 Work Days## Full Salary Range:$56,366.00 USD - $ USD Annual## Position Salary Schedule Eligibility:

Hard to Hire Licensed position salaries are set based on one of three salary schedules;
* General, Hard to Hire, and Specialist/Extremely Hard to Hire.
* DCSD will award up to 7 years of previous licensed teaching experience at the time of hire.  to view the current DCSD Licensed Salary Schedules*.
* ** All salary amounts listed on the schedules are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.*## Benefits:

This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.## Time Off Plans:

This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.## This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past:

August 8, 2026
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