Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. USAJOBS is the federal government employment platform. The Special Education Instructional System Specialist provides coaching and consultation to special education educators and leaders, supports school-wide implementation planning, improves instructional practice, and advises educators on data-informed teaching.

Responsibilities

• Provide coaching (both in-person and virtually) to Special Education educators/educational leaders
• Guide leadership/leadership team(s) in the school-wide implementation planning (this includes professional development, time for job-embedded learning, and scheduling)
• Foster professional practice improvement of teachers in a Special Education learning environment
• Implement Special Education instruction within student-centered learning environments (such as the physical space, academic, social, and emotional learning opportunities, and daily structure)
• Advise educators in leveraging interpreted data to improve teaching effectiveness

Skills

• Current Competitive Service Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) Civilian Employee
• Current Department of War (DoW) Civilian Employee
• Current Excepted Service Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) Employee
• Current Excepted Service Department of War Employee
• The course work must have been completed at or accepted by a regionally accredited U.S. college or university
• A minimum of a Master's degree in the field of Special Education or Education is required for all Special Education Instructional System Specialist (ISS) positions
• Specialized experience is experience gained in teaching, educational research, development of educational materials and aids, educational testing, educational administration, or comparable activities in an elementary and/or secondary school, which has clearly demonstrated success in the application of principles, methods, and techniques of education and familiarity with current developments in PK-12th grade education and training. This experience must have been in Special Education
• Applicants must be currently certified or certifiable under the current DoWEA standards in any Special Education certification area
• Preferred consideration given to applicants that have completed coursework in the following content areas 1.Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material
• 2.Instructional design practices: Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design strategy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness
• 3.Educational evaluation: Study of the techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluation instruments
• 4.Instructional product development: Study of the techniques appropriate for developing training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives,applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training
• 5.Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training

Benefits

• Federal employees in Guam are currently entitled to receive a 11.88% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary.
• The Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) reimburses eligible employees for the additional Federal, State, and local income taxes incurred as a result of receiving taxable travel income.

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