Technology Integration Specialist

The Old Trail School Technology Integration Specialist will primarily assist faculty in integrating and using appropriate and innovative technologies effectively to differentiate instruction, enhance instructional strategies, assess student learning, and provide engaging learning experiences for all students. The Technology Integration Specialist reports to the Director of Technology.

• Coordinating technology education and training of students and teachers.

• Assessing student and teacher technology education and creating suggested technology learning strategies to improve student and faculty learning.

• Collaborating with teachers to implement technology into the curriculum. Working as a team, the Technologist and a teacher work towards integrating technology in relevant ways that meet established standards for content and technology.

• Recommending and/or purchasing and managing hardware, software and related resources.

• Identifying trends and resources in software, curriculum, and teaching strategies.

• Creating, maintaining, and overseeing technology integration plans, ECP through Grade 8.

• Creating or finding learning resources for teachers and students. For example, web-based solutions and iPad Apps that support teachers in integrating technology. Ideally, teachers will be guided and encouraged in developing their own resources and the Technologist will support these efforts, providing additional support as needed.

• Support special guests with technology setup and questions.

Communication

• Establish open communication with Division Directors to keep them abreast of all proposed and active technology solutions implemented with their related faculty and students.

• Partner with the Director of Technology to research and propose new ways to enhance teaching and learning, promote innovation and cross-curricular collaboration, and foster purposeful, meaningful, and creative integration of technology.

• Condensing, creating, and maintaining information about products and services that assist teachers in finding definitions of software items, lesson plans to implement, and other resources that enhance specific materials. Presenting these materials to teachers individually or on a shared resource board.

• Attend all related department meetings.

Tech Support and other duties

• May assist the Technology Staff to support hardware and software related issues.

• May be requested to perform specific duties, such as advisor, coaching, trip planning, electives, and annual auction setup.

• May be assigned as primary contact on specialty hardware and software such as interactive boards, Blackbaud, student and faculty applications maintenance, curriculum mapping software, printer maintenance, and classroom audio/video setup.

• Support staff and students in the use of Blackbaud.

Professional Development

• Will attend at least one workshop related to educational technology per year.

• Establish resources to stay current with trends in education and technology to make recommendations for the direction of school related technology.