Educational Technology Integrator

Description

Overview

Mary McDowell Friends School is a K-12 college preparatory program dedicated to the success of students with learning disabilities. Grounded in the Quaker values of equality, integrity, and social responsibility, we cultivate a diverse community in which each student can reach his or her full potential. Our specialized teaching methodologies and challenging curricula empower students to become academic achievers, creative thinkers, and contributing members of a global society.

Mary McDowell Friends School (MMFS) invites applications for the position of Upper School Educational Technology Integrator beginning in August 2019.

MMFS strives to support students, faculty, and the educational community in the use of technology to aid in the learning process. This goes well beyond facilitating mandated or recommended assistive technology - an Educational Technology Integrator works to match students and faculty with the best technologies to not just enable the learning process, but enrich it. Whenever possible, the goal is to provide detailed and targeted instruction to assist someone learning the tools/process for creating their own content, rather than simply gathering needs, and creating the content for the student or teacher. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a passion for education, working with High School teachers, and working with a team of IT professionals dedicated to the mission of educating LD Students.

Responsibilities and Priorities

In order to facilitate daily work and project-based planning, the primary role is defined in two parts:

Students

• Manage student technology issues as promptly as possible, as they arise. If this involves coordination with IT due to software/hardware needs, communication and follow-through should be detailed and prompt.

• Work with faculty to ensure that source texts (novels for English, textbooks for other departments) are as accessible as possible (through Audible.com, Learning Ally, or Kurzweil). In the case where source documents are not accessible, work with assigning faculty to facilitate accessible versions.

• Facilitate installation, support and training for students in a speech to text/text to speech needs through Read and Write for Google, as well as Google Apps STT engine.

• Facilitate installation, support, and training for students to effectively utilize Google Apps for Education, particularly Google Docs and Google Classroom

• Facilitate assistive technology assessment and implementation

Faculty

• Push into classrooms in order to observe and support students and faculty technology use.

• Facilitate installation, support, and training for faculty to effectively utilize Google Classroom.

• Facilitate installation, support, and training for faculty to effectively utilize Veracross.

• Facilitate and manage peripheral technology (interactive whiteboards, scanners, cameras, and projection appliances) which can be used in a classroom setting to create subject matter, or enrich the learning experience

• Facilitate installation, support, and training for faculty to effectively utilize content creation tools integratable with the interactive whiteboards in every classroom. The goal is that every teacher can deliver a multisensory, accessible curriculum.

• Help with general technology literacy, vet and provide documentation and self-help resources

Additionally, you will partner with another Integrator to meet community needs:

Community

• Maintain documentation and resources on us.marymcdowell.net

• Collect student work and create initiatives for content on the Lightpost, the online student publication

• Collaborate with IT and other division Ed-Tech coordinators on larger school-wide technology initiatives

• Engage in professional development opportunities to bring new technology and methods back to MMFS

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This position is active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 40 pounds. This job requires the ability to maintain the physical capacity required to navigate the school environment. The ability to open filing cabinets and bend or stand for long periods of time, as necessary. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time, 10-month faculty position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a half hour paid lunch; faculty meetings occur every Wednesday from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand and will be scheduled in advance.

Travel

Travel between campus is necessary on occasion for meetings, are scheduled with advanced notice, and are within walking distance from each other.

Requirements

A BA/BS in a technology education-based field, or a BA/BS with a certification in some form of education or technology.

A passion for technology, education, and emerging trends which blend the two.