Washington County School District

Job Description

Job Title:  Director of Educator Evaluation

Department:  K-12 Student Learning

Reports To:  Executive Director of K-12 Student Learning

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Schedule: AA lane 5 (Director Level II)

Prepared By:  Human Resources Director          

Prepared Date: March 20, 2014

Approved By:  School Board/HR Director 

Approved Date:    March 26, 2014

SUMMARY

The Director of Educator Evaluation will support school principals in promoting quality teaching. The Director will organize, coordinate and oversee the administration and implementation of educator and administrator evaluation. The emphasis of this role is coaching K-12 principals in their efforts to help educators who are struggling to improve their teaching practices. The Director of Educator Evaluation will oversee the development of plans of assistance. This will entail providing professional learning experiences around instructional leadership, on-site coaching and consulting, and sustained mentoring.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Regular attendance and timeliness is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position.

Plans and conducts training for district-level administrators, site administrators, teachers and other related educators relative to the implementation of educator evaluation

Oversees the evaluation of lines of evidence related to the educator evaluation

Works collaboratively with the Director of Learning and Curriculum Coordinators to coordinate the educator evaluation with professional learning communities (PLCs) and the Utah Effective Teaching Standards

Ensures compliance with all legal mandates of educator evaluation

Works collaboratively with the Director of Assessment in planning and overseeing the collection, reporting, and interpretation of educator evaluations

Assists in the appointment of a person, not employed by the district, to review procedures and make recommendations regarding evaluation review

Works collaboratively with the Director of Learning, Curriculum Coordinators, and the site administrator in the development of educator plans of improvement

Coordinates the district participation in accountability measures

Participates in state and coordinates district-level educator evaluation, review, and development committees

Assists in formulating applicable policies, processes and procedures related to educator evaluation

Coordinates and updates the Director of Human Resources with conduct and performance related concerns that are identified in the evaluation and intervention process

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must demonstrate an acceptable level of maturity, good judgment, and emotional stability.

· Demonstrated experience as a qualified instructional coach

· Experience with educator remediation process

· Knowledge and application of professional development standards

· Ability to design and facilitate quality professional development

· Knowledge and application of best classroom teaching practices

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Master's degree (M. A.) or equivalent and eight to ten years related experience and/or training. Incumbent must be able to apply appropriate technology and evaluation principles for reporting purposes.  Knowledge of and ability to effectively use database and spreadsheet programs to compile a variety of statistical reports is essential. Incumbent must be able to understand and apply District, State, and Federal laws, rules and regulations. 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Incumbent must hold a current Utah State Administrative License.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals.  Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from patrons or agencies relative to the assessment and research program of the District.  Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.  Ability to effectively present information to administrators, teachers, patrons, agencies, and the Board of Education.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to understand the mathematical operations underlying such tasks as summarizing data, determination of test reliability and validity, hypothesis testing, Item Response Theory (IRT), correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal simultaneously with several abstract and concrete variables.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.