Position: Educator Licensure and Professional Development Coordinator (Principal Consultant #1829)
Location: Springfield
Union: IFSOE
Anticipated Starting Salary Range: $60,047 - $75,881
Full Salary Range: $60,047 - $102,191
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Posted Date: September 25, 2024
The Educator Effectiveness Department is seeking new talent to add to its team! This position will lead and participate in a variety of initiatives and department functions related to educator preparation, licensure, and renewal, including work aimed at improving the department's public facing electronic licensure, renewal, and preparation applications. This individual will also lead work focused on teacher evaluations, professional development for license renewal, and Illinois Administrator Academies. Additionally, this individual will lead work to build out the department's PD+ system that provides educators with equitable access to statewide professional development.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leads and participates in projects and initiatives related to educator preparation, licensure, and renewal, including duties and projects related to teacher and principal performance evaluations and duties related to developing and testing enhancements in the Educator Licensure Information System, Illinois Administrator Academy management system, and PD+ application.
- Coordinates and leads meetings, presentations, and trainings with internal staff and stakeholders.
- Oversees all aspects of Illinois Administrator Academies (AA's), such as reviewing and approving academy proposals, communicating with providers, and coordinating training for agency staff and stakeholders.
- Completes evaluations for educator licensure, reviews test scores, transcripts, and other supporting documents to ensure educators meet requirements to obtain Illinois licensure.
- Provides excellent service and technical assistance to stakeholders through email, phone, virtual, and personal communication and serves as a department lead for communication to stakeholders.
- Oversees department grants and contracts, including awarding, monitoring, reporting, and communicating with grantees and vendors.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree plus two years of relevant professional experience. (COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION)
- Valid professional educator license. (COPY OF LICENSE REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION)
- Two years of experience (in addition to education requirements) working as a teacher, school support personnel, or administrator in an Illinois public school.
- Experience serving as the lead on work projects, assignments or trainings with little direction from management.
- General knowledge of Illinois preparation, licensure, and renewal processes.
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent organization skills.
- Ability to problem solve.
- Ability to work independently with little direction from management.
- Working knowledge of the Educator Licensure Information System and PD+ application.
- Ability to use virtual platforms to participate in and conduct meetings.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree.
- Degree in education.
- Professional educator license endorsed for general administration or principal.
- Experience completing Administrator Academies for the purposes of license renewal, or experience conducting teacher performance evaluations.
- Experience designing and disseminating publications (such as a newsletter) to stakeholders in education.
ISBE provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. We actively foster a culture of inclusion and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply.
Illinois has an urgent and collective responsibility to achieve educational equity by ensuring that all policies, programs, and practices affirm the strengths that each and every child brings within their diverse backgrounds and life experiences, and by delivering the comprehensive supports, programs, and educational opportunities they need to succeed.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
