Education Consultant 3 (Teaching & Learning - Educator Development)

Office of Teaching and Learning – Educator Development

Job Focus Areas:

The Education Consultant 3 position is located within the Office of Teaching and Learning, Division of Educator Development and reports to the Deputy Assistant Superintendent. This position is responsible for providing comprehensive strategy support to the Deputy Assistant Superintendent and the Division of Educator Development. In addition, this person will lead various programs and initiatives across the division and agency. Day-to-day collaboration will be required with LDOE offices, school systems, and external partners to ensure successful development and implementation or programs and initiatives.

This position will serve as the statewide subject matter authority managing the following strategic state programs and federal funds in support of COVID recovery: Louisiana’s Professional Learning System, educator professional learning modules and platform, the state’s vendor strategy, statewide professional learning events, and other statewide special projects. This role will lead all of project management support ensuring successful implementation of all initiatives and projects designed to support the recovery and retention of Louisiana's educators following the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other key initiatives designed to expand professional learning to the educator workforce. This role directly leads work of one of our state’s five priorities: recruiting and retaining a diverse, highly effective educator workforce. This includes preparing strategy proposals, developing project plans and implementation timelines, supporting policy development and implementation, and supporting budget/fiscal management. The position oversees and leads the statewide projects, pilots, and policies that impact the educator workforce. Because the Educator Development Division leads the most major initiatives in the agency, this position will ensure alignment and cohesion across the Division of Educator Development and other divisions within the agency, so that implementation of these initiatives is effective across all school systems in the state .

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Serves as the statewide subject matter authority on the statewide educator and educator leadership professional learning and development program

Directs the statewide educator professional development program

Establishes program goals and objectives for implementation of the statewide development program

Coordinates the design and development of professional learning pilots including a vendor quality rating system for all vendors in the state’s vendor guidance

Oversees the overhaul of the state’s vendor guides to provide a streamlined, standardized, high-quality, and user-friendly product for system leaders to use when selecting professional learning providers

Leads the vision and execution of the statewide vendor strategy that includes hundreds of external vendors; communication strategy and plan

Oversees the development of a statewide professional learning platform inclusive of professional learning modules to support over 45,000 teachers in about 200 school systems across the state

Coordinates statewide professional learning networks to include both external and internal stakeholders

Directs a team of statewide liaisons to engage in a standards revision

Oversees research and evaluation for the professional learning system and other division initiatives

Leads the vision and implementation of a multi-year research study on professional learning in LA

Advises the division director regarding the strategy for the state’s educator workforce

Oversees the design, development, and implementation of strategy and quality initiatives reflective of state’s priorities

Evaluates the division’s progress toward meeting established goals and objectives, with tracking in the Department Operation Plan, a multi-year plan which captures and tracks agency priorities and timelines

Coordinates the agency’s teams to ensure educator development strategy priorities are aligned and coordinated with other divisions and offices within LDOE, school systems, and external partners

Leads efforts to release planning frameworks and associated funding opportunities for professional learning to support the ongoing COVID- 19 recovery efforts

Determines goals and objectives and creates project plans for educator development strategies

Coordinates internally to monitor and align program needs with state and federal budgets

Develops and implements plans for sharing critical information about educator development with a diverse set of field-based stakeholders including but not limited to working groups, task forces, superintendents, professional learning partners, agency staff, school and system leaders, and teachers

Serves as the public facing expert on PL to school systems and external partners

Develops and facilitates all presentations on professional learning, including presentations to LDOE executive leadership, external stakeholders, school system leaders, teachers, etc.

Oversees field communications for professional learning to provide coordinated information to school systems and external partners

Serves as the point of contact for external partners for all professional learning initiatives including the development and implementation of a statewide vendor strategy that will streamline and provide effective communications to all approved vendors in the state’s vendor guides, provide training and support to all vendors on implementation of the state’s priorities and Vision for Success, and lead meetings to analyze data and strategies to improve student and educator outcomes

Develops or reviews materials such as talking points for BESE

Oversees and coordinates the updating of internal stakeholders on progress toward the professional learning projects, including through check-ins with Educator Development team leaders, leadership team meetings, monthly division meetings, etc.

Reviews and provides feedback on project proposals, external meeting materials, and other key deliverables

Leads the support on initiatives involving policymakers and other external stakeholder groups

Researches best practices, evaluates current communications process, and develops strategies to improve and strengthen the successful messaging with internal staff, school systems, and external partners

Produce reports and presentation materials for updates on professional learning

Works independently on special projects or other duties assigned by the Deputy Assistant Superintendent

Performs other duties and tasks as requested by the Deputy Assistant Superintendent.

Candidates with the following skills and experience are encouraged to apply:

** Note regarding the advertised pay range : The Education Program Consultant series has an established special entrance rate (SER) that is set above the minimum of the pay range and the advertised minimum. The maximum amounts listed are the maximum salary amounts a person can make at each level over their career and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.

One position is available and it is located in Baton Rouge, LA. The person hired for this position is expected to regularly report to the Baton Rouge office. This position may be filled as a job appointment, probationary new hire, promotion of any permanent classified state employee OR promotion of a permanent classified employee of the Department of Education, Special School District, or the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

You may attach a resume; however only the information listed on the online application will be considered to determine qualification. All education, prior experience, including dates related to education and prior experience MUST be listed on the online application.

To be considered for this position, you are encouraged to attach a copy of your college transcript(s) to your online application, fax to the Department of Education (DOE) Human Resources Office at 225-342-1499 or mail to the DOE Human Resources Office, P. O. Box 94064, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 by the closing date of this announcement.

This is Announcement #50665693.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

NOTE: Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

For further information about this vacancy contact:

[email protected]

Louisiana Department of Education – Human Resources

PO Box 94064

Baton Rouge, LA 70804

Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any of the following will qualify:

1. A baccalaureate degree plus four years of professional level experience in teaching or education; or in a public or private sector setting.

2. A master's degree plus three years of professional level experience in teaching or education; or in a public or private sector setting.

3. A master's degree in education plus two years of professional level experience in teaching or education; or in a public or private sector setting.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

A master's degree plus thirty graduate hours will substitute for one year of the required experience.

An Educational Specialist Degree will substitute for one year of the required experience.

A Ph.D. or Ed. D will substitute for two years of the required experience.

NOTE:

Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

FUNCTION OF WORK:

Develops and implements all aspects of smaller scope education programs or all aspects of a specific area for larger scope education programs.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Advanced.

SUPEVISION RECEIVED:

Broad from an Education Consultant Supervisor, Education Division Director, or higher-level professional.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

May provide functional supervision over Local Education Agencies and lower-level professionals.

LOCATION OF WORK:

Predominantly located at the Department of Education. Other locations may be approved by SCS.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from the Education Consultant 2 by the presence of high-level programmatic responsibility over all aspects of an education program.

Differs from the Education Consultant 4 by the absence of serving as the sole senior staff assistant to an Education Program Manager/higher level Education official or subject matter authority-witness/program developer and/or researcher.

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

May serve as lead worker of a unit with responsibility for the development and implementation of all aspects of an educational program affecting populations such as students, teachers, principals, central office personnel, and ancillary/support personnel in the public school systems, special schools, nonpublic schools, public and private colleges and universities, technical colleges, local neglected and delinquent institutions, and state correctional institutions; and individuals from other profit and nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions.

Reviews work and provide input on evaluation of performance of subordinate personnel involved in a program.

Determines program goals and objectives, develops plans to effectively implement the specified program.

Communicates the needs of the Local Education Agencies in the region to the Regional Service Center Director and State Director.

Provides technical assistance daily via telephone, letters, visits, etc. to parents, teachers, administrators, university personnel and other agency personnel regarding issues involving services/programs in the assigned Regional Service Center.

Updates the Superintendents of the local school systems from the assigned Regional Service Center, on a regular basis, regarding services and current issues.

Works with other Department of Education staff to maintain current information about state and federal programs in order to provide leadership and oversight for related services in the assigned Regional Service Center.

Advises and provides technical assistance to local superintendents of education, other educators, and other persons outside the field of education on programs, policies, procedures, laws, and regulations; and answers questions and assists in the resolution of problems.

Researches, designs, implements, and evaluates current and long-range plans, rules, regulations, guidelines, and policies for the program(s) in accordance with federal or state laws and policies.

Designs, develops, and pilots, programs and research projects on the basis of national/state reports, trends, economic conditions, future needs, educational research findings, and state and federal legislative or policy developments.

Serves as a team leader to assists schools and school systems in securing the best possible results for their efforts by building the capacity of school and system teams.

Develops evaluation designs to measure the quality and effectiveness of program(s) and their impact on students.

Plans, conducts, and evaluates staff development and in-service training (including national, state, and regional workshops, hearings, conferences) for personnel in the Department of Education, local education agencies, colleges and universities, technical colleges, correctional schools and institutions, as well as churches, civil associations, business and industry groups, special committees and task forces, professional associations and organizations, special interest groups, parents, and other citizens.