Technology Integration Coach 27-28

Hace 5 días

Guadalajara Jal, Guadalajara (municipio); Estado de Jalisco, México The American School Foundation Of Guadalajara Jornada completa

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At ASFG, we are deeply committed to our mission statement and learning goals. We believe that by nurturing purposeful learners, critical and creative thinkers, effective communicators, and engaged community contributors, our students—future leaders in Mexico and beyond—will develop the skills, understanding, and aspiration to shape a bright and sustainable future.

We value belonging and are committed to an ongoing process of cultivating a welcoming environment. This means continuously listening, learning, and adapting to ensure that every student and family feels seen, heard, and empowered to thrive.

The Technology Integration Coach improves student performance by working with teachers to optimize the use of instructional technology in the classroom. This position also establishes a coherent, schoolwide, future-oriented vision for students' technology learning and collaborates with staff to ensure that students acquire the tech-related skills that they need in order to thrive now and in the future.

FUNCTIONS

Strategic Planning and Improvement

Leads schoolwide planning and improvement initiatives through the Learning, Innovation and Technology Team (LITT), which is composed of technology instructors, section and all-school administrators, and the Technology Manager

Plans for and leads monthly LITT meetings.

Digital Citizenship

Coordinates / Oversees ASFGs digital citizenship policies and practices

Conduct Digital Citizenship parent and student meetings in Middle School and High School.

Student Technology Curriculum

Works with technology instructors and Instructional Programs Director to:

Establish and maintain a coherent set of future-oriented student technology learning expectations for technology classes as well as for subject-area integration.

Help create grade-level scope and sequences for student technology learning expectations when needed.

Teacher Training/Coaching

Works with Instructional Programs Director and principals to establish a clear set of instructional technology expectations for teachers as well as expectations for which tech skills/concepts they need to teach to students.

With a focus on grades 3-12, assesses instructional technology competencies among teachers with regards to:

Their ability to use technology in their instruction to enhance student learning

Their ability to teach students the tech skills/concepts that are integrated in their subject- areas.

Works with section administrators and the Instructional Programs Director to set goals for improving staff technology competencies and to plan staff professional development

Collaborates with teachers in composing effective technology-infused, content-based lessons, and supports the teachers as they implement the lessons in their classrooms

Promotes model instructional practices and the role of technology in them

Besides one-on-one coaching, uses a variety of methods of training staff: modeling, small group workshops, large group presentations, or whole-school sessions; may also recommend external training

Investigates, evaluates, and disseminates information on best practices for technology integration, sources of information on trends, research, and applications related to technology use in the educational setting.

Collects and analyzes data on the integration of technology at ASFG and measures progress for instructional improvement.

Maintains a current expertise of technology integration strategies and coaching pedagogy.

Educational Technology Resources

Works with Instructional Programs Director, principals and Technology Manager to:

gather data on the educational technology (hardware & software) being used schoolwide

assess the appropriateness of the technology and effectiveness of how it's being used

evaluate and recommend instructional technology materials and software to ensure infrastructure and tools are available to carry out school and technology initiatives.

Works with teachers to help them select digital and physical tech resources to enhance learning

Works with Instruction Programs Director to manage academic licenses

Coordinates with the Tech Center to ensure the smooth and successful deployment of new educational technologies.

Makerspace

Manages the mak