School Information:
Located in Waterford Township, MI, Oakside Prep Academy opened in 2013 and serves students K-12. At Oakside, you can connect passion with purpose.
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Why Choose Oakside Preparatory Academy:
- Competitive pay and benefits at affordable rates.
- Unique K-12 environment, increasing collaboration among staff.
- Supportive coaching model with new staff paired with a teacher mentor.
- Consistently outperforms local districts on state assessments.
- Ensure a secure and safe working environment.
- Benefit from seasoned and supportive leadership.
- Access to best-in-class curriculum with advanced instructional tools and resources.
- Awarded Detroit’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.
- Recognized as Partner of the Year for the Pontiac Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Summary:
The Technology Teacher will provide K-8 student technology instruction and ensure educational technology at the school is operational and well-managed. The ideal candidate has experience teaching K-8 technology classes using ISTE Standards and enjoys managing technology and troubleshooting. The position will allocate approximately 90% of the time to student technology instruction and 10% to building-wide technology administration and support. Student technology instruction is focused on creating future-ready, digitally literate learners who are able to use technology to complete current assignments, transition into the digital workflow expectations of high school, and explore emerging technologies foundational to STEM careers. The K-8 National Heritage Academies (NHA) Technology Standards empower the technology teacher to prepare students in these ways and are rooted in the 2016 ISTE Standards for Students. The NHA Technology Standards provide additional direction on specific foundational computer skills and online safety skills needed for all NHA students. Building technology coordination is needed to keep the school’s educational technology and network infrastructure in working order. In partnership with NHA’s IT Department, the Technology Teacher will manage the deployment and life-cycle of NHA-provided hardware and perform intermittent troubleshooting to the hardware and network infrastructure. This staff member will also help students access online educational applications by managing the school’s Clever Student Portal and customize online access for students at their school by managing Chrome settings via the Google Admin Console. The Technology Teacher also acts as the State Testing Technology Coordinator and may be asked to act as the Lead NWEA MAP Testing Proctor.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Teach K - 8 technology classes using the NHA Technology Standards in accordance to NHA’s Classroom Framework.
- Ensure an approved online safety curriculum is taught, properly documented and submitted to the Educational Technology Specialist at the Service Center (annually) to fulfill the educational requirements of the federal Children’s Internet Protection Act.
- Serve as the primary contact between the school and NHA’s IT Department at the Service Center to create awareness and alignment between the NHA Technology Model and all technology implementations at the school.
- Be a liaison for all things related to technology at the school by being the voice of NHA’s IT Department in order to effectively communicate and apply NHA’s Technology Model to desired school-based technology implementations.
- Work with school leadership to develop long-range goals for the school technology program by participating in strategic planning meetings and technology decisions at the building level.
- Offer pre-implementation guidance on how new technologies will work and be supported; in alignment with NHA’s Technology Model.
- Effectively communicate new software releases and technology changes to building staff through the most appropriate medium(s): email, updates at staff meetings and professional development sessions.
- Create and maintain updated inventory of all building technology which differentiates between technology-provided and grant-funded resources.
- Manage a successful technology refresh by communicating device needs to the Service Center and preparing technology for removal, replacement and deployment.
- Manage Chromebook user settings via the Google Admin Console to block websites identified by the school, in addition to the Internet filters enforced by the Service Center, and push unique Chrome apps and extensions to users at the school.
- Manage school’s Clever Student Portal by customizing the layout of the homepage, assigning links to appropriate users, and providing staff training on operating the Clever Portal.
- Develop and implement school-wide procedures for supporting staff in troubleshooting and resolving technology issues.
- Setup and connect classroom technology for whole-group instruction by connecting teacher laptop to projector with and without the use of the document camera.
- Maintain projectors by dusting 2x / year, replacing projector lamp bulbs as they die, and encouraging staff to turn off when not in use.
- Systematically troubleshoot NHA-provided hardware to the source of the issue by swapping out parts and performing basic troubleshooting procedures and order replacement equipment from NHA’s Technology Support Center as needed.
- Become familiar with the building network infrastructure and if a network issue arises, locate equipment and follow instructions under the guidance of a Service Center Technician.
- Act as the State Testing Technology Coordinator as outlined in the responsibilities listed below.
- Prepare technology for use during state testing, and any other online testing, by ensuring the Chrome Operating System on each Chromebook is the latest version and the latest version of the testing application is installed and functional on all testing devices.
- Ensure school has hardware needed to support access for all learners; such as mice, headphones, large-display monitors and enough devices for each testing session.
- Provide technology troubleshooting support for state testing and any other online testing.
- Attend all state-provided and NHA-provided technology trainings to support online testing.
- Perform Lead Proctor Role for NWEA MAP testing by coordinating successful NWEA MAP test administration.
- Achieve the goal of testing at least 97% of students in all grades within the given MAP testing window.
- Ensure all test proctors receive the required MAP test proctor training.
- Ensure all testing devices have the MAP testing software installed and is functional.
- Ensure school-wide testing schedule has been developed at least two weeks prior to the first day of MAP testing.
- Provide a standardized testing environment as described in the NWEA MAP Test Administration Handbook.
- Ensure appropriate MAP testing accommodations are provided to students with IEP’s, 504’s or other specialized plans or support needs.
- Ensure all test proctors monitor students according to standardized MAP testing procedures.
- Ensure MAP retesting policy is followed.
- Ensure MAP testing repair requests are submitted to service center testing support before testing window closes.
Qualifications:
Hold a valid teacher license or meet alternative requirements. NHA will support you through your alternative certification journey.
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