| Top Tasks (Specific duties and responsibilities of this job.) |
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| Conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students. |
| Plan and conduct teacher training programs and conferences dealing with new classroom procedures, instructional materials and equipment, and teaching aids. |
| Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures. |
| Recommend, order, or authorize purchase of instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and visual aids designed to meet student educational needs and district standards. |
| Interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes, and rules and regulations of state education boards. |
| Confer with members of educational committees and advisory groups to obtain knowledge of subject areas, and to relate curriculum materials to specific subjects, individual student needs, and occupational areas. |
| Organize production and design of curriculum materials. |
| Research, evaluate, and prepare recommendations on curricula, instructional methods, and materials for school systems. |
| Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance, and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills. |
| Develop instructional materials to be used by educators and instructors. |
| Top Skills used in this Job |
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| Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
| Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
| Instructing - Teaching others how to do something. |
| Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
| Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| Time Management - Managing one`s own time and the time of others. |
| Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| Top Abilities (Attributes of the person that influence performance in this job.) |
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| Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
| Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
| Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
| Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
