Job+Descriptions

Each partner district is responsible for supplying names of 3-5 content trainers for each of the four H.S.A. courses. The representatives from partner districts is responsible for training teachers in their district using the model from the summer workshop and online course resources in their content area. **__QUALIFICATIONS:__** **NOTE: Trainers from partner districts should have access to a personal computer and be comfortable communicating via email and web based learning management programs.** **__2. LEA classroom teachers as recipients of HSA Support course pilot training Fall 2010__** Each partner district is responsible for planning a professional development supplying names of **7-8 teachers in each content area** (32 teachers in each partner system/region are trained) for each of the four H.S.A. courses. The representatives trained in July 2010 from partner districts are responsible for training teachers in their district using the model from the summer workshop and online course resources in their content area. **__QUALIFICATIONS:__** **NOTE: Teachers from partner districts should have access to a personal computer and be comfortable communicating via email and web based learning management programs.**
 * H.S.A. Support: Trainings with and in Partner districts**
 * SEPTEMBER-November 2010**
 * __1. Trainers from Partner Districts participating in September Workshop and Return to County as Trainers__**
 * __DUTIES:__**
 * Attend the 2 face-to-face sessions for the September workshop simulating the one-credit online courses for teachers to learn how to use the instructional resources in the MSDE online courses.
 * Participate in the online modules and complete assignments.
 * Provide feedback to the Trainers and Project Manager on the effectiveness of the training and the instructional components of the online PD course.
 * Serve as a member of a focus group to revise the online modules for piloting in Fall 2010.
 * Plan and deliver professional development trainings for teachers in county and provide feedback to evaluator on effectiveness, lessons learned, etc.
 * Content certification and a minimum of 3-5 years experience teaching Government, Biology, Algebra or English to high school students, or in the case of Algebra- middle school students.
 * General familiarity with online courses (//experience as a learner in an online course, taught an online course are preferred//)
 * Familiarity with the structure and organization of the online courses in Biology, Government, Algebra and Government.
 * Experience providing professional development to teachers
 * Detail oriented
 * Self-motivated/Self-confident
 * Good interpersonal skills and communication skills
 * Effective use of technology tools //(e.g. web based programs, learning management systems, blogs, wikis, discussion boards, email)//
 * __DUTIES:__**
 * Attend the 2 face-to-face sessions for the fall pilot of the one-credit online courses for teachers to learn how to use the instructional resources in the MSDE online courses.
 * Participate in the online modules and complete assignments.
 * Provide feedback to the Trainers on the effectiveness of the training and the instructional components of the online PD course.
 * Potentially serve as a member of a focus group focusing on final revisions of the online modules for use with other LEAs in Spring 2011.
 * Provide feedback to evaluator on effectiveness, lessons learned, etc.
 * Content certification and experience teaching Government, Biology, Algebra or English to high school students, or in the case of Algebra- middle school students.
 * General familiarity with online courses (//experience as a learner in an online course, taught an online course are preferred//)
 * Self-motivated/Self-confident
 * Good interpersonal skills and communication skills
 * Ability to meet deadlines.
 * Effective use of technology tools //(e.g. web based programs, learning management systems, blogs, wikis, discussion boards, email)//