Job Posting – Technology Coordinator
The New Teacher Mentoring Project (NTMP), a joint endeavour of UBC’s Faculty of Education, BC Teachers Federation and the BC School Superintendents Association, supported by funding by the BC Ministry of Education (http://www.bctf.ca/NewTeacherMentoringProject.aspx), is seeking an individual for a part-time position (currently one day per week) for a two-year term beginning July 2, 2014.
The Technology Coordinator’s responsibilities are to assist the project with the following goals:
- to increase accessibility through which teachers can connect and communicate for mentoring purposes,
- to build an active hub through which BC teachers can post and access mentoring resources, information, and authentic documentation of mentoring work,
- to build an online network to support a provincial network/community of mentorship leaders.
The Technology Coordinator will collaborate with the NTMP Project Coordinator and will be responsible to the NTMP Advisory Committee. Attendance at bi-monthly Advisory Committee meetings will be required.
Qualifications:
The successful applicant will:
- preferably hold a teaching certificate from British Columbia,
- be an active user of multiple and current forms of social media and technical knowledge in a variety of media (web, graphics, video, etc.),
- have extensive experience working with the educational application of teaching, learning, and information communication technologies (preferably within the BC public school system),
- have a current understanding of latest trends and best practices in instructional technology,
- have the ability to implement synchronous video conferencing connections for educators,
- have excellent communications skills, and
- be adept at troubleshooting technology,
- preferably have experience working in an educational mentoring context.
Please address your application to the New Teacher Mentoring Project Technology Committee, and submit it to adavies@bctf.caby June 13, 2014. Please include in your application:
- letter of interest,
- résumé of skills and related experience,
- names of two references including their contact information.