Rantoul City Schools is hiring a technology Intergration 

Why choose RCS? Here are three reasons, just to get started...

• Our Students. Once you meet them, you will love them!
• Small Classes. We pride ourselves on our very small class sizes (15-20 per class).
• Professional Support. Our schools have Instructional Coaches, Tech Integration Specialists, Reading and Math Specialists, Counselors and Social Workers__all to support you and your students.

District and Salary Information

Primary Function
The Technology Integration Specialist will provide support for teachers and students by fulfilling the following:
• Ensure staff are effective users of information, ideas and technology for instruction.

• Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and discerning, technologically literate, ethical users of information.

• Instill a love of lifelong learning in all students

• Ensure equitable access to information and learning resources

• Collaborate with teachers and specialists to design and implement integrated lessons and  instructional units around the four C’s: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.

Required Qualifications
• Illinois Teaching Certificate
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find  appropriate and acceptable.

Essential Duties and Performance Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Develop a media program that addresses 21st century skills, including life and career  development, learning and innovation, and information, media and technology literacy.

• Create and maintain a program that provides a teaching and learning environment that is inviting, safe, readily accessible, and conducive to student learning.

• Collaborate with colleagues to promote reading, information literacy skills, and the use of information resources.

• Instruct students and staff in information and technology literacy skills, including reading for understanding, the research process, engaging inquiry, collaboration, critical thinking, developing multiple literacies, and understanding copyright, fair use, and licensing of  intellectual property

• Cooperate and network with the library aide, Technology Director and other agencies to provide expanded access to resources for students and teachers

• Lead colleagues through staff development that incorporates best practices in the use of information resources, multi-media technology applications, and online learning.

• Work as an instructional partner by collaborating with teaching staff in preparing and  delivering lessons that incorporate effective use of information resources and build information literacy and reading skills.

• Maintain frequent and timely communication with stakeholders through an effective online     school media program presence and other formats such as presentations, email, newsletters, and reports.

Job Requirements: Skills, Knowledge, Abilities and Responsibilities

The qualifications listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability, physical demands and working conditions required for this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Experience with instruction on information and technology literacy skills, including the research process

• Experience in evaluating and selecting print and digital resources

• Expertise in basic technology, including computer operation, productivity software, and basic network knowledge

• Communication skills, including the ability to proactively collaborate with students and staff

• Knowledge of instructional methods, strategies, and pedagogy

• Knowledge of curriculum development processes and learning theory

• Understanding of student growth and development

• Leadership, organizational, and basic budget management skills

• Ability to successfully interact with students and staff from various disciplines and with differing skill levels

• Familiarity with national and state standards for information and technology literacy, including the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

Term of Employment
10 Months – Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education Evaluation
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of 1) Public Act 94-1039 (ILCS 24A-15), 2) the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA – 105 ILCS 5/24-25, and 3) the Board of Education’s policy on evaluation of professional personnel.

Working Conditions
• Indoor classrooms/School, exposure to: student noise, lawn mowing, music, odors of food, mowed grass and possible
communicable diseases.

• Outdoor schoolyard and grounds, field trips; exposure to; temperatures (hot warm, cool, cold), and exposure to mowed
grass.

• Regular work attendance.