Missouri Teacher Development System Specialist - Regional Professional Development Center

Position Summary

Missouri Teacher Development System Specialist
Regional Professional Development Center
Economic and Workforce Development
Full Time/Term

The Southeast Regional Professional Development Center (RPDC) has been housed on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University since 1996. The Center serves approximately 84 school districts in the southeast region. RPDC personnel provide training programs for the teachers and administrators throughout the area on a continuous basis.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborative work across the state to implement regional MTDS (Missouri Teacher Development System) technical assistance and programming
• Participate in various groups and teams to develop MTDS materials and resources
• Facilitate regional MTDS specific programming
• Understand, promote, and implement the MTDS Framework
• Work collaboratively to develop program evaluation methods and data collection instruments
• Host regional MTDS information sessions to provide grant application and planning guidance
• Review, approve, and evaluate teacher recruitment and retention grants and teacher education grants according to established grant guidelines
• Engage in ongoing collaborative planning, production, implementation, and evaluation for MTDS programming
• Participate in program implementation monitoring, evaluation processes, and ongoing data reporting for MTDS programming
• Provide assistance to DESE, and external researchers in gathering and reporting data and impact strategies related to teacher recruitment, retention, and teacher education grants

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education or related area (degree must be from a regionally accredited college or university)
• 5 years of successful recent teaching experience
• Demonstrated administrative and organizational skills such as strategic planning, analytical thinking, setting deadlines, and evaluation progress
• Strong ability to understand the context of a program and how it affects program planning, implementation, outcomes, and evaluation
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing including presentation skills
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external constituencies of the university
• Strong facilitation skills in working with teams
• Ability to collaborate and implement a shared leadership model
• Ability and means to travel in the state of Missouri on a regular basis
• Demonstrated ability to increase the meaningful inclusion of students with disabilities into the general education curriculum