Instructional Innovation Specialist - Sumter School District at Sumter School District
Sumter School District · Sumter, United States Of America · Onsite
- Professional
- Office in Sumter
- Position Type:
Administration/Instructional Technology - Academics - Date Posted:
10/29/2025 - Location:
Sumter School District Additional Information: Show/Hide - Collaborates with teachers in composing effective technology-infused, content-based lessons, and supports the teachers as they implement the lessons in their classrooms.
- Promotes model instructional practices and the role of technology in them.
- Articulates appropriate instructional technology practices as described in technology standards for students, and teachers.
- Provides assistance and training to building instructional staff in the integration of technology to support student achievement. This includes planning and implementing job-embedded professional development and workshops for individuals, small groups, and large groups. Collaborates in the evaluation, selection and implementation of instructional technology materials and software.
- Assists with technology training as part of collaborative school district staff development initiatives and supports regional and statewide initiatives such as NCLB, and the Technology Standards for teachers and students.
- Works with curriculum staff to develop and implement technology enhanced curriculum integration projects.
- Coordinates and conducts professional development activities for staff.
- Manages resource allocations and curriculum enhancements for the purpose of ensuring that they are based on needs assessment.
- Participates in district-level leadership team meetings and planning (as appropriate).
- Performs such other tasks (which may require knowledge of other job descriptions) as may seem to be appropriate to the School Board or Administration.
- Physical Requirements: Requires sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a recurring basis or routine keyboard operations. Requires mobility.
- Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
- Interpersonal Communications: Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving assignments and/or directions to subordinates and receiving assignments and/or direction from supervisor.
- Language Ability: Requires ability to read a variety of laws, policies and procedures, technical and professional studies, reference books and publications, etc. Requires the ability to prepare performance appraisals, policies, strategic plans, complex reports, schedules, correspondence, etc. with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech. Requires the ability to speak with and before others with poise, voice control and confidence.
- Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical, schedule or diagrammatic form; to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Requires the ability to apply influence systems in managing a diverse staff; to learn and understand complex principles and techniques; to make independent judgments in absence of supervision; to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation. Must have the ability to comprehend and interpret received information.
- Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow and give verbal and written instructions; to counsel and teach employees; to teach, discipline and counsel students. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently with persons of varying educational backgrounds and in a variety of technical and/or professional languages including education administration, curriculum development, budgeting, personnel, building maintenance, grant administration, public relations, etc.
- Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to add and subtract totals, to multiply and divide, to utilize mathematical formulas, to determine percentages and decimals and to determine time. Must be able to use practical applications of algebra and statistics.
- Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape, and visually read various information.
- Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes using office machinery; to operate motor vehicles.
- Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items, keyboards, office equipment, control knobs, buttons, switches, catches, etc. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
- Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate colors and shades of color.
- Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress when confronted with emergency situations, volatile situations or tight deadlines. Worker may be subject to danger or risk to a slight degree and to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.
- Physical Communications: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear).
| Instructional Innovation Specialist - Sumter School District | JobID: 2502 |
Sumter School District
Job Description
POSITION: Instructional Technology Coach, Exempt (Grant Position)
QUALIFICATIONS: Valid South Carolina teaching certificate. Minimum of three (3) years highly successful teaching experience. Successful experience in coaching and supporting teachers and school leaders in instructional technology. Knowledge of effective design and presentation strategies for professional development. Experience using technology to improve teaching and learning. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Strong knowledge and skill in personalized learning. Ability to stay current with trends in technology as they apply to K-12 education. Ability to build and maintain relationships with teachers and administrators. Working knowledge of applications software and computer technology in a networked environment. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
JOB DUTIES:
STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
TERMS: 233 days. (Grant Position) The Division of Personnel will establish salary and work year based upon the recommendation and approval by the Superintendent and approved by the Board of Trustees.
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in compliance with the Board's policy on evaluation and professional personnel.
The District's administrative assignments are discretionary with the Superintendent. In the event of any change in the District's organizational chart, reduction in force, or whenever it is deemed in the best interest of the District, the Superintendent may reassign the Employee. Further, the District reserves the right to make reassignments, upon notice to and consultation with the affected employee, consistent with S.C. Code Ann. 59-24-15, as amended.
DISCLAIMER: This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.
11/2020
SUMTER SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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