About the Position:
This position is located at: Department of Defense Education Activity, Headquarters, Education Directorate Student Services Division in Alexandria, Virginia.

Duties

• Provide educational products (such instructional methods, curriculum, resources and technology) to support PK-12 ESOL students.
• Lead the systemic review of ESOL curriculum for PK-12 grades for improvement/currency.
• Implement ESOL professional development for PK-12 educators.
• Advise senior leaders on the management of the ESOL PK-12 program.

Basic Requirement for an Instructional Systems Specialist:

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the work of the position to be filled (i.e. English as a Second Language). The course work must have included study in at least four of the following five areas: (1) Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material. (2) Instructional design practices: Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design strategy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness. (3) Educational evaluation: Study of the techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluation instruments. (4) Instructional product development: Study of the techniques appropriate for developing training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training. OR (5) Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training, including selecting appropriate computer software.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience developing curriculum for PK-12 English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programs, evaluating PK-12 ESOL programs, and providing professional development to PK-12 teachers. This experience must have been above PK-12 school-level (e.g., central/district office experience, state agency experience, etc.). This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service or equivalent (GS-12).Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Instructional Materials & Curriculum Development
• Instructional Program Administration
• Partnering
• Staff and Faculty Development