What are the responsibilities and job description for the 22133: Secondary Humanities Specialist (TOSA) position at Kennewick School District?

Position #22133 : Secondary Humanities Specialist (1.0 FTE Con)
Posting Dates : 03/10/2025 – 03/19/2025 (Or Until Filled)
Location: ADMIN

For information on salary and benefits offered, please visit https://www.ksd.org/hr-landing/benefits-salary-schedules

**PLEASE NOTE: This is a TOSA position, and it will be hired per the process outlined on page 12 of the KEA Collective Bargaining Agreement**

Secondary Humanities specialist supports ELA, Social Studies, World Language, Music, Art, and 6-12 Library curriculums, instruction, assessments, and professional development. This person is responsible for identifying and/or leading development of standards-aligned, innovative curriculum and assessments, designing and leading professional development for teachers that focuses on strategies primarily in ELA instruction, supporting school leadership teams in improving instruction, and increasing the level of technology integration. This position will support the district’s strategic plan, the Superintendents key performance indicators for ELA, Social Studies, World Language, Music, Art and the KSD Learner Profile.

Qualifications Required:

1. Washington State Teacher’s Certificate appropriate to secondary education with endorsements in ELA.

2. Current building leader and lead contributor to district instructional initiatives (for example: PLC, MTSS, Student-Centered Coaching, Inclusionary Practices, AI).

3. Knowledge with planning and delivering instruction around several forms of assessments: universal, formative, summative, required state assessments and how to interpret multiple types of data: academic, behavior, demographic, and attendance.

4. Deep understanding of the ELA SBA Blueprint as a tool to support instruction within Tier 1 practices.

5. Satisfactory evaluations.

Qualifications Preferred:

1. Master’s Degree or equivalent experience in 6-12 Humanities

2. Evidence of exceptional skills in organization, time management, communication and working with groups

3. Demonstrates taking initiative, working collaboratively with others cross-curricularly, and successful at self-direction and independent work

4. Successful experience working with a variety of students, staff, and administrators

5. Demonstrated ability to utilize technology to support and enhance instruction and learning including feedback with students (for example: AI and its many functions and Schoology)

6. Successful experience working with Multilingual Learners (MLs) and integrating content and language within Tier 1 instruction

7. Desire to learn new concepts, platforms, strategies, and methods as a continual learner

8. Experience with and understanding of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

9. Successful experience working with Special Education students within the Tier 1 classroom and providing supports utilitizing Inclusionary Practices

10. Innovative and solution based team approach

Job Description:

1. Assists and directs grade level teams and buildings with developing instructional practices based on the standards and anchored in OSPI's list of best practices

2. Generates and creates reports, data sets and user metrics for directors, principals, instructional teams, and teachers.

3. Guides and directs teachers teams and administrators in the use of high-quality assessments in ELA, Social Studies, World Language, Art, and Music to guide instruction: universal, formative, summative, required state assessments.

4. Conducts whole staff professional development activities focused on instruction along with follow up modeling and support.

5. Participates in the school improvement process with district specialists, the building administrator and teacher teams.

6. Works with individual or small groups of teachers to develop practices in planning to standards, looking at student data, designing instruction.

7. Provides instructional strategies resources for teachers in all content areas.

8. Supports teachers in working with essential standards, the adopted district curriculum and incorporating language development within content.

9. Provides instructional leadership in the area of ELA, Social Studies, World Language, Art, Music and 6-12 library.

10. Serves as a district expert in District-adopted curriculum for 6-12 ELA, Social Studies, World Language, Art, and Music.

11. Stay-up-to-date on ELA, Social Studies, World Language, Art, Music, Library and AI education at the local, state, regional, national and international levels.

12. Facilitator of the District Curriculum Advisory Committees related to ELA, Social Studies, World Language, Art, 6-12 Library and Music.

13. Provides direction for relevant professional development in ELA, Social Studies, World Language, Art, 6-12 Library and Music education with a connection to AI and technology.

14. Be innovative and committed to the challenge of change in education.

15. Other duties as assigned including some Professional Development during the summer based on need and specialist work.

**COMPLETION OF SAFE SCHOOLS WEB BASED TRAINING IS REQUIRED AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT**

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Mobility: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk for prolonged periods of time, push or pull 18-26 lbs., sit, kneel and crouch, twist and bend, use hands to type, finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arm.

Sense: The employee is required to talk/hear conversations and other sounds. The employee must be able to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. The employee is required to taste and smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, far vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Lifting: The employee must be able to lift or move up to 10 lbs. regularly and occasionally up to 26 lbs; must also be able to lift overhead. The employee may be required to physically move quickly in an emergency or while performing student supervision duties.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Hazards: While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to work outdoors in a wide variety of temperatures; from -10 degrees F to 100 degrees F . The employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in this work environment is moderate.

Application Procedure: In-District staff must complete an internal online application by 10:00 p.m. (PST) on or before the closing date. In-building/In-district staff will have eight school days, or eight working days during the summer to apply for a vacant position through the online application system. The employee may choose but will not be required to meet with the building administrator to understand the building practices, procedures and initiatives specific to the position to which they are applying. After eight days if an in-building employee is qualified for the position, the principal will offer the employee the position. In the case that more than one in-building employee is interested in a position, the position will be offered to the qualified and senior employee. If a position is not filled in-building after the eight-day period, the position will be offered to the qualified, most senior in-district applicant, if any. Teachers with a summative evaluation score of 1 or 2 are not eligible to transfer unless agreed upon by the District and Association.

Out-of-District applicants must complete the online District application and attach a letter of interest, resume, valid Washington state teaching credential, and copies of transcripts with degree posted. All hires are subject to completion of a satisfactory criminal background check. The Kennewick School District provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation, including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or use of trained dog, guide or service animal by a person with a disability, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Civil Rights & Equity : Dr. Thomas Brillhart - (509) 222-5335 (thomas.brillhart@ksd.org)

Section 504 , Title IX: BJ Wilson - (509) 222-5004 (bj.wilson@ksd.org)

Kennewick School District

1000 W. 4 th Ave.

Kennewick WA 99336

This holds true for all students who are interested in participating in all educational programs and/or extra-curricular school activities in the Kennewick School District. Inquiries regarding compliance procedures or requests for reasonable accommodation may be directed to the School District’s Director of Human Resources.

Kennewick School District Contact Names and Telephone Numbers:

Toni Neidhold, Director of Human Resources

(509)222-6414

Toni.Neidhold@ksd.org

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