Description:

The Episcopal School of Dallas prepares young men and women for lives of intellectual discovery, integrity, and purpose. Built upon our Founding Tenets of religio, daily worship; eruditio, scholarship; and disciplina, training within a community of learners, ESD continues to direct its mission to ignite a life of purpose in each student through the development of an educated conscience.

Founded in 1974 by The Reverend Stephen B. Swann with eight seventh-grade students, today ESD educates and inspires 1,150 students in grades beginner (age 3) through grade 12. ESD is located in Dallas, a modern metropolis of North Texas, and a commercial and cultural hub in the region.

At the heart of ESD are talented and compassionate faculty and staff who are the backbone of our institution and paramount to the school’s success. They adeptly balance rigorous, college preparatory coursework with understanding and nurturing of the whole child. Classes are small, with an overall student-teacher ratio of 7:1. ESD employees are lifelong learners, and the school invests nearly $500,000 in professional development annually. More than 250 serve the ESD community and all are appreciated and respected for their individual and collective contributions.

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Purpose: The Director of Educational Technology (DET) facilitates and supports a technology-rich learning and teaching environment which encourages creativity and collaboration through the effective use of technology in the 21st century classroom. The DET will act as a guide and coach for faculty, encouraging, inspiring and supporting them in the exploration of innovative and purposeful use of learning technology, modeling and promoting student-centered instructional practices, and taking a leading role in the coordination of strategically aligned professional development opportunities for ESD faculty.

Essential Function:

• Facilitate school-wide implementation of ESD’s learning and teaching priorities.
  • Work closely with the Chief Academic Officer to implement the recommendations from the ISAS Accreditation Report.
  • Encourage, assist, and assess the use of technology by classroom teachers, when appropriate, to enhance the learning experience.
  • Manage the team of EdTech coaches from Lower, Middle and Upper Schools.
  • Administer the EdTech budget school-wide.
  • Maintain subscriptions to whole-school endorsed technology tools and track technology tools that are used at division, department, or grade level.
  • Provide support and management of Learning Management System (Schoology).
  • Implement onboarding of new faculty, staff, parents, and students during Orientation and assist with support during the year.
• Collaborate with the Chief Academic Officer, Associate Chief Academic Officer, Department Chairs, Division Heads, and other academic and co-curricular program leadership in addressing faculty’s professional development needs.
  • Support faculty learning/professional development through training videos, small workshops, one-on-one sessions, and email support.
  • Enthusiastically champion and showcase success of faculty in their technology achievements.
  • Ongoing mentoring of faculty to provide educational technology support and guidance.
• Manage, support, and adapt the Educational Technology Vision and Plan
  • Facilitate regular meetings with the IT Department Director to ensure support for faculty and students.
  • Facilitate meetings for a Technology Advisory Committee that will provide input for an educational technology vision and plan.
  • Lead implementation, expansion, and evaluation of the student device policy.
  • Lead implementation, expansion, and evaluation of the Schoology program.
  • Lead, in collaboration with, the MS and US Deans implementing the Digital Citizenship programming.
  • Facilitate regular meetings with EdTech Coaches to develop training materials, hold edtech sessions during Orientation and evaluate student and faculty needs.
  • Serve on Special Programming and Innovation Team to liaise on integrating technology thoughtfully across divisions.
• Teach at least one class through the school year.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Abuse Risk Management Standards:

• Adheres to policies related to boundaries with students.
• Attends required abuse risk management training.
• Adheres to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising students.
• Reports suspicious and inappropriate behaviors.
• Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.

Working Environment:

• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling.
• Generally 40% sitting, 40% walking and 20% standing.
• Minimal temperature variations.
• Generally hazard free environment.

Requirements:

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STATEMENT ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIONThe Episcopal School of Dallas community is committed to creating, maintaining, and nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment as it prepares young women and men for lives of intellectual discovery, integrity, and purpose. We believe that diversity in our school community enhances the quality of the education that ESD provides and is essential to the development of well-rounded people.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Episcopal School of Dallas is a faith-centered, coeducational, college preparatory, independent day school with students age 3 – Grade 12. The policy of The Episcopal School of Dallas is to recruit, hire, train, and promote employees without discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law. In our recruitment practices, we strive to create a diverse school community whose members embrace the Mission and Vision Statement of the school.