Instructional Systems Specialist (Information Center)

Who May Apply:
U.S. Citizens

• Current Competitive Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Civilian Employee
• Current Excepted Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Employee
• Current Excepted Service Department of Defense Employee
• Current Excepted Service Employee
• Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer

(NOTE: If you are claiming to be an excepted service employee, the most current SF50 must be uploaded and block 34 must be a "2". If you are claiming to be a competitive service employee, the most current SF50 must be uploaded and block 34 must be a "1".)

In order to qualify, you must meet the education AND experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Education Requirement: A Master's degree in the field of Education or a Master's degree in Library and Information Science is required. The course work must have been completed at or accepted by a regionally accredited U.S. college or university. (Note: copies of Bachelor's degree and Master's degree transcripts must be uploaded to document this requirement)
AND
Specialized Experience Requirement (5 years): Specialized experience is experience gained in teaching, educational research, development of educational materials and aids, educational testing, educational administration, or comparable activities in an elementary and/or secondary school which has clearly demonstrated success in the application of principles, methods, and techniques of education and familiarity with current developments in PreK-l2th grade education and training. This position requires a minimum of 3 years of specialized experience working directly with PreK-12 grade school library information centers. Examples of acceptable speciali7.ed experience include: Assessing the systemic effectiveness of PreK-12 information center programs, services, and instructional offerings; coordinating the alignment of information literacy standards to current academic content standards; distributing and troubleshooting access to multiple databases used to create integrated instruction across all content areas; managing an area-wide integrated library automation system; using Integrated Library Systems (ILS) such as Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) creation, MARC item type and location mapping, Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) development, technical specifications, and staff training; and managing and coordinating school library collection development projects such as selection, evaluation, acquisition, eBooks, online databases, and technology tools.
AND
Professional Licensure/Certification Requirement: Applicants must be certified or certifiable under the current DoDEA standards as a Library Information Specialist (categories 0480, 0481 or 0482).

Information on DoDEA teaching categories and requirements is located at: https://www.dodea.edu/offices/human-resources/work-dodea/teaching-categories-and-requirements.

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

• Instructional and Performance Support Technology
• Instructional Program Administration
• Problem Solving
• Problem Solving
• Staff and Faculty Development
• Technical Credibility