Educational Facilitator

Position Summary

The Facilitator of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment implements the goals and promotes initiatives established by the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit, Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and the U.S Department of Education related to curriculum, instruction, assessment, and data informed decision making. This position will provide onsite technical assistance, training, guided practice and follow-up support to local education agencies (LEA) and Intermediate Unit staff in order to improve instructional practices in the classroom and increase student achievement.

This position reports to the appropriate Supervisor and/or Director of School Improvement Services.

$66,755  school year)

241 work days per school year

18.5 vacation days, 12 paid sick days, 4.5 Personal Days (based on start date)

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance upon hire date. $75/month for individuals or families.

Two times salary, maximum $250,000

• PA Instructional Certificate
• Experience in adult learning and/or providing professional development
• 3+ years of classroom experience

• Experience designing and delivering professional development within an asynchronous environment.
• Experience leveraging student learning data sources to drive instructional planning and inform decisions.
• Experience facilitating hands‑on and student‑centered instructional practices.

• Design, plan, and conduct systemic professional development in both synchronous and asynchronous environments to keep LEA and IU5 program staff current and knowledgeable in effective practice in the areas of PA Core Standards, research-based curriculum, instructional strategies and student assessment.
• Provide leadership and guidance to school personnel in utilizing various student learning data tools to analyze, interpret, and communicate state and local assessment data, supporting informed curricular and instructional decision‑making.
• Provide leadership through technical assistance, training, and consultation to LEAs, intermediate units, families, and local agencies in implementing initiatives.
• Participate in targeted professional development opportunities and relevant professional learning communities.
• Support departmental data collection, reporting, and registration workflows, ensuring accurate and systematic management across multiple platforms. Maintain a working knowledge of laws, guidelines, regulations, and procedures relevant to specific programmatic areas in which support is being provided.
• Collaborate with IU5 colleagues, LEAs, and community agencies to expand the IU5's internal and external capacity in meeting the needs of the educational community.
• Participate on IU5 committees and work groups to facilitate the attainment of organizational goals.
• Assume all other duties as assigned by the Director of School Improvement Services – CIA.

• Appropriately plans and prepares to avoid and solve problems effectively through appropriate technology use, organizational skills contributing to an organizational impact.
• Contribute to a positive educational environment through a people and customer first environment that is mission driven, kind, understanding and professional.
• Maintains and acts with integrity, transparency, and authenticity while effectively executing services with a healthy balance between work and life.
• Display positive and visionary leadership towards all while contributing to change inside and outside of the IU.
• Serves all clients by being accountable, dependable, and responsive to requests while utilizing appropriate channels of communication in a timely manner.
• Establish, foster, and grow positive working relationships with all clients.
• Consistently reflects on behavior, performance and handling of situations while seeking out professional growth to improve job duties.
• Read, research, and share knowledge of learning with all clients to increase resourcefulness and respect in finding solutions.

This job operates in a professional office environment. Incumbent must be able to sit at desk for extended periods of time. This role routinely uses standard office equipment with a vast majority of the time utilizing computers to complete daily tasks. Due to travel outside of the home office, candidates are required to have a vehicle and valid driver's license to attend job related duties, meetings, seminars, and trainings.

• Standing:
  Occasionally (80%)
• Lifting: 0‑20lbs. Occasionally (