Job Overview:
The Design and Technology Teacher and Integrator plays a pivotal role in our schoolwide Information Technology Team, teaching classes to students in the International Baccalaureate Middle Year Programme 7 – 10, and provides design and IT coaching for teachers, students, and parents K-12.
* Coach individual teachers, identify needs, and assist teachers with design thinking and the integration of technology.
* Teach Digital Design in years 7 – 10, within the IB Middle Years Programme framework and based on the Western Australian curriculum.
* Meet regularly with teachers, curriculum coordinators or department teams to plan collaboratively, and share ideas to promote concept-based inquiry, student agency, and design thinking.
* Deliver technology-related PD opportunities to faculty, including integrating technology within the curriculum, promoting student safe use and wellbeing, and leading discussions on the latest research on technology integration.
* Model best-practice and team-teach with creative and innovative technological solutions.
Liaise with parents on the subject of technology, running parent events as appropriate.
Collaborate with the Director of Technology to establish Learning, Innovation and Technology goals that align with the strategic plan.
Evaluate the efficacy and sustainability of current and future uses of educational technology across the school, including robotics, coding and design thinking.