TTAC Coordinator

Department: Col of Ed and Human Development

Classification: Professional Faculty

Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Prince William County, VA

Workplace Type: Remote Eligible

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Restricted: Yes

Criminal Background Check: Yes

Motor Vehicle Records Check: Yes

Works with Minors check: Yes

About the Department:

The Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC) at George Mason is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). TTAC is part of the Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities in the Division of Special Education and disAbility Research in the College of Education and Human Development. The purpose of the George Mason TTAC is to provide technical assistance and training to K12 school and related services personnel in Virginia Superintendent's Region 4 to improve instructional and behavioral practices and, as a result, outcomes for students with disabilities. As its core function, TTAC assists the VDOE in its work toward the goals of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and will address the state's critical performance and outcome gaps of students with disabilities (low- and high-incidence) in grades kindergarten through high school completion.

About the Position:

The George Mason TTAC Coordinator provides technical assistance and training, develops resources and materials, and implements VDOE initiatives for Region 4 K12 school division personnel to improve the outcomes of students with disabilities.

Position requires travel to K12 schools and professional meetings across the state.

Responsibilities:

Region 4 School Division Requests

• Provides technical assistance and training related to students with disabilities as requested by Region 4 school divisions to K12 school division staff that may include professional learning sessions (e.g., direct instruction), instructional coaching, and/or school/classroom consultation either in person in a classroom or through a virtual meeting (e.g., zoom).

VDOE Requests

• Provides technical assistance related to students with disabilities as directed by VDOE to K12 school division staff that may include professional learning sessions (e.g., direct instruction), instructional coaching, and/or consultation either in person in a classroom or through a virtual meeting (e.g., zoom)

Other Duties

• Receives requests from VDOE and the George Mason teacher preparation programs to create materials and resources to support teacher or teacher candidate professional learning. These materials and resources may include lesson plans, self-paced, web-based learning modules, videos, newsletters, social media posts, and/or webshops;
• Works with other TTAC coordinators and project leadership to set project targets, write project scope of work, assist in implementation of technical assistance (as needed), and survey participants about previous technical assistance efforts; and
• Works with other TTAC coordinators and College of Education faculty to review preparation program curriculum and suggest revisions.

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree or higher in Special Education or a related field;
• Substantial experience in a position related to special education and professional learning of teachers or administrators (typically 3+ years);
• Leadership experience (typically 1+ year) in some capacity;
• Experience in teaching in special education in a public school (typically 3+ years);
• Knowledge of specially designed instruction, evidence- based practices (EBPs), high leverage practices (HLPs), and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) in K12 schools or equivalent in the academic, behavior and social-emotional domains;
• Knowledge of general and/or adapted state curriculum and assessment program;
• Knowledge in the use of data for planning, assessing, adapting and evaluating K12 instruction to meet a variety of K12 student and instructional needs;
• Knowledge of diverse K12 classroom and virtual learning environments;
• Knowledge of the characteristics of students with disabilities who access the general curriculum OR characteristics of students with disabilities who access the adapted curriculum AND the impact of those characteristics on instruction;
• Strong collaborative communication and interpersonal skills and skill with leading teams and professional learning groups;
• Proficiency with office and instructional technology (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Zoom);
• Ability to plan, assess, deliver and facilitate effective professional learning in a variety of formats, such as on-site, virtual and hybrid models;
• Ability to develop, implement and evaluate action plans to accomplish short and long term projects;
• Valid driver's license: must currently possess an appropriate, active, valid motor vehicle operator's license that meets all of GMU's requirements for operating state vehicles and equipment under Mason's Vehicle Use Policy 1411 https://universitypolicy.gmu.edu/policies/vehicle-use/. The Office of Risk Management reserves the right to review the driver's licenses and Motor Vehicle Reports (MVRs) of all candidates selected with employment contingent upon a favorable review; and
• Current professional teaching license in area related to special education, reading, literacy, math, or transition (preferred).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with embedded and virtual coaching models to provide ongoing support to K12 teachers and to K12 teams to build capacity and achieve sustainability of new effective instructional and inclusive practices in K12 schools;
• Experience using high leverage practices (HLP) and embedding HLPs into content areas for effective instructional and inclusive practices in K12 schools; and
• Knowledge of accessibility standards for documents and other material.

Instructions to Applicants:

For full consideration, applicants must apply for TTAC Coordinator at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a Cover Letter/Letter of Intent with Resume for review.

Posting Open Date: March 28, 2025

For Full Consideration, Apply by: April 25, 2025

Open Until Filled: Yes