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King’s Ridge Christian School
Instructional Technology Specialist:

Roles and Responsibilities

Our vision is to use classroom technology to engage students in asking questions and choosing tools to facilitate real world problem solving. 

There are nine key skills that the Instructional Technology Specialist (ITS) must possess in order to achieve this vision. These are:

• Interpersonal Skills – Exhibits high-level interpersonal communication skills necessary to work cooperatively and collaboratively with employees at all organizational levels who have exceptional diverse interests and competence in the use of technology
• Intellectual Acumen – Is intelligent and demonstrates initiative and aptitude for learning complex concepts.
• Managing Vision and Purpose – Communicates a vision for instructional technology and inspires and motivates the entire faculty to achieve the vision.
• Learning on the Fly – Learns quickly and independently the many technologies at use in the school and seeks out solutions to problems.
• Planning – Juggles the many aspects of the ITS position including troubleshooting, meeting with teachers one on one or in small groups, providing professional development opportunities, developing resources for teachers, and answering countless questions from administrators, teachers, students and community members.
• Developing Others – Builds the instructional technology skills of faculty and students by creating opportunities for growth.
• Drive for Results – Pursues his or her work with a need to finish and does not give up before finishing, even in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Managerial Courage – Deals head-on with difficult situations and is open and direct without being intimidating.
• Presentation Skills – Presents effectively and is skillful in reading the audience and adapting to meet participants’ needs.

Each ITS holds a valid Georgia teaching certificate and is a veteran classroom teacher. He or she has experience using a wide variety software and hardware as a classroom teacher and in preparing and conducting technology-related professional learning classes.  The ITS is innovative in the way he or she integrates technology to enhance the educational process. 

ITS day to day responsibilities require elements of each of these roles: teacher, leader, communication specialist, problem-solver, and crisis manager.   The ITS is the first contact in the school for all troubleshooting issues and therefore must be adept at solving technical problems and dealing with some network administration tasks.  When the ITS can efficiently and effectively handle these issues, he or she can concentrate on collaborating with teachers, modeling instructional strategies, supporting best practices in standards-based classrooms, and developing instructional resources.

The ITS is a leader in the building and in the district.  ITSs serve as the conduit for planning, communicating and achieving district initiatives and should therefore be a member of the school’s leadership team.

Please send resume to: Doug Whitley, Director of Technology, King’s Ridge Christian School, 2765 Bethany Bend, Alpharetta, GA 30004 or email to dwhitley@kingsridgecs.org.