Do you enjoy working on behalf of students and education? The Learning and Teaching Division of the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) seeks a Program Supervisor for Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE). OSPI supports all Washington students from the moment they begin learning until they graduate. We are a collaborative team that is passionate about partnerships and making an impact for students. This is an opportunity to work with people in all content areas, from Career and Technical Education to the Arts. This position is based in Olympia, Washington. We encourage interested candidates to visit the: OSPI website to gain insight into our agency’s mission and strategic plan.
Vision & Mission
Vision: All students prepared for post-secondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement.

Mission: Transform K-12 education to a system that is centered on closing opportunity gaps and is characterized by high expectations for all students and educators. We achieve this by developing equity-based policies and supports that empower educators, families, and communities.
Equity
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create an inclusive working environment that respects diverse backgrounds. Individuals from diverse gender, racial and ethnic backgrounds, religions and creeds, and national origins, individuals with any disabilities or the use of a trained service dog or service animal, individuals over 40 years of age, individuals in honorably discharged veteran or military status and individuals of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply. Please include your name and preferred pronouns in your application, to ensure we address you appropriately throughout the application process.
Position Overview
This position provides leadership, guidance and resource development for the state’s pre K-12 education system, and focuses on the areas of integrated ESE. This position connects and integrates statewide environmental and sustainability efforts. The efforts work in collaboration with all subject areas within the Learning and Teaching Division, and especially with OSPI’s science and social studies teams. This position works with OSPI, the state’s nine regional educational service districts (ESDs), state environmental, science, and social studies educator associations, informal environmental educators, sustainability educators, science educators, community based organizations and school districts. This position works with the aforementioned entities to identify technical assistance needs. This position works to provide targeted support and guidance focused on effective integrated environmental and sustainability instruction and programs, which includes state initiatives, proviso work and assessment processes.

Key Responsibilities
Oversee the statewide development, revision and implementation support system for the Washington K-12 Integrated Environmental and Sustainability Learning Standards, as well as strategies in the Environmental and Sustainability Literacy Plan.

• Provide leadership for building statewide capacity for implementation of the Washington State Environmental and Sustainability learning standards, pre K-12 curriculum planning and development and effective instructional/assessment system practices.
• Develop, conduct and oversee professional development for educators on related state learning standards, and best practices in instruction for environmental and sustainability education.
• Establish and maintain direct liaison support, as well as agency representation, with key content-specific national and state education associations and agencies.
• As resources and time allow, represent OSPI by serving on related advisory committees.
• Serve as a member of the Learning and Teaching Science/ESE team. Provide support and input as needed to areas including (but not limited to) science standards and assessments, professional development, website management and technical support to the field.
• Serve as a content advisor with assessment system supports.
• Administer and manage federal, state and privately funded projects and grants.
• Occasionally travel across the state and nationally to facilitate meetings, attend conferences and conduct onsite reviews.
• Administer statewide educator/student/school awards including Washington State’s U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools award program and selection of delegates to the annual National Youth Science Camp.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental and sustainability education, or related field.
• Knowledge of, and experience with, environmental and sustainability education initiatives in Washington State and/or nationally.
• Experience delivering professional learning trainings and workshops to a variety of diverse audiences. This includes writing correspondence and preparing presentations related to environmental and sustainability education in Washington State, as well as communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholder groups.
• Project, budget and grant management experience.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s (or advanced) degree in environmental and sustainability education, or related fields.
• Five (5) years of K-12 teaching experience and/or school district or relevant leadership experience in environmental, sustainability, science or social studies education.
• Knowledge of educational policy and law for state, federal and school district educational systems.

Compensation
The annual compensation for the position is $49,197-$57,879 per year at the current 0.75 FTE funding rate. The position reduces to a 0.5 FTE funding rate on July 1, 2019, and its salary will subsequently adjust to $32,798-$38,586 per year. Compensation ultimately depends upon experience, educational background and qualifications. Washington State offers a generous benefit package including health, dental and life insurance, retirement and an optional deferred compensation program. Please visit: Health Care Authority for information regarding health benefits and the: Department of Retirement Systems for retirement plan information. This position serves at the pleasure of the Superintendent, and is Civil Service Exempt. This position is not represented by a bargaining unit.

Application Process
Those interested in this position must apply through: Careers.wa.gov. Applications must include the following documents in MS Word and PDF format only:

• A letter of interest specifically addressing the qualifications listed in this announcement;
• A current résumé, and;
• A list of three or more professional references.

Please address any questions to:

Carole Lynch, Human Resources
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
600 Washington Street Southeast
Olympia, Washington 98504-7200
(360) 725-6270; Carole.Lynch@k12.wa.us

Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the Human Resources Office at (360) 725-6270 or (360) 725-6066, or e-mail: hroffice@k12.wa.us.

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