====== Role description Educational Specialist ======

> **Summary**
> //To support developers and implementers, Fontys ICT has a group of educational specialists. The following is a description of the purpose, tasks and responsibilities of the educational specialist.//

===== Purpose =====
Educational specialists contribute to educational improvement and innovation at Fontys ICT.

===== Tasks and responsibilities =====
The core tasks of the educational team are: 
 * Translating and securing the implementation of the educational vision;
  * Improve and substantiate the educational specialist's implementation of a semester.
    * Implement ADDIE model structurally (Analyse, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate). 
  * Educational specialist support in (new) education to be developed.
    * Participate in the development group, using ADDIE model.
  * Professionalisation of lecturers in the field of didactics, pedagogy, assessment and research.
    * Coaching, inspiring, supervising Basic-level Teaching Qualification (BKO) Mid-level Teaching Qualification (MKO) SKO. Lesson visits and workshops. 
  * Ensuring continuous learning lines in primary education, educational specialist curriculum.
    * Critical sparring with CEs.
  * Educational specialist support and advice in formulating Fontys ICT's educational vision and its implementation.
    * Critical sparring with the Curriuculum development committee (OO) during meetings.
  * Didactic assurance of digital systems to support implementation of educational vision;
  * Programme implementation.

===== Powers =====
These result from the role that is fulfilled, e.g. as project leader of a project.

===== Contacts =====
  * [[..:beleid:rolbeschrijving_curriculumeigenaar|Programme Managers]] (CEs), [[..:beleid:rolbeschrijving_projectleider_onderwijsuitvoering|Project Leader Programme Implementation]] (PLOU), [[..:beleid:rolbeschrijving_projectleider_onderwijsontwikkeling|Project Leader Programme Development]] (PLOO);
  * Lecturers;
  * [[..:beleid:rolbeschrijving_people_manager|People Manager]] (PM);
  * [[..:beleid:rolbeschrijving_uitvoeringsmanager|Operations Manager]] (UM);
  * Students;
  * [[..:beleid:lectoraten|Research groups]];
  * Fellow educational specialists within and outside Fontys;
  * MT members and project leaders (who are responsible for certain Fontys ICT projects);
  * [[..:beleid:hr-beleid|HR]];
  * [[..:beleid:studentplus|Student+]];
  * Fontys central services and programmes, such as the Education & Research department (Dienst O&O) and the DLO steering group;
  * External contacts, such as other universities of applied sciences, suppliers of digital systems (e.g. Canvas and Drieam) and the work field (WAC).

{{tag>HR_Policy Educational_development}}