Instructional Specialist Professional Development

JOB DESCRIPTION 

TITLE: Instructional Specialist for Professional Development  

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Bachelor’s degree in education required. Reading Certification or Reading Endorsement preferred. Three years of professional experience in education is preferred. Recent instructional coaching experience preferred. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Must be detail-oriented, organized, able to multi-task, and keep thorough and accurate records. Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to create and maintain good working relationships. Able to see projects through from start to completion, and to meet firm deadlines.  

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 

12 Month 

REPORTS TO: CEO (Chief Education Officer) and assigned designee 

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt 

SUPERVISES: None 

POSITION SUMMARY: 

MTSS is designed so that schools can provide the appropriate level of instruction and intervention for their students. Using performance data and monitoring, learning rates through MTSS, educators can make important instructional decisions to meet the needs of students from different backgrounds, learning styles, and levels of attainment. 

JOB DUTIES involve support in the following areas: 

Multi- Tiered System of Support Monitoring and Implementation: 

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  Support School Leaders in driving the organization’s implementation of MTSS to 
  ensure that every school has the framework and resources to provide high quality 
  core instruction and the academic and social-emotional interventions needed to  successfully meet ALL students’ needs 


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  Meet with and support school leaders in the implementation of the MTSS 
  framework so that it supports the vision, mission, and goals of school improvement 
  in teacher practice and student achievement 


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  Monitor fidelity of implementation
  


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  Establish coaching rhythms to ensure the regular use of data and the Problem Solving Process (PSP) to make data-based decisions aligned to school-wide 
  Continuous Improvement goals
  


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  Increase the capacity of school teams to use the MTSS framework (i.e.-the Problem Solving Process) in making data-based decisions about instructional core and tiered 
  content to accelerate and maximize student academic outcomes

Updated 04/2020