POSITION GOAL: To provide consistent, ongoing support for high-quality Early Literacy instruction, through a coaching model that promotes growth in all students and educators, as well as, to support the implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for St. Joseph County schools in order to improve student achievement.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Possess a Masters degree (or equivalent), classroom experience, and/or administrative experience.
• Demonstrate successful K-5 teaching experience.
• Ability to facilitate professional learning and coach administrators and teachers.
• Possess knowledge related to state and federal laws in the area of education, specifically Early Literacy, MTSS and high-quality instruction.
• Possess familiarity with the Michigan state assessments and initiatives in Early Literacy at all levels.
• Demonstrate applied knowledge of Michigan’s Continuous Improvement Process (MICIP)
• Demonstrate a capacity to learn quickly and share new learning with others by designing and implementing professional learning opportunities.
• Demonstrate the ability to plan proactively and think systemically to determine the effect of a given action on the broader system.
• Possess a collaborative leadership style and the ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships in order to facilitate change.
• Provide leadership in Early Literacy, MTSS, high-quality instructional practices that lead to improved student achievement, the alignment of curriculum, the creation of assessment tools, and the Implementation Science.
• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with a variety of audiences.
• Demonstrate skills in organization and the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks with deadlines independently.
• Demonstrate personal integrity, professional ethics, and maintain confidentiality.
• Possess a working knowledge of computers and use of Google products.
• Responsibility of employee to obtain and maintain all training(s), certificate(s), approval(s), etc. and provide documentation to the business office before expiration date of said document(s).
• Must be able to lift 30 pounds.
• Required to have a physical presence at the designated job site each scheduled work day.
• Must have regular and reliable job attendance, performance, and the ability to do the job.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support teachers in the implementation of effective core instruction and interventions aligned to the Literacy Essentials.
• Provide support for Professional Learning Communities through job-embedded, differentiated support and professional learning.
• Participate in and help in the planning for various network meetings including CLC and Principals’ Networks.
• Coordinate the continuous development, implementation and evaluation of services such as professional development, curriculum development and assessment development to enhance the teaching, learning and assessment of the designated content areas.
• Assist local districts in the implementation of various school improvement research bases strategies in the designated content area and other related content areas.
• Develop, maintain, and/or disseminate materials and resources relative to the designated content area.
• Carry out requirements of the Early Literacy Coaches Grant.
• Coordinate and facilitate various activities to support the implementation of a multi-tiered system of support in buildings throughout the county.
• Assist in the coordination and facilitation of the ISD MTSS technical assistance team.
• Coach ISD and local district staff in the ongoing implementation of MTSS.
• Coach ISD and local staff in high-quality instruction in the designated content area.
• Apply knowledge of adult learning theory to provide effective professional learning opportunities for staff.
• Act as a liaison between state agencies and local districts.
• Act as a liaison between regional groups working in the designated content area.
• Provide instructional coaching support
• Data analysis.
• Participate with the Instructional Leadership Team.
• Other duties as assigned.

REPORTS TO: Director of Instructional Leadership & Social Emotional Learning

PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS: Director of Instructional Leadership & Social Emotional Learning

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: A 200- day position. Salary and conditions of employment are determined by the Board of Education. Position based upon grant funding.