Elementary At-Risk Coordinator

PK - 2nd Grade At-Risk Coordinator

Desired Qualifications:
A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Teaching certificate with appropriate grade level endorsement.
Reading endorsement and/or ELL endorsement
Ability to work with students, teachers, and parents.
Experience with teaching and providing student interventions.
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Reports to:
Building Principal

Position Goal:
To help and support teachers with differentiating instruction to meet student needs, implementing interventions, and making instructional decisions based on student assessment data. Work with Alternative School At-Risk Teacher and Independent Learning Center Specialist as necessary.

Functions of At-Risk Interventionist:

• Follows the district At-Risk plan and recommend updates to the building plan annually.
• Works with members of the administration and faculty to identify the at-risk student in accordance with the district At-Risk plan.
• Meets with each assigned at-risk student on a regularly scheduled basis.
• Confers frequently with parents and professional staff members regarding the educational, social, and personal challenges of each student.
• Provides motivation and encouragement to the at-risk student.
• Works cooperatively as a resource with classroom teachers who have at-risk students in regular classes by interpreting the abilities and disabilities of these students to the entire staff and assisting the student with regular class assignments.
• Assists other professional staff members in the screening, evaluating, and recommending placements of applicants in the school at-risk program.
• Assists teachers in creating intervention plans (I-Plans, behavior plans, etc.) for students and monitors the implemented interventions.
• Assists the at-risk student in making a realistic assessment of their abilities and in establishing educational and occupational goals in keeping with these abilities.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.
• Strives to continue to learn and grow as a professional.
• Attends staff meetings and serves on staff committees as required.
• Endeavors to deal with the community, students, parents, teachers, administrators, and staff members in a positive and cooperative manner.
• Makes provision for being available to students and parents for education related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms.
• Monitors and provides progress monitoring for all at-risk students progress weekly.
• Works with teachers to develop and follow up on a sequence of interventions for students who are at risk of falling behind academically.
• Schedules and facilitates MTSS meetings on at-risk students.
• Collaborates with teams and/or departments in the analysis of data and the implementation of quality interventions.
• Assists teachers to collect, desegregate, and analyze data to help teachers make appropriate instructional decisions supported by the data.
• Provides and/or coordinates intervention services in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Manages the selection of intervention materials and other resources for curricular areas and classrooms in coordination with the Director of School Improvement, the BLT Team and building Principal.
• Collaborates with general education teachers during their prep periods to discuss the RTI process and their responsibilities.
• Coordinates with student tutors to provide additional assistance during required extended day services (high school only).
• Updates MTSS teams on each at-risk student at least twice a month.
• Coordinates credit recovery for students. (high school only)
• Other duties as assigned.

Terms of Employment:
Salary and length of contract to be established by the board.

Evaluation:
Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the board's policy on evaluation of personnel.