25-0106 Academic Success/MTSS Specialist TOSA @ Totem Middle School
25-0106 Academic Success/MTSS Specialist TOSA @ Totem Middle School
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Job Description
Job Title: Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) Academic Success
Reports to: Building Principal
Work Schedule: (1.0 FTE) - 180 days - 7.5 hours per day
Salary: Per Marysville Education Association Negotiated Salary Schedule: Goal:
This position will provide positive collaborative leadership with the building principal and other staff for the continuous improvement of student learning. The TOSA shall be responsible for:
- Student data analysis
- Student progress monitoring
- Support School Leadership
- Assist and Support the Principal
The TOSA must possess an understanding of the education process and be able to articulate and establish the conditions that affect learning.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Valid Washington State Teaching certificate required
- Valid Washington State Administrator certificate preferred
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience and/or knowledge of Common Core Standards required
- Successful teaching experience at appropriate grade level preferred
- Experience and/or training with cultural ethnic and language diversity preferred
- Successful Washington State Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation Fingerprint Clearance
- Proof of Immunization (if born 1/1/57 or later)
- I-9 Employment Eligibility in compliance with the Immigrations Reform and Control Act
- Completion of all district-required training within thirty (30) calendar days from hire date
Desired Skills:
- Ability to remain flexible to changes in assignments or situations
- Ability to perform a variety of specialized tasks; maintain records; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students parents and school personnel; work as a team member; and meet schedules and deadlines
- Ability to use a variety of teaching strategies which may include cooperative learning constructive instruction or additional research based facilitation
- Ability to define excellence by standards of performance
- Knowledge and application of progress monitoring towards academic goals
- Knowledge of special education processes
- Knowledge and application of quality classroom based assessment practices
- Knowledge of the unique physical psychological and social changes students experience and a desire to help them grow in these particular areas
- Skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a wide variety of people
- Skills to motivate students communicate with individuals from varied educational and cultural backgrounds and direct and evaluate support personnel
- Skills in classroom management and organizational techniques
Essential Job Functions:
This list of essential job functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. Depending upon individual assignment the employee may perform all or a combination of several of the following duties:
- Prepare teaching materials and reports for the purpose of implementing lesson plans and providing documentation of teacher and student progress
- Monitor student activities for the purpose of providing a safe and optimal learning environment
- Report incidents (child abuse fights substance abuse etc.) for the purpose of maintaining personal safety of students providing a positive learning environment and adhering to education code and district and school policies
- Provide an exceptional educational experience to all students; communicate an enthusiasm for learning
- Assist teachers to assess and monitor students for the purpose of providing feedback to students parents and administration regarding student progress expectations and goals by using quality classroom-based assessments
- Collaborate with school personnel parents and various community agencies for the purpose of improving the quality of student outcomes developing solutions and planning curriculum and willingness to work with grade level team
- Direct instructional assistants volunteers and/or student aides for the purpose of providing an effective school program and addressing the needs of individual students and be supportive of parent volunteers in the classroom Utilize district adopted curriculum to guide instruction
- Establish and maintain standards of student behavior needed to provide an orderly productive environment for learning
- Communicate regularly and positively with parents
- Assist in coordination and supervision of student activities
- Assist in opening/closing of school year
- Assist in staff development
- Assist in student discipline and supervision
- Assist in management of materials and equipment
- Maintain consistent presence at assigned worksite and regular work hours
- Professionally interact with students staff and public
- Establish and maintain professional contacts with students
- Comply with all district policies and procedures
- Comply with the Code of Professional Conduct
- Perform related duties as assigned
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee is confined to a work area; required to have precise control of fingers and hand movements; experiences constant interruptions and inflexible deadlines; and must be able to stoop crouch crawl bend kneel stand for periods of time and lift in order to assist a student with personal care. The employee is required to deal with distraught and/or angry persons and is exposed to infectious diseases carried by children. The noise level in the work environment is acceptable to this particular environment and can vary depending upon daily activity but will remain within acceptable ranges.
Evaluation
This position shall be evaluated periodically by the Building Principal/Supervisor pursuant to the currently established district procedures and evaluation criteria. The process shall include an evaluation of the employees performance of the above essential job functions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER (EOE)
Marysville School District complies with all federal and Washington State rules and regulations and will provide equal employment opportunity and treatment for all applicants and staff in recruitment hiring retention assignment transfer promo and training. Such equal employment opportunity will be provided without discrimination with respect to race creed national origin age honorably discharged veteran or military status sex sexual orientation including gender expression or identity marital status the presence of any sensory mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. The district will provide equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society.
The following Marysville School District employees/departments are designated to address questions and complaints of discrimination:
- Civil Rights: Executive Director of Equity and Family Engagement &Gender Inclusivity;
- Harassment Intimidation & Bullying:Executive Director of Human Resources;
- Title IX:Executive Director of Legal and Risk Management;
- Section 504 and ADA: Executive Director of Special Education and Student Services;
Discrimination and discriminatory harassment may be reported to the district employee/department listed above by phone at . You also have the right to file a written complaint. Address: 4220 80thStreet NE Marysville WA 98270.
The Marysville School District is a drug- and tobacco-free workplace.
Classification History
Job description developed September 2017.
Job description updated September 2023.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
