Response to Intervention Coordinator Academic Coach
Job Location:
Manchester, CT - USA
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Job Summary
Job Title: Response to Intervention (RTI) Coordinator / Academic Coach
Reports to: Principal / Director of Instruction
Classification: Full-TimeExempt
Position Summary
The RTI Coordinator and Academic Coach is a dual-threat instructional leader responsible for the health of the schools academic interventions. This role focuses on ensuring that the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is functioning effectively to catch students before they fail. You will spend your time analyzing student data coaching teachers on differentiated instruction and managing the logistical gears of Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions.
Key Responsibilities
- RTI/MTSS Program Management
- Universal Screening: Lead the administration of school-wide screenings (e.g. NWEA MAP i-Ready DIBELS) to identify students in need of support.
- Tiered Interventions: Design and oversee the schedule for Tier 2 (small group) and Tier 3 (intensive) interventions in Reading and Math.
- Progress Monitoring: Ensure that interventionists and teachers are collecting valid data at required intervals to determine if a student is responding to the current strategy.
- Instructional Coaching
- Teacher Support: Conduct non-evaluative observations and coaching cycles to help teachers improve their Tier 1 (core) instruction.
- Modeling: Frequently model research-based instructional strategies and push-in to classrooms to demonstrate effective small-group differentiation.
- Professional Development: Lead staff workshops on data literacy scaffolding techniques and the use of intervention technology.
- Data Leadership & Compliance
- Data Meetings: Facilitate regular Data War Room meetings where grade-level teams review student work and pivot instruction based on evidence.
- Special Education Liaison: Collaborate with the Special Education department to provide documentation for students who may require evaluation after failing to respond to intensive RTI.
- Resource Allocation: Evaluate the effectiveness of current intervention software and curricula making recommendations for future purchases.
Core Competencies & Requirements
Feature | Requirement |
Education | Masters Degree in Education Curriculum & Instruction or Reading Specialist certification. |
Experience | 5 years of successful classroom teaching with demonstrated gains in student achievement. |
Expertise | Deep knowledge of the Science of Reading pedagogical frameworks (e.g. UDL) and diagnostic assessments. |
Technical | Advanced skill in Excel/Google Sheets for data manipulation and visualization. |
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: This job may require lifting objects that exceed 20 pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:
- Pushing and/or pulling
- Stooping and/or kneeling
- Reaching
- Talking
- Hearing
- Seeing
CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS: Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or adequately perform a task or job duty.
- Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
- Verbal: Ability to understand the meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
- Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
- Manual dexterity: Ability to move the hands and fingers easily.
THE ABOVE JOB DESCRIPTION IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMPLETE LISTING OF THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT MAY BE GIVEN TO ANY EMPLOYEE NOR ARE SUCH ASSIGNMENTS RESTRICTED TO THOSE PRECISELY LISTED IN THE DESCRIPTION.
Required Experience:
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