Title I Instructional Facilitator

TITLE I INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITATOR

DEPARTMENT: Community & Scholar Affairs

UNIT: Professional and Administrative Exempt

WAGE: Grade 108 - Compensation is based on the candidates years of verified and relevant experience as determined by Human Resources.

DIRECT SUPERVISOR: Executive Director of Community & Scholar Affairs

GRPS MISSION
Our mission is to ensure that all scholars are educated self-directed and productive members of society.

JOB SUMMARY

As a Title I Instructional Facilitator assisting with program planning and implementation is a crucial part of the role. This helps to ensure Title I programs are effective aligned with school goals and meet the needs of all scholars particularly those struggling academically. Working under the direction of the Title I Program Team the Instructional Facilitator will serve as a collaborative leader in program development coordination and implementation to ensure that the Title I program is purposeful data-driven and effectively supports the academic needs of scholars ultimately contributing to their success.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Education and Experience:

• Masters degree or equivalent
• Five years of successful professional practice and/or relevant administrative experience
• Classroom teaching experience
• Demonstrated knowledge and use of technology and analyzing data.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations and documentation.

• Knowledge of current issues problems and challenges in urban schools in educating Title I and Section 31a scholars.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal/human relation skills.
• Demonstrated excellent written and oral skills.
• Demonstrated excellent organizational skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Windows-based programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and work as a member of a team.
• Knowledge and understanding of facilitating small or large guidance group.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple tasks at once.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to make data driven decisions.
• Demonstrated respect for confidentiality.
• Demonstrated flexibility and initiative.
• Demonstrated willingness and ability to represent the district at events (daytime and evening) with community members required.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a wide array of individuals in a problem-solving situation.
• Demonstrated ability to work with scholars/families in an urban school district.
• Demonstrated excellent attendance and punctuality and the ability to work some nights and weekends.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional development in urban school district administration.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate program effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct educational research.
• Demonstrated knowledge of state and federal assessment mandates.
• Knowledge and understanding of state and federal measures of school quality accreditation testing mandates and other educational legislation.
• Evidence of using data to support program initiatives and scholar academic growth.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Essential functions under the Americans with Disabilities Act may include any of the following duties knowledge and skills. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by employees in this position. Regular on time and in person attendance is an essential function of this job. Other essential functions may include but are not limited to the following:

• Coordinate with various stakeholders including teachers administrators parents and community members to ensure seamless program implementation and support for Title I scholars.
• Collaborate and coordinate with school attendance teams. Developing attendance strategies staff training monitoring progress identifying trends and evaluating effectiveness of attendance initiatives. Ensuring all stakeholders are involved in creating a positive attendance culture to help remove barriers impeding on the improvement of scholar attendance.
• Regularly monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of Title I programs using various data points (scholar achievement attendance etc.).
• Analyze data to identify areas for improvement and make necessary adjustments to strategies or implementation.
• Ensure the schools Title I program complies with federal and state regulations.
• Support strategies to increase parental involvement in supporting their childrens learning.
• Possesses a clear understanding of Title I law and regulations to ensure that the Title I program maintains compliance with State and federal regulations.
• Develops and facilitates of professional learning activities regarding instruction family engagement Title I Targeted Assistance & Schoolwide Plans and other Title I related topics with central office leadership administrators and school-based teams.
• Provides support for instruction in Title I schools to facilitate scholar learning.
• Support the training of staff in the appropriate ways to access use and visualize assessment and other scholar-level data for instructional improvement
• Provides technical assistance to Title I and Private Schools through consultation meetings work session and monitoring of program implementation.
• Identifies and develops resources needed to implement Title I program initiatives.
• Participate in conducting a comprehensive needs assessment to identify the root causes of academic challenges and determine the specific needs of scholars eligible for Title I services.
• Collaborate with school staff and stakeholders to develop clear measurable and achievable goals for Title I programs that align with their Title I Targeted Assistance & Schoolwide Plans Michigan Integrated Continuous Improvement Process (MICIP) to address the needs of the identified scholars.
• Assist in designing interventions and support services that are evidence-based high-quality and tailored to the unique needs of scholars.
• Work with curriculum coordinators and other relevant staff to ensure appropriate resources and materials are selected for implementing Title I programs and resources.
• Establish reliable systems for tracking assessing and reporting on the progress of the work.
• Provide support and assistance to teachers in implementing Title I programs including guidance on instructional strategies grouping scholars and monitoring scholar progress.
• Coordinate with Title I team to plan and provide staff development sessions to equip teachers with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively support Title I scholars.
• Consistently demonstrate dependable attendance and punctuality.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned and as allowed by grant funding.

ADA REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands work environment factors and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to stand walk sit use hands to finger handle or feel reach with hands and arms climb or balance stoop kneel crouch or crawl talk hear (in a quiet or noisy environment). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision and ability to adjust/focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

MENTAL FUNCTIONS

While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to compare analyze communicate both orally and in writing copy coordinate instruct compute synthesize evaluate use interpersonal skills compile and negotiate.

NON-DISCRIMINATION/ACCOMMODATION ASSISTANCE

The Grand Rapids Public Schools will not discriminate against any person based on race sex sexual orientation gender gender identity and expression height weight color religion national origin age marital status pregnancy disability veteran or military status.

Assistance with the application process may be requested through the Human Resources Department at or .

DISCLAIMER
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description. The District reserves the right to modify or amend this job description to meet organizational needs.