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 candidate's 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:

• Master's 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 school's Title I program complies with federal and state regulations.
• Support strategies to increase parental involvement in supporting their children's 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 View phone number on click.appcast.io or View email address on click.appcast.io.

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.