POSITION SUMMARY:
Under the direction of the supervision of the Instructional
Supervisor – Pupil Personnel Services, the Instructional Specialist is
responsible for acting as a change agent toward ensuring equity and access for
all students by assisting in removing barriers to student achievement and
assisting in planning, developing and monitoring the implementation of the
pupil personnel services program. The incumbent’s primary focus is to assist
the Instructional Supervisor – Pupil Personnel Services in developing an
aligned pupil personnel support program, provide technical assistance to pupil
personnel workers and all stakeholders. They must also assist in providing
professional development, observe, and evaluate pupil personnel staff.
DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Assists the Instructional Supervisor in
establishing and providing systemic oversight of the comprehensive data-driven
pupil personnel service program aligned with the mission and vision of our
school district;
Collects, analyzes and uses data to
identify trends and systemic gaps;
Conducts site visits to schools as a
coach to pupil personnel workers’;
Provides formal and informal pupil
personnel staff observations with meaningful feedback to pupil personnel worker
staff;
Engages in collaborative planning with
other disciplines, serving as a representative for the department;
Assesses in-service needs and provides
leadership in development and assists with the implementation of on-going staff
development;
Serves as a liaison between the Office
of Pupil Personnel Services and all stakeholders (internal and external) when
requested by Instructional Supervisor;
Assists with community outreach and
public relation strategies;
Interprets process and use of SIT, SST,
and IEP teams and is able to assist in professional development and
implementation;
Assists the Instructional Supervisor
and others in developing presentations, handbooks, and other guiding documents
utilizing print and electronic technology;
Assists with recruitment and
interviewing applicants for pupil personnel vacancies;
Assists with school assignments of
pupil personnel workers;
Assists in training/implementation of
the Pupil Personnel Worker Evaluation tool; and
Provides leadership to ensure
district-wide compliance with MSDE requirements for attendance and discipline
compliance.
Systemic needs:
Engages in collaborative planning with other central office
disciplines serving as a representative for the department on systemic
initiatives at the central office level;
Assists with community outreach and public relation
strategies;
Assists with providing data and other requested reports to
the Department of Student Services and other central office
departments/committees; and
Assists in the implementation of the system initiative which
ensures that any group of students are not disproportionately removed for
discipline reasons.
Accountability:
Maintains an accurate and confidential
record-keeping system of all Pupil Personnel documents, reports, observations,
and evaluations;
Provides accurate advisement utilizing
system policies and procedures, local, state, and federal laws; and
Collects and submits district-wide
monthly data in a timely fashion in accordance with systemic and departmental
goals (Pupil Personnel Worker submitted reports, calendars, observations,
etc.).
QUALIFICATIONS:The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Demonstrate
knowledge of national, state, and local laws;
Demonstrate
leadership and expertise in the range of issues, programs, professional
association, and resources relevant to pupil personnel services;
Excellent
oral and written communication skills with the ability to speak effectively to
staff, parents, administrators, central office staff and other stakeholders;
Excellent
human relations skills with the ability to establish good relationships with
staff, principals, administrators, school and central office staff, parents,
and community stakeholders:
Effective
interpersonal, problem solving and mediation skills; and
Ability
to use technology to retrieve, disaggregate, interpret, and report data to
include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google documents, SchoolMax, and other system
platforms.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Master’s degree from
an accredited college or university and five (5) years as a pupil personnel
worker.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Administration
I Certificate required; Pupil Personnel Certification, Advanced Professional
Certificate required.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conduct
mid-year and annual reviews.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands 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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.
The
physical demands 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.
While
performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to
stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to
reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this
job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the
ability to adjust focus, and depth perception.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally
push or lift up to 25 lbs.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
None.