SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST - EARLY CHILDHOOD

The duties include but are not limited to:

• Support/monitor district partnerships
• Conducts regular site visits.
• Collaborate with the Office of School Readiness - First Class PreK staff
• Provide instructional and fiscal support/assistance to identified schools
• Advocates the development of school/classroom goals, strategies, and activities that are aligned to the Mobile County Public School System's strategic plan.
• Facilitates and monitors the use of best practices based on the data in the alignment of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and improvement.
• Works in collaboration with MCPSS Academic Affairs staff, under the direction of the Executive Director of Federal Programs or designee.
• Assists school staff in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting school data and reports.
• Assists school staff in developing, implementing, revising, and evaluating Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP).
• Assists school staff in the most effective use of its resources (time, funding, personnel, etc.).
• Helps school staff identify and eliminate barriers to promote necessary school consensus for change.
• Collaborates with school principal, faculty, and other personnel from the LEA.
• Summarizes and reports monthly progress to the Executive Director of Federal Programs or designee.
• Monitors the schools' allocation of time and resources to determine consistency with the goals and objectives of the CIP.
• Monitors the inclusion of effective strategies in the CIP that addresses underachieving students.
• Monitors the use of comparison, trend, and benchmark data to assess the rate of school/classroom results that guide improvement efforts.
• Participates in on-going quality training.
• Ensures the proper coordination of resources between Federal and Regular Programs.
• Assumes any and all other responsibilities assigned by the Executive Director of Federal Programs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Must have a valid Appropriate Alabama Teaching Certificate in Early Childhood Education.

Must have a Master's Degree (or higher) in Education from a regionally accredited college or university.

Must have a minimum of five (5) years of teaching experience.

Must have proven/documented experience in the use of best practices in training and coaching others as it relates to School Improvement and documented examples of the use of data to drive decisions.

Must have knowledge of Office of School Readiness (OSR) Guidelines - First Class Pre - Kindergarten Program.