Education Specialist

Overview

Salary: $58,000-$69,000
* See notes on salary in the Compensation section.

An invitation to all experienced, equity-driven elementary and middle school teachers who believe in the potential of all students and who want to build a school founded upon belonging, resilience, achievement, vulnerability, enthusiasm and leadership.

WHO ARE YOU?

You are passionate about teaching and learning- your scholars’, your colleagues’ and yours. You have a track record leading scholars to academic excellence. You not only believe that every young person deserves an incredible academic experience, but ensuring that scholars’ diverse needs are met socially and emotionally also compels you. You are willing to challenge yourself, your colleagues, and your scholars to realize a school where every person is known, loved, and challenged each day.

WHO ARE WE?

Being a part of the Catalyst team is a unique opportunity. We are deeply committed to achieving our mission of supporting our diverse scholars to live full lives and to succeed in college, career, and life and of finding their purpose and passion so that they can cultivate the critical hope, optimism and leadership essential to be catalysts in their community and world.

Our schools are tightly-knit families where every child is known, loved, and challenged. Our strong community is rooted in high expectations, joy and exudes our core values:

• Belonging. We are stronger together.
• Resiliency. What we do today is what matters most.
• Achievement. When you succeed, we all succeed.
• Vulnerability. I speak my truth and I listen to yours.
• Enthusiasm. We show our spark and bring our hearts.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

of a Catalyst Education Specialist

Serve as Special Education Expert:

• Provide special education instruction, interventions and support to scholars in alignment with their IEPs
• Plan and execute special education programming at school site, including writing IEPs, tracking progress, communicating with families, teachers, and outside service providers, and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and coordinating site-specific evaluation efforts and program model implementation
• Assist in spreading inclusion best practices through collaborating with colleagues and delivering targeted professional development
• Support in the development and implementation of site RTI plan

Serve as Expert for English Language Learner (ELL) Supports:

• Provide interventions and support to scholars during the school day, and on an ongoing basis as needed for scholar development.
• Plan and execute English Language Learner programming at school site, including compliance with all applicable laws and coordinating site-specific evaluation efforts and program model implementation.
• Provide professional development to all instructional staff through training, modeling and coaching the delivery of instruction and supports to ELLs in accordance with curriculum identified by Catalyst Public Schools using various coaching methods
• Provide individualized materials and coaching to faculty to support ELL learning across different school settings

Serve as a guide and role model for scholars:

• Build an environment for learning that invites and excites scholar learning
• Live and model Catalyst’s core values with scholars and their families
• Empower scholars to access their voices and leadership

Commit to your professional learning and growth

• Collaborate with your principal and school team to improve instruction, build strong school culture, and grow your leadership skills
• Authentically engage in Catalyst’s culture of adult learning and professional development

Mentor new and aspiring teachers:

• Include teachers/small group instructors in your planning and instructional implementation
• Uphold and model Catalyst’s core values with other teachers inside and outside your classroom
• Share in success and progress and own growth areas- both your own and that of our scholars

SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS

of a Catalyst Education Specialist

• Enthusiasm and mastery for elementary and middle school special education, RTI, and ELL supports
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Use of data to drive instructional moves and intervention paths for scholars
• Exc…