Administrative Consultant – ESSA; TSI

Iowa Department of Education’s mission is ensuring all students experience a world-class education. To accomplish our mission, we need talented, passionate people working together to build an excellent education system that empowers all students to achieve their full potential.

We are looking to find a highly qualified leader to serve as aTSI/E-TSI School Improvement Administrative consultant who provides strategic leadership, technical assistance, and professional development to support Targeted and Extended Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI/E-TSI) schools across Iowa. This role ensures coherent statewide improvement efforts, prioritizes equitable outcomes for all students—with a focus on English Learners and students with disabilities—aligns initiatives with ESSA and IDEA-DA, and supports the consistent implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM).

Your Responsibilities:

Goal 1:
Lead Coherent and Aligned TSI/E-TSI Supports

• Provide statewide leadership for TSI/E-TSI efforts, ensuring coherent implementation across AEAs and with ESSA Administrative Consultants supporting CSI schools.
• Partner with district and school leadership teams to strengthen improvement planning, implementation, progress monitoring, and overall system capacity, with a focus on supporting students in special education and English Learner student groups.
• Conduct regular check-ins with districts and AEAs to troubleshoot challenges, provide technical assistance, and ensure timely progress on required improvement actions.
• Review, analyze, and synthesize AEA reports and school-level data to identify statewide patterns, trends, and areas needing targeted support, including gaps for special education and EL students.
• Collaborate with internal teams to align TSI/E-TSI work with broader state initiatives, accountability systems, school improvement supports, and ESSA–IDEA-DA requirements.
• Maintain accurate records and data tracking systems to support reporting, compliance, and evaluation of statewide supports.
• Elevate promising practices and systemic challenges to leadership to inform policy, guidance updates, and resource development.

Goal 2:
Use Data to Drive Continuous Improvement

• Lead and oversee ongoing data collection, validation, and analysis at school, district, and AEA levels to inform improvement planning, track progress, and adjust support strategies.
• Support districts and AEAs in interpreting achievement, growth, demographic, and programmatic data to prioritize needs and select evidence-based strategies.
• Develop and maintain data protocols, templates, and guidance documents that promote consistent, high-quality continuous improvement practices statewide.
• Identify statewide trends, gaps, and bright spots, including outcomes for key student groups, and communicate findings to internal leadership to inform policy, guidance, and resource development.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure alignment between accountability data, school improvement supports, and ESSA–IDEA-DA requirements.

Goal 3:
Collaborate and Ensure Quality Across Systems

• Provide direction, coaching, and quality-assurance oversight to district leadership and AEA Consultants supporting TSI/E-TSI schools, ensuring consistency, fidelity, and alignment with ESSA and IDEA-DA requirements.
• Support coordination across Department teams—including Special Education, School Improvement, Academics & Learner Supports, and ESEA Programs—to ensure coherent, non-duplicative improvement efforts statewide.
• Serve as a key leader on the UVA–Partnership for Leaders in Education (UVA-PLE) statewide team, leveraging lessons learned to replicate effective leadership and school improvement strategies across Iowa.
• Facilitate cross-team problem-solving to address implementation challenges, ensure consistent messaging, and streamline supports for districts and AEAs.
• Review and provide feedback on school and AEA improvement plans to ensure quality, alignment with HQIM, and evidence-based continuous improvement practices.
• Support internal capacity building by providing training and calibration sessions for Department and AEA staff to ensure consistent expectations, language, and…