Online Learning Coordinator​/Executive Functioning Tutor

Online Coordinator/Executive Functioning Tutor

The Natick Public Schools educate approximately 5,300 students from Pre-K through age 22. We are an innovative, supportive, and high-performing district whose outstanding staff provides high quality services for our diverse students and their families from Natick and Boston. Natick Public Schools is a community dedicated to all students achieving high standards in a safe, trusting, respectful environment where learning is exciting, dynamic, and engaging, and where connectedness and belonging are valued and actively cultivated.

We are home to families that speak almost 60 different languages and our student population is approximately 29% Students of Color and 71% White students. With a graduation rate of 97% and 90% of our students attending post-secondary schools, we are proud of our commitment to excellence in educating students to be informed and successful citizens of a global world.

We enthusiastically welcome educators to our district who seek and thrive in a diverse environment that focuses on the whole child in a strengths-based approach. Please partner with us in our mission to support the diversity of our school community, promote and deliver equitable practices for all of our staff, students, and families, and create meaningful connections that enable everyone to feel included and thrive.

Job Title
- Online Learning Coordinator/Executive Functioning Tutor
- Location
- Kennedy Middle School

Reports To
- Building Principal, Special Education Administrator
- Work days/FTE
- Middle School: 30 hours per week

Salary/Benefits
- Per the Non-Represented Compensation schedule
- Benefits Eligible? - Yes

Job Goal:
Profile of a Natick Educator

Qualifications

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's Degree
• Professional Certification: DESE licensure as a teacher preferred
• Specialized Knowledge:
  Understanding of adolescent development, understanding of best instructional practices, thorough understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice as they relate to student engagement and belonging

Preferred Experience

• Demonstrated interest and experience working with students and technology
• Experience working with students with disabilities/special abilities preferred
• Experience working with students who are English language learners preferred
• Experience with Google Suite (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Classroom, etc.) and Power School preferred, but will train the right candidate

Skills

• Demonstrated aptitude for work to be performed
• Bilingual skills, especially in Spanish and Portuguese, are highly desirable
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills

Candidates should have a passion for working with students, families, and colleagues. Candidates must be flexible and collaborative. Candidates must be able to multitask in a fast-paced, supportive environment that nurtures student growth. Candidates must be organized and able to meet ongoing, time-sensitive deadlines for work production.

Supports and Skill Instruction will include:

• Adaptable thinking
• Planning and organization of materials and assignments
• Self-monitoring and goal setting
• Self-control, impulse control, shifting tasks/transitions
• Working memory/Study skills
• Time management, prioritization of assignments
• Task initiation/completion

Alternative degrees/experience may be substituted for the above at the discretion of the Superintendent, if such a substitution brings a strong candidate forward.

Tools and Equipment Used

• Phone, personal computer and software applications, scanner, copy machine, calculator, printers and fax machine.

Essential Functions of the Job (not limited to)

• Works with district and school leadership to combat systemic barriers that limit student, family, and staff members' equitable access to opportunity.
• Ensure that each student is progressing within the curriculum by producing weekly/biweekly detailed reports on student's progress
• Be prepared to assist students with individual questions to help clarify information that is being presented
• Be able to understand MCAS results in order to individualize MCAS curriculum based on student's performance
• Responsible for keeping accurate records and posting student grades
• Establishes an effective working relationship with classroom teachers, specialists, and administration
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully certified teachers.
• Makes parents and guidance counselors aware of student progress
• Identifies and addresses bias and its impact on rigor and opportunity for students
• Administer a screener/informal assessment tool to appropriate students and/or train classroom teachers to deliver the assessment
• Provide targeted Executive Functioning instruction during an RTI block with lesson planning and on-going progress monitoring through goal attainment plan
• Collaborate with teaching team to determine students skill deficits in the areas of Executive…