Regional Curriculum & Instruction Specialist

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Starting Salary: $85,000 - $95,000 /year based on experience PLUS $2,000 Annual Education Stipend Environment:
Special Education Program, Grades K-12 Regional Assignment: N./Central California - Fairfield | Redding

Spectrum Center Schools and Programs
, a growing, dynamic organization with a social mission to offer hope is seeking a Regional Curriculum & Instruction Specialist to join our award-winning Special Education team and perform meaningful work in a culture that welcomes innovation, encourages creative expression, and offers limitless potential for personal and professional satisfaction!

If you're passionate about special education, thrive in a dynamic, collaborative, and outcome-focused environment, and possess a proactive approach, creative problem-solving skills, a positive outlook, and an unwavering commitment to student success — We Should Talk!

As the Regional Curriculum & Instruction Specialist
, you will play a crucial role in ensuring effective implementation of curriculum, instruction, and assessment strategies for all schools within an assigned region; leading directly to meaningful student achievement. Serving as the primary educational compliance expert, you will uphold all relevant laws, regulations, and internal standards related to educational services and serve as a positive, collaborative team member within the assigned area, providing ongoing and open communication among all locations and departments.

• Serving as instructional leader for your assigned area; ensuring the implementation of Spectrum’s educational policies, procedures and standards which are aligned to California State Frameworks/Content Standards, CDE and educational law.
• Providing support, guidance, and supervision to teachers in educational assessment, curriculum, instruction, classroom systems and state standards; and ensuring the use of evidence-based teaching strategies for all assigned campuses by providing training, coaching and feedback.
• Overseeing both the formal and informal academic assessment procedures for campuses in assigned area to monitor student progress and rates of student achievement.
• Providing training and support to on-site education teams in the use of student data for instructional decision-making purposes including the use of evidence based instructional practices/strategies to achieve high rates of student growth and achievement.
• Overseeing implementation of on-site intervention instruction and curriculum with an emphasis on direct instruction in the areas of reading, writing, spelling, and math for students performing below grade level.
• Researching and making recommendations for the use of evidence-based curricula in assigned area classrooms which meet the requirements set forth by the Department of Education
• Providing oversight to area education teams on lesson plans, transcripts, report cards, grading system, and progress reports for the academic classrooms.
• Guiding each campus’s instructional staff in development of long term and short-term classroom goals and assisting in determination of priorities and timelines for implementation.
• Conducting regular quality assurance checks for assigned campuses at the individual student, staff, classroom, and site level and making recommendations for improvement.
• Assessing the training needs of all instructional staff within assigned area, and designing staff development plans which include training, follow-up monitoring, coaching and feedback.
• Providing training and support within the assigned area to education coordinators, teachers, and related services providers in the IEP process including but not limited to, IEP goal review, IEP meeting participation, and transition planning support.
• Supporting the implementation of classroom systems including tracking behavior improvement and reinforcement.
• Establishing and maintaining effective communication with parents, care providers and district personnel in assigned area, always projecting a positive and professional company image and participating as a liaison when required.
• Attending and participating in all required on-site and regional…