Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports; VTSS) Systems Coach

Department: The Partnership for People with Disabilities (PPD)

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The Partnership for People with Disabilities was founded in 1985 to build a world where all people can live, learn, work, and play together. We’re based at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Education, serving as Virginia’s only University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities or UCEDD (www.vcu.edu/partnership).

We are seeking a dynamic candidate to serve as a Virginia Tiered Systems of Support (VTSS) Systems Coach who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds. At VCU, we believe different perspectives and expertise enhance possibilities and solutions. This philosophy drives our recruitment process, so we welcome applicants who will contribute to a community of faculty, staff, and students.

This position will be open rank with an anticipated slotting of Sr. Education Specialist 2 Job Code: 14235.

In concert with states and territories implementing the multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), MTSS aligns academics, behavior, and social-emotional wellness into a single decision-making framework to establish the supports needed for schools to be effective learning environments for all students. VTSS staff partner with school divisions throughout the Commonwealth to support the successful implementation of the framework. MTSS is a data-driven decision-making framework for establishing the academic, behavioral and social-emotional supports needed for a school to be an effective learning environment for all students.

This systemic approach allows divisions, schools, and communities to provide multiple levels of supports to students in a more effective and efficient, clearly defined process.

• Collaborate on work groups and/or training teams as needed in the development, revision, and enhancement of the VTSS training scope and sequence for divisions and school-level training, including in-person and on- line formats.
• Participate in vetting the content of professional development developed by VTSS training teams.
• Provide support to assigned VTSS divisions and schools in the implementation of evidence-based literacy, mathematics, Response to Intervention (RtI) and/or Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Systems Coaches may be assigned divisions and schools across the Commonwealth (i.e., Regions, 1-8).
• Provide support to build the capacity of division leadership teams to implement and sustain division-wide implementation of MTSS, which includes building internal coaching capacity at the school level.
• Work with VTSS and VDOE staff to develop and plan statewide and regional training sessions for VTSS divisions and schools by:
  
  A) Using organizational processes and facilitative skills to help school divisions successfully navigate through the stages of implementation as described by the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN).
  
  B) Provide coaching and technical assistance (e.g., face-to-face, virtual, hybrid) to assigned VTSS divisions and schools to support the understanding and application of content acquired during training.
  
  C) Consult with VTSS divisions and schools in the use of evidence-based practices that…