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Building Equitable Supports for Children with Disabilities (BESCD) Coach

Employer
Collaborative for Educational Services
Location
Northampton, MA, US
Salary
Competitive

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Job Details

The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) is seeking a part-time master level coach for school districts for the Building Equitable Supports for Children with Disabilities (BESCD) initiative for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. The BESCD initiative will nurture a professional community that centers equitable supports as key for successful inclusion of children with disabilities. Individual and regional school district teams will have the opportunity to improve and enrich their systems of inclusive early childhood programming.

Who We Are: Dedicated and collaborative teams of educators committed to supporting teaching excellence through coaching, professional development and excellent administrative support. CES prides itself on providing robust and engaging learning opportunities to all its staff.

We value: Quality and excellence, innovation, creativity and vision, inclusiveness, equity and diversity and collaboration with others. Creating a community of care is a foundational to the work we do, together!

Social Justice and Equity work is central to our mission, especially in these times. We understand that all forms of oppression are damaging. We engage in this work pro-actively and purposefully, with the intent of positive outcomes, and because we need to. We hope that you will join us in this work!

This is you:
  • You have worked in a public preschool and/or have experience working in early childhood special education or a related field

  • You are an innovative, creative and collaborative early childhood special educator or administrator

  • You have a passion for promoting equity and inclusion for young children with disabilities

  • You value culturally responsive teaching, professionalism, and a strengths-based approach

  • You love to learn! You strive to understand emerging trends in education, seek to thoughtfully employ best practices, support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

  • You recognize that addressing societal oppression and inequities requires ongoing education and a commitment to allyship.


Highlights of What You Will Do:
  • Provide effective, high quality, monthly and/or regional coaching to public school teachers and administrators on using equitable supports to promote quality public preschool inclusion for young children with disabilities

  • Attend and participate actively in professional learning communities (PLCs)

  • Seek out resources on best practices to share with school district teams and guide them in integrating new practices

  • Maintain all required record keeping of coaching and project activities


Review of resumes will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Company

We are a non-profit educational service agency, committed to reaching and educating learners of all ages, and experienced in working with educators to help students learn and succeed.

Students are at the heart of our work.

We are a community of innovative and effective professionals dedicated to improving education. We know that everyone is a learner from the day they are born, and we know how to create classrooms and other environments in which every learner can flourish. We know how to reach, inspire, support and educate children, youth and adults, and we help others to do the same.

Founded in 1974, we are governed by representatives from our member school districts in Hampshire and Franklin Counties. We partner with students, families, schools and districts, educators; and communities across Massachusetts and in the region to create and improve educational opportunities both in and out of the classroom and ensure that every child has the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

CES directs major initiatives in Early Childhood, Special Education, After School Programs, Professional Development, Educator Licensure, Technology in Education, Social Justice in Education, English Learner Education, and the education of vulnerable youth.

Our Mission

Our mission is to develop and foster educational excellence and opportunity for all learners through collaboration, and leadership. 

Company info
Website
Telephone
4135885925
Location
97 Hawley St
Northampton
MA
01060
US

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