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Elementary District Montessori Specialist - 12 month

Employer
Saint Paul Public Schools
Location
St. Paul, MN, US
Salary
Competitive
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Position Summary

Provide leadership and technical expertise for elementary Montessori teachers and students, including curriculum, instruction, and professional development.

Reporting Relationship

Report to the Elementary School Curriculum Supervisor, in the Office of Teaching and Learning.

Responsibilities

Planning

  • Maintain and execute a strategic plan for K-5 Montessori and coursework.

  • Communicate the strategic plan to stakeholders: teachers and Montessori leads; district leadership and administration; MLL, OTSS, SIS, AVID, MYP, TDAS, Personalized Learning, Equity, Content Specialists

  • Collaborate with SIS, MLL, OTS, AVID, MYP, TDAS, Equity, Personalized Learning, and Content Specialists to align, support, and integrate initiatives.

  • Meet with Assistant Superintendents to plan for principal professional development.

Curriculum Development and Writing for Montessori Programs

  • Developing, Leading, and Facilitating teacher collaboration with curriculum

  • Seamlessly embedding the unpacking of units within professional development and institute work.

  • Providing time and space for planning time, data analysis, and creation of resources and lessons that respond to student needs.

  • Maintaining a feedback loop for areas for curricular growth, alterations, or additions.

Leadership for Montessori Programs

  • Meet with Assistant Superintendents to align our initiatives and messages

  • Work with the elementary School team to align our initiatives and messages

  • Identify and support teacher leaders in Montessori programs

  • Create opportunities for Montessori teacher leaders to present district professional development

  • Identify classrooms to use as lab sites, model classrooms, and digital examples

  • Facilitate think tanks of Montessori teachers and leads to receive feedback and develop the ongoing social studies work

  • Publish biweekly "3 Things to Know" for all stakeholders

  • Participate in Learning Walks with SIS and Assistant Superintendents

  • Facilitate informal Classroom Visits and Learning Walks with site leaders

  • Develop practice profiles in collaboration with stakeholders to support site-based professional development

  • Develop and articulate SCIP strategies that reflect the district needs analysis and data trends

  • Maintain online presence via Schoology and Twitter to ensure communication is consistent and clear.

Professional Development and Alignment

  • District-Wide Montessori Professional Development and Collaboration

  • Building, District and/or JEPD, as requested

  • Participate in site professional development teams upon request

  • Facilitate Montessori Leads and Coach meetings for all Montessori schools when necessary

  • Develop Online Montessori courses to support the district Montessori initiatives

  • Develop practice profiles in collaboration with stakeholders to support site-based professional development

  • Develop and articulate SCIP strategies that reflect the district needs analysis and data trends

Coaching for Montessori Programs, Systems/Structures, and Approaches

  • Individual Teachers (Montessori and other Content Area Teachers)

  • Co-Teacher Teams

  • JEPD or Departments

  • Building Coaches and Leads/ "Coaching the Coach" Opportunities

  • Administrators
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
  • A valid K-5 or K-12 teaching license issued by the Minnesota Department of Education and seven years of teaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications
  • A Master's degree or equivalent experience or training in leadership for curriculum and instruction. Montessori trained.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Considerable knowledge of the foundations of information processing and instruction, instructional strategies, and curriculum materials.

  • Considerable knowledge of creating a Montessori-rich environment.

  • Considerable knowledge of assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation.

  • Considerable knowledge of the impact of data, data collection and data interpretation to support classroom practice.

  • Working knowledge of how to use formative assessments at the classroom level. -Highly proficient communication skills and the ability to negotiate with multiple constituencies.

  • Strong leadership ability.

  • Considerable ability to utilize data to plan instruction and differentiate learning for staff and students.

  • Expertise in the research that supports the practices in the SPPS Achieves Strategic Plan.




    Essential functions are job duties that the individual holding the position must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation through the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and the Americans with Disability Amendments Act (ADAAA). The essential functions are typical duties as outlined under Responsibilities.

    Regular and reliable attendance.

    May be exposed to various cleaning products.

    Saint Paul Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and supports an inclusive workplace environment.

    SPPS is committed to an equitable workforce where all employees represent this commitment through equitable practices in their job position.

    This is a 12 month position working 40 hours per week.

    Salary and benefits are in accordance with the ASAP negotiated labor agreement. The labor agreement and salary schedule can be found at https://www.spps.org/Page/33566 .

    Benefits are available to new employees after 30 days of active employment. Benefits include medical insurance, life insurance, sick leave, pension plan, tax-free retirement account, and flexible spending account. Some employee groups also receive vacation, dental insurance and disability insurance. A benefits summary is available at https://www.spps.org/Domain/13220 .

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