Escondido Union School District -

Under the direction of the School Principal, the Community Schools (CS)/MTSS Site Specialist will implement, integrate, align, and coordinate community schools strategies and the multi-tiered systems of support at their individual school site. The CS/MTSS Site Specialist will assist with the facilitation of the Community Schools Advisory Committee (CSAC) and the Comprehensive Student Assistance Team (CSAT) and assist with collecting and analyzing data related to all components of the Community Schools framework. The CS/MTSS Site Specialist will also work collaboratively with school staff, parents, students, and community partners to expand the accessibility of programs and services geared to improve attendance and academic outcomes, reduce behavior incidents at school, and promote student and family engagement.

• Bilingual preferred

• Collaborative leadership

• Strong understanding of cultural differences of diverse populations

• Awareness and understanding of each school site’s individual characteristics and cultural nuances

• Understanding of socio-economic challenged families and families living in poverty.

• Empathetic by demonstrating understanding and compassion towards the needs and concerns of our families.

• Possess an equity mindset to offer a perspective that helps guide stakeholders at each school to make impactful decisions for the school community.

• Understanding/knowledge of asset-based pedagogy

• Creates, monitors, and implements the Community Schools Site implementation plans

• Ability to establish connections with the Escondido District and Escondido Community that demonstrates an understanding of the local community.

• An effective and successful collaborator who can establish positive connections and problem-solving strategies.

Specific responsibilities will include but will not be limited to the following:

• Attends and facilitates meetings with school staff teams focused on student needs as determined by the administrator (i.e., CSAT, SSTs, SART/SARB)

• Contributes to making informed decisions as part of student assistance and school leadership teams.

• Conducts needs assessments to identify the social-emotional, mental-health, curricular, and academic services that are most needed at the school site.

• Works in collaboration with the school leadership team, teachers, District office staff, District and site attendance team, Counselors, Social Workers, Family Liaisons, the community, families, and agencies to design and implement the identified needed services at the school.

• Provides direct services to students as needed and as determined by the site administrator

• Collaborates with programming beyond the school day and with extended school-year services.

• Collaborates with Community Schools District Coordinator, established community partners, local government agencies, after-school programs, and families and facilitates new connections to ensure the availability of resources for school sites.

• Have in-depth knowledge of gathering and analyzing academic, behavioral, attendance, and special education data to present results to the school leadership team, teacher teams, district personnel, community, families, and committee members.

• Review and support schools in implementing effective and efficient methods of gathering, analyzing, and using student data to meet student needs.

• Implement and support an MTSS management system designed to document and monitor student progress.

• Facilitate communication and collaboration across grade levels and programs, including Intervention, Special Education, ASES, and ELOP, to best respond to student needs.

• Flexibility to work evenings and/or weekends based on and around parent and/ or community events and needs. More information can be found under Work Days and Hours below.

• Facilitate high-quality professional development for site teams on intervention delivery, instructional design, and other MTSS processes.

• Collecting data from multiple sources to share with both site and district committees to assist in making student-centered decisions.

• Facilitate and foster collaborative discussions and support initiatives between the site, parents, community partners, and students.

• Be knowledgeable of individual school needs regarding their most vulnerable student populations.

• Assist the administrator with connecting, informing, and overall communication with families and the school.

• Engage and participate in family home visits

• Perform other duties as assigned, including administrative designee.

The position will have ten (10) additional workdays for a total of 197 contract days each school year. For the 24/25 school year, the first day of work is August 5, 2024, and the last day is June 16, 2025. Subsequent years' start and end dates will be negotiated and approved by the District and Union with input from the Community Schools Coordinator.

Beyond the traditional teacher work hours, up to twelve (12) after-contract hour events may be required of this position for each school year in this position. Attendance of required after-contract hours events can not be used as flex time in exchange for contract days/hours. The pay rate of after-contract hours will be paid at the incumbent’s per diem rate.

Knowledge of the MTSS framework that includes Positive Behavior Interventions, positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS), response to intervention (RTI), social-emotional learning (SEL), restorative practices, trauma-informed practices, and family engagement; understanding of learning theory, wide variety of effective teaching strategies, child growth and development and the social/emotional needs thereof, effective lesson planning, discipline, effective classroom management strategies, working with parents, appropriate instructional techniques for English learner students, learning disabilities and mainstreaming of students with disabilities into the regular classroom.

Organize, plan, and deliver professional development activities and training; collaborate and communicate effectively both orally and in writing; speak in front of large groups; establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with all stakeholders; mentor, peer coach, and conduct professional development; design and support data tracking sheets for students; ability to maintain, analyze and synthesize data; knowledge of applied behavioral analysis and behavioral management techniques; lead, model and facilitate community building circles as well as restorative conferences; follow applicable state and federal timelines; understand and carry out oral and written directions with minimal accountability controls. Address the needs of all students, monitor progress, adjust instructional strategies according to student's needs and accurately report student progress. Ability to perform other related duties including but not limited to before and after school programs, family engagement events, and staff meetings. Ability to demonstrate student progress and achievement through ongoing assessment and monitoring.

The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require the following physical demands: hearing and speaking to exchange information and make presentations; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard; having a means of transportation to conduct work; seeing to conduct inspections of data; and occasional lifting of boxes and equipment and bending or reaching for files and equipment. Weight of materials will vary, but generally less than fifty (50) pounds. Generally, the job requires 35% sitting, 30% walking, and 35% standing. May be required to correctly transfer or restrain a child physically if needed. Will work with students who have significant academic and social/emotional needs. The job is performed under minimal temperature variations, in a generally hazard-free environment, and in a clean atmosphere.

• Possession of a valid California Teaching Credential or Pupil Personnel Services Credential.

• Minimum of five years’ experience in education.

• Experience working with Title 1 schools preferred.

Must pass a pre-employment physical examination and fingerprint clearance following an offer of employment.

Placement on the 197 workday, certificated salary schedule

*This job description shall sunset at 11:59 pm, June 30, 2025. The District and Union may agree to renew, eliminate or restructure this job description.