What are the responsibilities and job description for the MTSS Specialist - Elementary Level 2025-26SY position at Freeport School District 145?
- Bachelor’s degree in elementary or secondary education
- Master’s Degree preferred
- Valid Illinois Professional Educator License, Elementary Education preferred
- At least 5 years teaching experience
- Skill, knowledge and ability to implement tiered interventions with integrity
- Ability to provide professional learning on high-quality, data-based instructions and interventions to peers
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications that the School Board finds appropriate and acceptable
- Specialists will deliver tier 2 and tier 3 interventions based on MTSS team recommendations.
- Analyze data with grade level teams to determine which students need interventions
- Meet with students in small groups for specific Tier 3 students recommended by the MTSS team.
- Push into classrooms to model instructional strategies and co-teach in order to deliver in-class interventions.
- Meet with PLC teams to participate in planning and delivery of instructional strategies.
- Monitor progress toward mastery of standards
- Provide professional learning to peers
- Assist with coordination of school-wide assessments benchmark data reviews
- Implement an efficient system for scheduling interventions
- Monitor the successful implementation of intervention plans.
- Participate in the school improvement process
- Participate in district-wide teams to improve the intervention system including the Framework Specialist group.
- Daily Schedule reflects the activities in column 1
- Continuously updated student data reports illustrate flexible groups
- PLC agendas reflect input from the MTSS Specialist in planning lessons and scaffolding during classroom whole group and small group activities
- Testing schedules and logistics illustrate the role of the Facilitator t in supporting testing.
- Student intervention plans are present in the intervention software platform and are updated weekly.
- Small group lesson plans illustrate differentiation for student skill groups in both push-in and pull-out settings based on data.
- School Improvement Plan illustrates progress monitoring of action items related to the MTSS Specialist role.
- Attendance at district level team meetings
- Evidence that the Specialist is supporting all classroom teachers in disseminating district-wide Professional Learning.
- Positive CGI (conditional growth index) for students in MAP Reading and Math
- Increasing proficiency on Common Core standards as measured by MAP and local unit tests.
- Fewer students need interventions over time until the number of students in each tier reflect national norms.
- Demonstrate knowledge of current trends in MTSS and professional development.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the district’s MTSS program and levels of teachers’ and MTSS Tutors’ skill in delivering that program.
- Provide expertise in interventions in the development and coordination of intervention plans.
- Collaborate with Principal, MTSS Facilitator, and teachers to problem solve to develop best practices for continuous academic growth of students.
- Collaboratively establish goals for MTSS instructional support programs appropriate to the setting and the teachers served.
- Assist teachers with the collection of data, analysis of data results and supports the MTSS Facilitator in the sharing of findings with all staff.
- Create an environment of trust and respect.
- Establish a culture for ongoing instructional improvements.
- Establish clear procedures for teachers to gain access to instructional support.
- Establish and maintain norms of behavior for professional interactions.
- Organize physical or virtual spaces for workshops or training.
- Organize appropriate physical space for benchmark assessments. This includes the planning of materials, schedules, and a match between the physical arrangement and an environment conducive to testing.
- Review student achievement and assist with placing students in appropriate intervention and support services.
- Demonstrate knowledge of resources, both within and beyond the school and district.
- Share expertise to contribute to data-based decision making.
- Locate resources for staff to support instructional improvement.
- Demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness.
- Teach targeted intervention to small groups of students daily using research-based strategies and resources.
- Maintain and submit accurate and up-to-date management records of all students’ progress.
- Reflect on practice.
- Prepare and submit benchmarking, intervention, and progress monitoring data reports
- Coordinate work with MTSS Facilitators
- Participate in a professional community.
- Engage in self-guided and collaborative professional development especially to increase effectiveness of intervention delivery.
- Show professionalism, including integrity and confidentiality.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities related to MTSS as assigned by the supervisor.
JobID: 6085
Position Type:
Elementary Positions Certified/MTSS Reading Support Specialist
Elementary Positions Certified/MTSS Reading Support Specialist
Date Posted:
3/17/2025
3/17/2025
Location:
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary
Anticipated Start Date:
08/01/2025
08/01/2025
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled
Open Until Filled
TITLE: Elementary MTSS Specialist
QUALIFICATIONS:
REPORTS TO: Building administrator(s)
JOB GOAL: Plan and implement tiered interventions in grades 1-6 with integrity. Provide professional learning on high-quality, data-based instructions and interventions to peers. To support the implementation of all aspects of the MTSS program at the building level. To assist with the preparation and coordination of school-wide assessments, benchmark data reviews, and intervention planning for students in all grade levels. To help implement an efficient system for scheduling interventions, providing staff intervention training, and monitoring the successful implementation of intervention plans. Be an active participant in the school improvement process and promote a culture of continuous instructional improvement. To actively engage in the consistent implementation and monitoring of MTSS by being a participant in the district-wide MTSS support specialist team and serving on curriculum committees as appropriate.
Inputs
(activities done by the position/ how they spend their time/ daily schedule
Evidence
(what can we see as a result of the daily schedule - logs, data book, quarterly reports, calendar)
Outcomes
(what happens for students - attendance, test scores, Panorama scores - how do we know this position is getting good ROI?)
COMPONENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
DOMAIN 1:
Planning and Preparation
DOMAIN 2:
The Environment
DOMAIN 3:
Delivery of Service
DOMAIN 4:
Professional Responsibilities
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: (180 days) Certified position with salary, differential and hours to be established by the Board of Education under the negotiated agreement between FSD#145 and the FEA.
EVALUATION: Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the provision established by the Board of Education. The curriculum coordinator will be evaluated by the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction
This job description has been reviewed and is in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
