Director of Intervention and Instructional Support

Overview of the Malden Public Schools:

The Malden Public Schools (MPS) is a richly diverse school district located within the Greater Boston area and accessible by the MBTA orange line train. Malden’s student body comprises approximately 6,500 students who represent 59 different countries and speak 67 different languages. We have 1 early learning center, 5 K-8 schools, and 1 high school. We are committed to providing high expectations for all learners through rigorous instruction and culturally and linguistically sustaining practices and pedagogy. MPS is a safe, welcoming, and collaborative district where we encourage and embrace a growth mindset. We believe that our diversity is an asset, and we are seeking candidates that reflect, embrace, and contribute to the strengths of our community.

Objective:

Malden Public Schools (MPS) seeks a Director of Intervention and Instructional Support who ensures all educators have access to the knowledge, skills, and resources that they need to provide every MPS student with a high-quality, culturally and linguistically sustaining, and well-rounded education that prepares them to actively and responsibly read, write, reason, communicate, create, and compute effectively within a global society.

Overview of position: 

The Director of Intervention and Instructional Support  leads district-wide teaching and learning efforts in their content areas, with an explicit focus on closing opportunity gaps for students with disabilities, multilingual learners and students living in poverty, as a means to ensuring that all Malden students thrive and are fully prepared for the future. 

Responsibilities:

Lead school and district leaders in data inquiry cycles that drive continuous improvements in teaching and learning.

Provide high-quality instructional leadership support to school leaders, leadership teams, coaches and educators across the district, with a focus on design and implementation of data inquiry cycles, which include design and implementation of high-quality data systems for tiered supports across the district.  

• Lead school and district teams in analyzing results from MCAS and ACCESS, other standardized tests, and district-wide formative assessments.  
• Oversee the design and implementation of high-quality School-Improvement Plans at all district schools. 
• Develop and implement data inquiry cycles that allow school teams to effectively monitor the  implementation of School Improvement Plans; these cycles drive effective coaching and instructional leadership efforts at the district and building level, as well as effective professional learning efforts.  This portfolio includes working  in collaboration with content directors in the Office of Teaching and Learning to support:
• Content-specific implementation of district-wide vision for effective coaching and instructional leadership at the district and building level, supporting building-based coaches, APs and Principals. ,
• Content-specific implementation of district-wide professional learning,  including coaching and professional learning, including but not limited to New Teacher Induction and year-round programming, district-wide Professional Development Days, and Summer Professional Development opportunities;.
• Design and implementation of intervention block programming, after school interventions, vacation week & summer programming and programming for advanced learning

• Lead design and implementation of district wide systems for provision of tiered supports, anchored in the use of universal screeners and interim assessments that are valid for diverse populations of students
• Effectively partner with School Leaders and Instructional Leadership Teams to guide, implement and adjust school-developed policy, systems, improvement plans and structures in the school’s instructional practices in order to improve instructional leadership and teaching practice that positively impacts student outcomes.
• Continuously evaluate existing programs, presenting annual and ad hoc reports.
• Ensure that the district is in compliance with content-related state and federal guidance, laws and expectations.  
• Seek and apply for appropriate private, state, and federal grants that support tiered supports and data inquiry cycles.

Ensure successful implementation of Title I Programming across the district in service of district-wide instructional vision

Lead efforts to ensure access to high-quality Title I programming, coherent with district-wide instructional vision, across all three tiers of instruction.

• With educators, families, and other stakeholders, collaboratively set a vision for Title1 programming that meets state and federal requirements, promotes the district-wide instructional vision, and drives to an effective system of tiered supports across the district that closes opportunity gaps for students
• Coordinate all aspects of the Title I program, including but not limited to grant writing, budget preparation, coordinated program review audits, reports and other data needed by the DESE and the federal government, 
• Purchase appropriate instructional materials and supplies as needed to successfully attain the goals of the program, coherent with district-wide work to align curriculum to state curriculum frameworks and WIDA2020 standards; 
• Work collaboratively with other outside agencies and private schools when their services are required by a Title I eligible student. 
• Oversee all aspects of the Title I Grant, its budget, and all aspects of the Title I program for the district. 
• Coordinate Title I staff, including assignment, evaluation, and assistance in the hiring of Title I personnel. 

Advance systems of collaboration across Malden Public Schools and the Office of Teaching and Learning; 

Work collaboratively with stakeholders across the district to set the the vision for world-class instruction in grades preK-12;  Center the needs of professional learning, data analysis, and curriculum implementation on the needs of student populations that have historically experienced the least success in the Malden Public Schools, particularly students with disabilities and Multilingual Learners

• Develops ongoing mechanisms for seeking out student, family, educator and school leadership team voice in district-level decision-making processes; 
• Ensures content-specific decision making is coherent with district-wide vision, other district expectations, and the instructional needs of students with disabilities and multilingual learners
• Effectively communicates district decisions and expectations with school stakeholders
• Creates meaningful, trusting partnerships between school based teams and central office
• Proactively and consistently responds to classroom, school, and district needs
• Commits to excellence and delivers consistently, with a service-delivery mindset
• Serves as a member of the Malden Leadership Team and is the district’s point-person for inquiries related to this content area.
• Serve as a liaison between the Malden Public Schools and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, as needed, in their content areas
• Assist principals in the selection of and evaluation of staff members, in their content areas, as directed; in particular, oversee evaluation of district-wide Media Specialists.
• Perform all other duties assigned by the Assistant Superintendent and/or Superintendent of Schools.

Supervision and Evaluation:

• This position reports to the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning

• Director-level job descriptions involve comprehensive lists of responsibilities under the purview of each individual Director.  However, in the course of implementing a multi-year district strategic plan, various responsibilities from the job description will be prioritized for the Director’s focus in each year.  At the beginning of each school year, the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, in collaboration with the Director, will jointly identify three areas of priority for the Director’s work during that year, which will provide a focus for evaluation and supervision.  These areas may include: specific grade spans and content areas for focus of curriculum implementation efforts; a particular school or schools identified for coaching and support; or a particular approach (such as support for a particular student group, or staff role).

Qualifications:

• Will possess a master’s or higher degree from an accredited college or university
• Will show evidence of at least three years of satisfactory full-time paid experience as a public-school teacher; experience in urban settings strongly preferred
• Will show evidence of experience as a school or district administrator, with experience as Principal or Assistant Principal in an urban setting strongly preferred. 

• Must hold current DESE Licensure as a Supervisor/Director in their content area or as a Principal/Assistant Principal; they must also possess a DESE SEI Endorsement

• Must be able to exhibit knowledge of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, of WIDA 2020 Standards, and of state MCAS and ACCESS testing programs (and emerging programs as information becomes available) 

Equal Opportunity Employer: The Malden Public Schools is committed to cultivating an ethnically, racially, and linguistically diverse and inclusive environment where different backgrounds and perspectives are celebrated. We believe the differences within our environment will positively impact student outcomes and benefit our employees and community. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

Salary: 

In accordance with Malden Public Schools’ Unit B contract.  

https://malden.massteacher.org/local-contracts/unit-b-2022-2025-contract/

To Apply: 

Please submit a letter of interest for the position that includes related experience and qualifications as well as a resume on School Spring.

This posting is expected to close on Sunday May 5, end of day.