COMPASS Regional Equitable Access Specialist - Indigenous Education

Position Title

COMPASS Regional Equitable Access Specialist - Indigenous Education

Salary Range

COMPASS Regional Equitable Access Specialist - Indigenous Education, Grade 11, exempt, $64,134.90 - $89,788.85 per fiscal year, commensurate with experience (salary represented is pro-rated to 205-day salary). TRA position.

Job Description Summary

This position serves as a member of the statewide Equitable Access Specialist (EAS) team and supports statewide and regional systems improvement to identify and dismantle barriers to high-quality instruction and layered support and foundational safe and welcoming school climate and layered supports for specific historically and persistently marginalized students groups. This position will be employed by Sourcewell and be funded through state dollars; work will be directed by MDE and supervised by the regional coop.

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Serve as a specialist with a focus on American Indian students and a member of a statewide team of EASes with a focus on other student groups. Work to ensure focus on American Indian students within the system and to collaboratively ensure all identified student groups are represented in continuous improvement discussions and decision-making.

• Support the development, curation, and refinement of guidance, professional learning cohorts and series, coaching frameworks, and other resources based on improving access, removing barriers, and building on the strengths of American Indican communities and students.
• Provide internal professional development to other EAS specialists and to other regional team members to build their knowledge of and ability to identify and remove barriers for American Indian students), including knowledge of the historical and persistent failure of the education system to ensure equitable and excellent access and outcomes.
• Participate in professional learning opportunities from other EAS specialists to build your capacity to identify the need for their expertise and to use foundational training and knowledge to begin addressing the needs within the system of the other identified student groups.
• Develop and continuously improve systems coaching capacity and use of effective technical assistance strategies by:
• Attending all professional learning provided for regional team members by MDE staff.
• Participating in coaching provided by MDE staff.
• Participating in communities of practice with regional colleagues to deepen understanding and skill in regional coordination.
• As requested by the state leadership team, actively participate in a state tier one instruction cross functional team.
  
  

Serve as an EAS Specialist on the regional COMPASS team

• Collaborate with colleagues to ensure support provided across all areas is aligned to CRSL and MNMTSS.
• Provide support and coaching to internal staff to build capacity for identifying systemic barriers and building on strengths to improve access to high-quality instruction and a safe and welcoming school climate for American Indian students and communities and other historically and persistently marginalized student groups.
• Design and implement large-scale technical assistance activities to support best practices for American Indian students, including culturally responsive practices, so that service cooperative colleagues can increase statewide educational outcomes for American Indian students as part of t their overall work with school improvement advocacy.
  
  

Provide expertise on the history of systemic inequity in the education system for historically and persistently marginalized student groups

• Help make the connection between historic and current marginalization, lack of access, and inequitable student opportunities and outcomes.
• Collaborate with CRSL specialists, to provide expertise on culturally relevant leadership and instruction for American Indian students and communities.
• Collaborate with the MnMTSS lead to support the evaluation of systems with the use of quantitative and qualitative data to identify inequitable outcomes and to identify and support the removal of systemic barriers and the development of appropriate changes to the system and support for American Indian students and families.
• Provide initial support for this work regarding other identified student groups and collaborate with and connect districts and schools to colleagues with expertise in a specific student group as needed.
• Support district and school leaders to plan for continuous improvement of Tier 1/universal instruction through engagement with COMPASS supports and services, such as regional leads in content areas of literacy or math and professional development in Learning Acceleration (Atlas).
  
  

Other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications

• Current teaching or administrative license and minimum five (5) years’ experience in education OR
• A combination of related post-secondary and/or professional education/training and demonstrated relevant work experience equivalent to a total of ten (10) years
• A proven ability to build relationships with Minnesota tribal nations or indigenous communities
• Formal experience with American Indian Education programming
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in related education field (school administration, curriculum and instruction, special education, etc.)
• Leadership experience in a PreK-12 School System
  
  

This position is paid for by the Minnesota Department of Education with legislative funding. At minimum, this position will work 205 days per year, mostly concentrated during the school year. Depending on funding and candidate experience, the position could be expanded to full-time.

The application deadline for this position is April 13th. Please submit your applications prior to the end of day on April 13th if you wish to be considered. Application pre-screening and review will start April 14th.

Location:

• Applicants should be located near or in the counties we serve (Region 5) and be able to commute to the office and throughout the region at least 2-3 days a week for meetings and support.
• On occasion may be expected to attend meetings or trainings at Sourcewell's headquarters in Staples, MN, advance notice would be given to team member.
• Sourcewell is currently accepting applications from all states, except the following: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Applicants living in or planning to relocate to a state not on this list are encouraged to apply. *
  
  

Sourcewell exists to empower community success. We stand with our partners in government and education striving to recognize and honor the differences in each of our community members. We are committed to removing barriers to equity.

Values

• Seek. Be curious.
• Empower. Be accountable and liberate others.
• Impact. Be a difference maker
  
  

Full Time/Part Time

Full time

Position Type

Regular

Scheduled Hours

40