QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must hold a current Wisconsin DPI teaching license.
- Reading license preferred; may provide student intervention as needed.
- Must have a minimum of five years of successful teaching experience.
- Must be fluent in speaking Spanish.
- Candidates also must demonstrate knowledge of and experience in:
- Analyzing data and adopting an effective course of action on the basis of the data
- Using the district data system to analyze student data and prepare statistical reports
- Curriculum and program development
- Providing professional development for teachers
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with others
- Identifying and using evidence-based instructional practices.
Candidates should have strong oral and written communication skills and be able to work independently.
Experience as a literacy or math coach or instructional leadership team member is a plus.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
INSTRUCTIONAL/DATA COACH
- Supports teachers through the SLO process, professional development planning, and delivery.
- Assists with new staff training in areas such as phonics, Benchmark Literacy, dual language instruction, and Bridges Math
- Coordinates assessment logistics and helps interpret data from STAR, AIMS, FORWARD, and other district tools.
- Leads PLC meetings to share evidence-based practices and instructional strategies.
- Collaborates regularly with principals and teachers to implement instructional plans and supports.
- Conducts non-evaluative classroom walkthroughs and offers feedback on evidence-based instruction.
- Meets with grade-level teams to review data and guide instruction.
- Provides modeling or feedback upon request and promotes peer collaboration.
- Assists with curriculum implementation and monitors personalized reading plans in alignment with Act 20 requirement
BILINGUAL INTERVENTIONIST
- Reading: Ability to ascertain, through formal and informal methods, the reading strengths and weaknesses of individual students and report results to staff and parents. Knowledge of and
- Ability to support the Act 20 requirements for reading intervention
- Experience with literacy instruction and intervention programs. Ability to flexibly schedule time to meet student and teacher needs.
- Knowledge of and experience with bilingual instruction and interventions.
- Demonstrates expertise in dual language programming and intervention
- Provide direct instruction to individual/small groups of students.
- Coordinate and help in the administration and analysis of Spanish language achievement and/or diagnostic testing.
- Utilize progress monitoring tools to determine whether instruction/interventions are positively impacting student achievement.
- Communicate instructional programming and student progress to parents, teachers, and administrators.
- Other duties as assigned by the building administrator.
The Sheboygan Area School District is a strong advocate of best practices. Our District's educational goals are centered on a Professional Learning Community model. We further support our PLC process with Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), Restorative Practices (RP), Response to Intervention (RtI), and 21st Century Skills. The successful candidate(s) for employment in our District need to have a strong working knowledge of the above-listed best-practice concepts that are the centerpieces of our District goals.