Intervention and Assessment Specialist (2026/27 School Year)

id='p23289_'>Intervention and Assessment Specialist (2026/27 School Year) JobID: 23289

Position Type:

Certified Support/Intervention Specialist

Date Posted:

8/7/2026

Location:

Roosevelt School

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ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #205

Job Description

Job Title: Intervention & Assessment Specialist (High School GED Program)

Job Code: 7082

Department: Secondary

Supervisor: Building Principal

Date: 8/5/2026

FLSA Status: Exempt

Grade: REA Salary Schedule

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: The Intervention & Assessment Specialist leads the coordination of attendance systems, academic interventions, and assessment processes for high school and Adult Education/GED programs. The position focuses on improving student persistence, measurable skill gains (MSG), and credential attainment by aligning attendance interventions, data monitoring, and instructional supports within a continuous improvement model

Compensation Range: $47,203 - 99,323 per year. This salary range reflects a full-time 1.0 role. An employee working less than 1.0 FTE will receive a prorated salary based on their assigned FTE. Placement on the salary schedule is based on verified, comparable education and experience. For more information on range placement, please review the REA Collective Bargaining Agreement.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In addition to the requirements listed below, regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

• Ensures that all actions are in concert with the Board policies as well as the mission statement, beliefs, objectives, and parameters found in the Board's strategic plan.
• Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities in order to enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.
• Ensures full implementation of required assessment systems, including regular CASAS testing in alignment with Illinois Community College Board grant requirements.
• Maintains test security, proper administration procedures, and required documentation for all state and local assessments.
• Coordinates, manages and maintains compliance for all aspects of student assessment and surveys, including but not limited to CASAS pre- and post-testing schedule, high school benchmark and local assessments, GED readiness and practice testing alignment, Panorama and 5 Essentials
• Develops and maintains a testing calendar that ensures students are assessed within required instructional hour windows.
• Trains staff on proper administration, scoring, and use of assessment data to drive instruction.
• Meets with students regularly to set short-term attendance and academic goals.
• Leads building-level attendance monitoring systems, including daily and weekly attendance tracking, for early identification of at-risk students and implements tiered attendance interventions.
• Coordinates interventions for students with chronic absenteeism, including referrals, contracts, and support plans.
• Collaborates with staff to align attendance strategies with instructional delivery (in-person, hybrid, online).
• Supports data-based decision making aligned to MTSS/AIS frameworks.
• Leads weekly or biweekly data reviews with staff, focusing on attendance trends, assessment completion and outcomes and student persistence and engagement
• Manages and maintains detailed spreadsheets to track student enrollment, attendance hours, assessment data (including CASAS), and measurable skill gains, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely reporting for program monitoring and decision-making.
• Coordinates tiered academic interventions for high school and GED students, ensuring alignment to assessment data.
• Supports students in goal setting, progress monitoring, and transition planning (credential completion, postsecondary, or workforce) and promotes accountability for attendance, assessment completion, and student outcomes.
• Facilitates connections to internal and external support services (e.g., childcare, transportation, counseling).
• Participates in building leadership teams, data teams, and adult education program meetings. Assist with student engagement initiatives, orientations, and persistence strategies.
• Supports implementation of MTSS/PBIS frameworks adapted for secondary and adult learners.

QUALIFICATIONS: Valid Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) required with General Education or Special Education endorsements. Appropriate MTSS course work, MTSS implementation experience and data collection experience preferred.

A comprehensive benefits package is offered, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Voluntary life insurance
• Paid Sick and Personal time
• Paid holidays
• Board-paid TRS (Teachers' Retirement System)
• Optional 403(b) plan
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to demonstrate qualities aligned to our core values of Character, Communication, Collaboration and Continuous Improvement.
• Ability to create, deliver and sustain tiered interventions that improve attendance and academic success for students.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are necessary.
• Computer literacy required, including Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, and internet-based portals.
• Ability to manage and maintain timelines.
• Ability to lead projects.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

WORK CALENDAR:9 Months

WORKING CONDITIONS:Moderate-in-district travel as well as intermittent in-state and out-of-state travel. Intermittent prolonged and irregular hours of work.

OTHER:This job description describes duties and responsibilities which are representative of the nature and level of work assigned to the position. The identified duties and responsibilities are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the school district and employee and is subject to change by the school district as the needs of the school district and requirements of the job change.

Physical Aspects of the Position (Select all that apply)

1.

• Climbing Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. 2.

X

Balancing Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.3.

• Stooping Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.4.
• Kneeling Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.5.
• Crouching Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.6.
• Crawling Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.7.

X

Reaching Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.8.

X

Standing Particularly for sustained periods of time.9.

X

Walking Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.10.

• Pushing using upper extremities to press against something with steady force order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.11.
• Pulling Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. 12.
• Lifting Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. 13.

X

Finger use Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with the fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling.14.

X

Grasping Applying pressure to an object with the fingers or palm.15.

X

Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Those activities in which you must convey detailed or spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. 16.

X

Hearing Perceiving the nature of sounds. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sounds such as when making fine adjustments on machinery.17.

X

Repetitive Motions Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

The Physical Requirements of the Position (Select one)

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X

Sedentary Work Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary Work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. 2.

• Light Work Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of force greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rate for Light Work. 3.
• Medium Work Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.4.
• Heavy Work - Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.5.
• Very Heavy Work Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision (Select all that apply)

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X

Machine Operations inspection, close assembly, clerical, administration. This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals largely with preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, extensive reading, or visual inspection. 2.

• Mechanics Skilled tradespeople This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals with machines such as power tools, lathes, and drills.3.
• Mobile Equipment This is a minimum standard for use with those who operate cars, trucks, forklifts, cranes, and high equipment. 4.
• Other This is a minimum standard based on the criteria of accuracy and neatness of work for janitors, sweepers, etc.

The Conditions the Worker will be subject to in this position (Select all that apply)

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X

The worker is subject to inside environment conditions.2.

• The worker is subject to outside environment conditions.3.
• The worker is subject to extreme heat or cold for periods of greater than one hour.4.
• The worker is subject to noise which would cause them to have to shout.5.
• The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, etc.