Description

METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE PUBLICSCHOOLS

POSITIONDESCRIPTION

Job Title:

Specialist - Instructional

FLSA/Exemption Code (if exempt):

Exempt

Job Code & Family

83010; Teachers

Revision Date:

08.16.2012

Salary Plan & Pay Grade:

Certificated, BA

Revised By:

Denise Bourke

EEO Code:

507; Other Classroom Teachers

Comp Reviewed By:

Sheila Armstrong

Grant Funded?

Yes

# of months; # of days:

10-mos/200 days

JOBSUMMARY & PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS

REPORTS TO: School Principal and Teacher

DEPARTMENT NAME: VariousSchools

JOB SUMMARY (2-3 sentences): Provides academic assistance to at-riskstudents who are struggling academically. Designs and implements the instructional intervention in collaborationwith the teacher of record. Provides an evaluation of student progress to theeducational team working with the student but does not provide grades.

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS: List, inthe order of time spent, the essential tasks performed by the position. Employees may be assigned additional dutiesby management as required:

Job Responsibility 1:

Collects, analyzes and utilizes student assessment data as a basis for instruction in collaboration with the teacher of record.

Job Responsibility 2:

Attends and participates in staff meetings, planning/training sessions. Participates in joint curriculum planning sessions.

Job Responsibility 3:

Provides an evaluation of student progress to the educational team working with the student but does not provide grades.

Job Responsibility 4:

Designs and implements the instructional intervention in collaboration with the teacher of record.

Job Responsibility 5:

Provides instructional support as part of classroom instruction assisting the teacher and in small group instruction outside of the classroom instructional time.

Job Responsibility 6:

Implements strategies outlined within the school's improvement plan.

Job Responsibility 7:

Develops a good relationship with the students that allows for a safe academic environment.

Job Responsibility 8:

Records student progress and provides feedback to teachers.

GENERALRESPONSIBILITIES, REQUIREMENTS, AND IMPACTS

DATARESPONSIBILITY: "DataResponsibility" refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained byobservation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mentalcreation. Data are intangible andinclude numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.

Comparesor inspects data, people, or things against a standard.

PEOPLERESPONSIBILITY: "PeopleResponsibility" refers to individuals who have contact with or are influencedby the position.

Followsinstructions of supervisor.

ASSETSRESPONSIBILITY: "AssetsResponsibility" refers to the responsibility for achieving economies orpreventing loss within the organization.

Requires responsibility and opportunity forachieving moderate economies and/or preventing moderate losses through themanagement or handling of supplies of high value or moderate amounts of money.

MATHEMATICALREQUIREMENTS: "Mathematics"deals with quantities, magnitudes, and forms and their relationships andattributes by the use of numbers and symbols.

Usesaddition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; may compute ratios, rates,and percentages.

COMMUNICATIONSREQUIREMENTS: "Communications"involves the ability to read, write, and speak.

Readstechnical instructions, charts, and/or procedures manuals; composes routinereports and completes job forms; speaks compound sentences using standardgrammar.

COMPLEXITY OFWORK: "Complexityof Work" addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, creativity, andconcentration required by the position and the presence of any unusualpressures.

Performs semi-routine work involving set proceduresand rules, but with frequent problems; requires normal attention with shortperiods of concentration for accurate results or occasional exposure to unusualpressure.

IMPACT OFDECISIONS: "Impact of Decisions" refers toconsequences such as damage to property, loss of data or property, exposure ofthe organization to legal liability, or injury or death to individuals.

Makes decisions with moderately serious impact -affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.

EQUIPMENT USAGE:"EquipmentUsage" refers to inanimate objects such as substances, materials, machines,tools, equipment, work aids, or products. A thing is tangible and has shape, form, and other physicalcharacteristics.

Handlesmachines, tools, equipment, or work aids involving moderate latitude forjudgment regarding attainment of standard or in selecting appropriate items.

SAFETY OF OTHERS: "Safety of Others"refers to the responsibility for other people's safety, either inherent in thejob or to assure the safety of the general public.

Requiresconsiderable responsibility for the safety and health of others and/orcontinuous enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.

EDUCATION ANDEXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATIONREQUIREMENTS: "EducationRequirements" refers to job specific training and education required for entryinto the position.

Bachelors'degree in Education.

LICENSES,CERTIFICATIONS, AND REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED: "Licenses,Certifications, and Registrations" refers to professional, state, or federallicenses, certifications, or registrations required to enter the position.

Teacher Certificaterequired.

EXPERIENCEREQUIREMENTS: "ExperienceRequirements" refers to the amount of work experience that is required forentry into the position that would result in reasonable expectation that theperson can perform the tasks required by the position.

Morespecific degree, certification, and experience requirements will be included inthe position announcement as vacancies occur.

AMERICANS WITHDISABILITIES REQUIREMENTS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:"Physical Demands" refers to the requirements forphysical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.

Requiressedentary work involving standing or walking for brief periods, exerting up to10 pounds of force on a regular basis; and some dexterity in operating officeequipment.

UNAVOIDABLEHAZARDS: "UnavoidableHazards" refers to unusual conditions in the work environment that may causeillness or injury.

Theposition is exposed to no unusual environmental hazards.

SENSORY (ADA)REQUIREMENTS: "SensoryRequirements" refers to hearing, sight, touch, taste, and smell necessary toperform the tasks required by the position efficiently.

Theposition requires normal visual acuity and field of vision, hearing, andspeaking.

AMERICANS WITHDISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE

Metropolitan NashvillePublic Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires MNPS to provide adequateaccommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and currentemployees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.