Boston Public Schools Boston , MA 02298
Posted 3 weeks ago
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Reports to: Principal on Assignment
General Description:
Boston Public Schools is the largest school district in New England. The Office of Special Education supports the education of over 10,000 students with disabilities in the city. We work with students and families to make sure students with disabilities have everything they need to get the best education possible. We are working to build more inclusive, excellent and equitable learning environments for our students with disabilities in every school in the city.
The Inclusion Coaches will support the Office of Special Education in expanding inclusion and inclusive practices at schools across the district. The focus of this role will be to work directly with a caseload of schools. While the specific approach will be driven by needs identified by inclusion coaches and schools, this work will generally involve the job duties detailed below.
Job Duties:
Work with school leaders and school staff from the schools on the coach's caseload to support schools the process of becoming more inclusive. This will include, but not be limited to:
Work with the school leader and staff to collaboratively build a vision for inclusion at the school.
Collaborate with the Principal on Assignment for Inclusion and the other inclusion coaches to develop professional development for the caseload of schools
Develop mindsets of inclusivity and high expectations.
Deepen understanding of the the legal aspects of inclusion
Working collaboratively, design and deliver professional learning experiences for school leaders, teachers and paraprofessionals based upon an understanding of the areas of support needed in each school;
Engage in professional development with regard to Universal Design for Learning and collaboratively determine the best way to bring UDL content to the caseload of schools.
Coaching
Engage in a needs assessment with the school leader and staff to understand what coaching would be helpful in the school;
Conduct coaching sessions with school staff to follow up on professional development so that there is a documented improvement of practices which could include modeling best practices.
Developing short and long term strategies for classrooms and schools that are working on improving inclusive strategies - instructional, behavioral, and social;
Structural Change
Collaborate with school leaders to generate potential inclusion models and sustainable funding and enrollment structures;
Work with school leaders and School Site Councils to understand the staffing, funding and scheduling implications of different models and what makes sense of their school community;
Support the school leaders and staff to implement their vision and model through the budget process, culminating in Probable Organization meetings.
Collaborate with the Principal on Assignment for Inclusion and the other inclusion coaches to look for and document patterns across schools in terms of what is needed in schools and also needed in terms of central office supports.
Complete other tasks as requested by the Principal on Assignment for Inclusion or the Assistant Superintendent for Special Education.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Boston Public Schools