ESC 6.

• Strategic Integration Liaison Coordinator - MTSS 100% Funded Out of SPED Liaison Grant This Position is Supervised by the SPED Director at ESC6

  Job Goal:  The purpose of the MTSS SIL is to develop the capacity of the Local Education Agency (LEA) leadership team to effectively implement a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) program, process and framework to promote positive student outcome through LEA systems.
  Education

  • Master's Degree in Education or a related field.
  • Texas Special Education Certification.
  • Supervisor, mid-management, or administrator certification (preferred).

  
  Special Knowledge and Skills

  • Strong project management background.
  • Minimum of three years of recent experience in the field of special education.
    
  • Background in special education as an educator, and/or administrator, with data analysis, problem identification, root cause analysis, and potential solutions.
  • High expectations for student achievement of students with disabilities.
  • Experience leading and managing adults, and/or experience in working successfully on a team.
  • Successful experience in, and affinity toward, collaboration and learning from multiple sources. Should be paired with the ability to reflect a strong leadership capacity.
  • Experience providing successful professional development.
  • Strong abilities in communication with diverse groups of stakeholders.
  • Highly professional written and verbal communication and collaboration.
  • Frequent travel is required.
  • Strategic Integration Liaison Essential Functions:

  1. Executive Coaching and Systems Level Change: Support school systems to understand, design, and implement systems change that integrate supports and resources for students with disabilities into new and existing systems within the school.
  2. Collaboration: Manage, support, and/or collaborate directly with TEA, ESC, and LEA staff to develop and disseminate effective resources, products, and materials that intentionally designed to support school systems to understand, design, and implement effective systems level change.
  3. Professional Development:  SILs continuously engage in their own growth and learning by attending and engaging in high-quality professional development.
     

  
  Major Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Embedded Design Thinking and 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) processes to meet goals outlined in state and local performance measures.
  • Establish and maintain internal protocols for documenting the status of all projects, including details and timelines, within and across workgroups and through TEA for final approval, if required.
  • Ensure quality completion, tracking, and reporting for all products/projects.
  • Implement professional development, training, and instructional activities at the local, state, and regional levels/as appropriate.
  • Prepare updates and communication for stakeholders, such as TEA, Core Group, etc.
  • Develop action plans to address networks needs for development/expansion for special education initiatives.
  • Work collaboratively with other components, divisions, and Education Service Centers to strengthen the region-wide delivery system.
  • Provide assistance to LEA (Local Education Agency) instructional teams in identifying resources, products, and services available from ESC-20, TEA, and other sources to support efforts to improve student achievement of students with disabilities.
  •  Establish and maintain internal protocols for documenting the status of all projects, including details and timelines, within and across workgroups and through TEA for final approval, if required. Ensure that all required reports are completed and submitted before expected deadlines.
  • Recommend appropriate use of resources to achieve program goals.
  • Provide timely and accurate responses to questions from LEA personnel regarding options available for supporting students with disabilities and the overall special education program.

  
  Terms of Employment

  • Commensurate with experience - $85,000 .

  
  Equipment Used

  • Standard office equipment, including personal computer and peripherals.
  • Personal computer, distance learning lab, presentation equipment (digital projector, speaker systems, DVD, VCR), digital camcorder, standard office equipment.

  
  Working Conditions

  • Posture:  Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting.
  • Motion:  Repetitive hand motions, including frequent keyboarding and use of a mouse; occasional reaching.
  • Lifting:  Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds).
  • Environment:  May work prolonged and irregular hours.
  • Mental Demands:  Work with frequent interruptions, maintain emotional<

• Texas Lesson Study Facilitator

  Job Goal: Empowers teachers to self-direct their professional growth by engaging in the Texas Lesson Study (TXLS) process. (Lesson Study is a job-embedded PLC process in which teachers engage in cycles of continuous improvement. Working collaboratively to plan, practice, and reflect, teachers develop deep and lasting knowledge of content and pedagogy). TXLS work involves coordinating and implementing the TXLS program with fidelity and reporting progress and outcomes to the Texas Education Agency. Specialist will work under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and interdependent judgement.
  
  Qualifications

  • Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university.
  • Advanced degree in education preferred.
  • Current Texas teaching certificate.
  • Requires a minimum of three (3) years teaching experience with a proven track record of measurable student achievement.
  • Recent classroom or campus experience preferred.
  • Experience leading professional development and/or team of teachers (e.g., grade level or content chair) preferred.
  • Experience implementing new initiatives or systems preferred.
  • An advanced degree as described may substitute for required experience on a year-for-year basis.

  
  Special Knowledge & Skills

  • Lesson Study professional development (or a willingness to be trained on this program).
  • Responsibilities and challenges facing teachers in today's classrooms.
  • Curriculum planning and assessment.
  • Research methods.
  • Data-driven instructional practices.
  • Designing rigorous, standard-based lessons and measuring student understanding and progress.
  • Coordinating meetings, prioritizing work, and collaborating with diverse individuals or groups.
  • Tracking progress.
  • Analytical thinking.
  • Using computer applications including Google apps and Microsoft Office.
  • Basic video recording and editing;  Copy editing.

  
  Major Responsibilities

  • Foster effective working relationships with a variety of individuals and groups, internal and external to the ESC.
  • Implement new programs with fidelity.
  • Encourage and support those you work with.
  • Develop an action plan and execute effectively on tasks.
  • Maintain and retrieve critical relevant information so that it is readily available when needed.
  • Work independently and as part of a team.
  • Identify problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective solutions.

  
  Term of Employment

  • Commensurate with experience.

  
  Equipment Used

  • Standard office equipment, including personal computer and peripherals.
  • Personal computer, distance learning lab, presentation equipment (digital projector, speaker system), standard office equipment.

  
  Working Conditions

  • Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting.
  • Motion: Repetitive hand motions, including frequent keyboarding and use of a mouse; occasional reaching.
  • Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds).
  • Environment: May work prolonged or irregular hours.
  • Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress.

  
  To complete and application, visit www.esc6.netContact: Klara Madison  kmadison@esc6.net
  

• School Success Specialist

  Job Goal:  School Success Specialists are full time positions that coordinate all school improvement efforts for districts and campuses implementing state and/or federal accountability interventions through the Effective Schools Framework in partnership with the Texas Education Agency. Additionally, ESC 6 School Success Specialists work with districts and campuses seeking to elevate their current success by fine-tuning the systems and processes already in place to support strategic improvement and growth.
  
  Qualifications:

  • Texas Teaching Certification
  • Principal Certification
  • Campus/district leadership level experience required

  
  Special Knowledge & Skills:

  • Campus/district level administrative experience a must for this position. Individuals that have experience leading campuses or school districts that exhibited high academic performance or have led a turnaround campus are best suited for the position for ESC School Success Specialist.
  • Recent experience at the campus/district leadership level is preferred.
  • Possess leadership skills required to lead the development of a collaborative approach to school improvement.
  • Possess expertise in planning, implementing, and managing improvement efforts at the campus/district level.
  • Has a full understanding of the state accountability system as well as the federal system of accountability.
  • Has the expertise needed to stay abreast of any changes in either the state or federal accountability systems.
  • Has the ability to develop and lead staff development for a variety of groups.
  • Accepts the responsibility of being accountable for the success of campuses/districts in school improvement.
  • Has the ability to work with adult learners.
  • Has recent campus/district leadership and management experience.
  • Is a change agent that can work with groups with divergent thinking.
  • Maintains results-orientation.
  • Skilled in the use of data to improve academic performance.
  • Practices strong communication skills.
  • Operates from a sense of urgency in implementing the school improvement efforts required.
  • Has the ability to provide positive and critical feedback to all involved.
  • Is willing to attend many meetings related to school improvement across the region.
  • Has the flexibility to make changes to plans identified as being less efficient.
  • Knows how to recognize and celebrate success.

  
  Major Responsibilities:

  • Critically evaluate and provide feedback on targeted improvement, turnaround plans, and mid-year funding reports for alignment to the Effective School Framework (ESF)
  • Communicate and influence leaders by providing effective feedback related to targeted improvement and turnaround plans that result in schools taking action toward school improvement.
  • Provide high-quality customer service to external stakeholders (DCSIs and other primary campus contacts, principals, etc.) by providing valuable feedback, guidance, and support in navigating the school improvement process.
  • Ensure approved targeted improvement and turnaround plans result in achievement of school accountability scores.
  • Participates in all meetings, training, and other sessions involving school improvement in their assigned schools.
  • Assist in the development of specific capacity building services based on identified campus needs.
  • Conduct ESF (Effective School Framework) Diagnostics for campuses.
  • Serve as a Texas Instructional Leadership coach.
  • Monitors progress and effectiveness of school improvement efforts across the Region.

  
  Terms of Employment:  Commensurate with experience
  
  Equipment Used:

  • Standard Office equipment, including personal computer and peripherals.
  • Personal computer, distance learning lab, presentation equipment (digital projector, speaker system), standard office equipment.

  
  Working Conditions:

  • Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting.
  • Motion: Repetitive hand motions, including frequent keyboarding and use of a mouse; occasional reaching.
  • Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds).
  • Environment: May work prolonged or irregular hours.
  • Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress.

  
  

  To complete an application, visit www.esc6.netContact:  
  

  
  

  Klara Madison kmadison@esc6.net

  
   
  

• Systems Specialist

  Job Goal:  To assist the ESC in attaining its goals to increase student achievement, to assist districts in being more fiscally responsible, and to assist in providing the infrastructure to enable the successful integration of technology into learning. Employment with Region 6 ESC is considered to be at-will employment and may be terminated by Region 6 ESC at any time due to a reduction in funds, non-renewal of grant funding, other financial contingency, or any other legal reason.

  
  

  Qualifications

  • High School graduate or equivalent
  • General certification in these areas are preferred; Server Admin/Systems Admin
  • One to two years experience in servers and computer/peripheral repair is needed

  Special Knowledge and Skills
  

  
  

  High level of expertise in computer networking required; multi-platform and systems experience preferred

  High degree of professionalism including strong public relation skills

  Ability to establish rapport and work in collaboration with public schools and ESC personnel

  Ability to work on multiple tasks with minimal supervision

  Ability to prioritize workload to most efficiently and effectively complete required work in a timely manner

  Ability to use technology effectively

  Willingness to travel

  
  

  Major Responsibilities and Duties

  
  

  Provide remote network support to contracted districts

  Maintain and provide support for PDC equipment and sessions

  Support ESC and district servers

  Provide support on ESC and district networks

  Consult with districts assessing computer hardware and software needs

  Assist in troubleshooting, monitoring, and setup of equipment

  Provide support for phone system

  Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair technology equipment

  Perform hardware and software upgrades

  Frequent Region-wide travel

  Install network wiring and equipment

  Develop and maintain PII policies

  Monitor access and investigate breaches

  Collaborate with teams

  Conduct security audits

  Stay updated on best practices

  Perform other duties as assigned

  
  

  
  

  Terms of Employment

  • Commensurate with experience

  
  Equipment Used:
  

  Standard office equipment, including personal computer and peripherals Servers, Switches, Routers, Computers, Tablets, Laptops, Chrome Books, ESC phones, presentation equipment

  
  

  Working Conditions

  
  Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
  

  Motion: Repetitive hand motions, including frequent keyboarding and use of a mouse; occasional reaching

  Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds)

  Environment: May work prolonged or irregular hours
  Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress
  
  To complete an application visit www.esc6.net - contact:  kmadison@esc6.net