Compensatory Education Specialist

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective. In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.

The Opportunity: Implements the guidelines and procedures established for homeless students by working cooperatively with the project manager, the schools, and shelter sites in assessing and implementing academic instruction and interventions in reading, language arts, and math, and related duties.

Responsibilities

• Implements the guidelines and procedures established for homeless students
• Works cooperatively with the project manager, the schools, and shelter sites
• Assesses and implements academic instruction and interventions in reading, language arts, and math
• Provides direct instruction and guidance to ensure homeless students (Kindergarten-Grade 8) are in attendance and able to succeed academically and complete school assignments at building level
• Coordinates supplemental activities for homeless students and their families at school as well as at non-traditional settings after school hours
• Attends all scheduled Project ACT activities, meetings and participates in CMSD staff development workshops on literacy, math, and other academic subjects as well as on the issues affecting homeless students as requested
• Maintains accurate records and documentation and completes all required reports
• May be required to work at a non-traditional setting or school
• Knowledgeable and able to implement guidelines of the McKinney-Vento Act

Qualifications

• College Degree in Education, Psychology, or related field
• Experience working with children in an urban setting
• Experience working with homeless children and their families
• Knowledge of the Cleveland Municipal School District policies, regulations, structure, and school setting
• Familiarity with the community and working in a community setting
• Demonstrated ability to work within a diverse setting with CMSD students, parents, teachers, student interns, and the community
• Demonstrated ability to work in a non-traditional setting, such as a homeless or domestic violence shelter varied hours
• Willingness to work a varied schedule in a non-traditional setting if requested
• Available for assignment during summer months in a shelter or non-traditional setting if funding is available
• Demonstrated innovation and creativity working with at-risk students
• Willingness to travel to and between various sites
• Computer literate

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

• Expected to move, walk, and stand consistently in an office environment, and occasionally lift up to 15 pounds
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office environment
• Local travel may be required for training/meetings

The above-stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit management's discretionary authority to assign other tasks of a similar nature or level of responsibility.

To Apply: Please submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.

EEO Statement: We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105.

The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:

1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

(216)-838-0070

TitleIX_EEO@ClevelandMetroSchools.org