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Equity Specialist – American Indian Education

Equity Specialist – American Indian Education

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Hours:  Full-Time – 40 hours/week; 186 days/Year

General Purpose of Job:  Under the direction of Coordinator of Indian Education, the Indian Education Equity Specialist enhances student learning by helping students, parents, teachers, administrators, and other school staff to center racial equity and cultural relevancy into student engagement, parent engagement, community engagement, and staff development. Furthermore, to build and maintain supportive relationships that strengthen student and family connections to school and support the elimination of racial disparities, racial isolation, and to achieve equitable student achievement.

The primary role of the Equity Specialist is to engage students and families in programming that centers racial equity and cultural relevancy. An additional role is to provide staff development that centers racial equity and cultural relevancy.

  • Initiate, design and implement culturally specific professional development to district leaders, administrators, and both licensed and unlicensed staff who work within the district within approximately 30schools with focus in the area of American Indian education.
  • Build relationships with licensed staff in order to coach on: designing and implementing curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment (including progress monitoring and strategic interventions) which includes MN State Standards, specifically American Indian Standard requirements, into all student instruction, curriculum and assessment with intentional use of current student data that accelerates achievement and increases academic outcomes of American Indian students while promoting positive American Indian family engagement.
  • Synthesize through collaboration all previous ISD 279 curriculum efforts and work with Learning & Achievement Team members in content areas to link specific materials and district standards.
  • Research, recommend, and model how to implement academic, functional and social emotional evidence based practices to improve student outcomes within a school community.
  • Research, recommend, model, and disseminate current research and best practice in all areas for learners in Indian Education with intense focus on literacy.
  • Identify exemplary programs, supplemental components, learning materials and assessment methods for Indian Education.
  • Increase parent and community awareness of curriculum initiatives for Indian Education.
  • Assist the Coordinator, and other staff within the department, in conducting staff, student and parent information meetings regarding Indian Education initiatives and conducting needs assessments.
  • Attend events and act on behalf of the Director and department as needed.
  • Other duties as assigned.

 

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