South Central

REPORTS TO: Director – Teaching and Learning
GROUP/FLSA STATUS: Exempt (Professional), Regular, Full-time, Eight hours per day during regular business hours (M-F); 260 Days
Revised: 04/15/2024

SUMMARY:   (Brief description summarizing the overall purpose and objectives of the position.)
MnMTSS is the statewide continuous improvement framework. COMPASS is the Collaborative Partnership to Advance Student Success and is a partnership between the Minnesota Service Cooperatives and the Minnesota Department of Education.

The Culturally Responsive Instructional Leadership (CRIL) Lead is an MDE-funded service cooperative employee who serves as a member of a Statewide CRIL Team and supports regional school leader development in the CRIL framework and instructional leadership.

The person hired as a CRIL Lead will be committed to developing school leaders in addressing historical and persistent inequities in educational opportunities and outcomes for students, especially students of color, students with disabilities, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and understand MnMTSS as an equity-focused framework through which these inequities can be addressed. The person hired for this position will also have strong instructional leadership skills and experience developing school leaders to become strong equity-focused instructional leaders.

The CRIL Lead will have demonstrated an understanding of the CRIL framework, the MnMTSS framework, high-quality core and foundational instruction and school climate, and the ability to coach leaders to continuously improve their districts and schools towards a more equitable and excellent system.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:   (Typical tasks but not all inclusive – major duties of the position.)
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Statewide CRIL Lead Team Responsibilities:

·        Support the development, curation, and refinement of guidance, professional learning cohorts and series, coaching frameworks, and other resources based on the CRIL framework quadrants:

• Critically Self-Reflects on Leadership Behaviors
• Develops Culturally Responsive Teachers
• Promotes Culturally Responsive/Inclusive School Environment
• Engages Students, Parents, and Indigenous Contexts

·        Support the development, curation, and refinement of guidance, professional learning cohorts and series, coaching frameworks, and other resources for developing district and school leaders to be instructional leaders focused on ensuring access to high-quality tier one instruction and layers of support for all students and foundational safe and welcoming school climate and layered supports for all students within the MnMTSS framework.

·        Provide internal professional development to other statewide regional teams in the areas of culturally responsive leadership and systems for high-quality instruction and school climate.

·        Develop and continuously improve systems coaching capacity and use of effective technical assistance strategies by:

• Attending all professional learning provided for regional team members by MDE staff.
• Participating in coaching provided by MDE staff.
• Participating in communities of practice with regional colleagues to deepen understanding and skill in regional coordination.

·        As requested by the state leadership team, actively participate in a state tier one instruction cross functional team.

Minnesota Service Cooperative Responsibilities:

·        Provide support and coaching to internal staff to build capacity for implementing practices aligned to CRIL.

·        Serve as a CRIL specialist on the regional COMPASS team. Collaborate with colleagues to ensure support provided across all content areas is aligned to CRIL and MnMTSS.

District and School Responsibilities:

·        Provide professional learning and coaching opportunities to:

• Support district and school leaders’ development within the CRIL Framework.
• Support district and school leaders’ development as instructional leaders with a specific focus on ensuring access to high-quality tier-one instruction and layers of support for all students, especially students from historically and persistently marginalized student groups.
• Support district and school teams in data collection and analysis to ensure data is being used effectively to inform instruction to support student growth and achievement across all Tiers.
• Support district and school leaders to plan for continuous improvement of Tier 1 instruction through engagement with COMPASS support such as regional content leads and professional development in Learning Acceleration (Atlas).
• Familiarize district and school leaders with the research on CRIL.

·        Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:   (Minimum level of education and experience required.)
Bachelor’s degree in education, school psychology, or a related field.
Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in PreK-12 School System, with at least three (3) years in a school or district leadership position.

Preferred Education and Experience

·        Master’s degree in related education field (school administration, curriculum and instruction, special education, etc.).

·        Significant experience (5-7) years in school leadership or a combination of school and district leadership.

·        Current teaching or administrative license.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES AND REGISTRATIONS:   (Minimum required to perform the job.)
·        Valid Driver’s License

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:   (Minimum competencies for job performance.)
·        Experience within a K-12 education setting.

·        Thorough understanding of pedagogy and best practices within education.

·        Understanding of adult learning principles.

·        Ability to function cooperatively as a member of a team.

·        Ability to reflect on and continuously improve professional practices in response to coaching.

·        Experience with group facilitation.

·        Experience addressing educational inequity in previous positions.

·        Experience with effective implementation practices and systems change.

·        Ability to adapt to and work with a variety of school contexts.

·        Ability to create a collaborative partnership with educators.

·        Experience with Universal Design for Learning.

·        Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

·        Creative analytical and problem-solving skills.

·        Effective written and verbal communication skills.

·        Ability to work effectively and efficiently across agencies and partnerships, individually and as a team member.

·        Ability to show initiative in resolving problems.

·        Ability to assume responsibility, be well organized, execute initiatives from directives and approved self-initiatives.

·        Ability to build open, honest, and trustworthy relationships with people of various personality styles and behaviors – internally and externally.

·        Ability to always conduct oneself in a professional and customer service-based manner.

·        Proficient in the use of G-Suite applications and online learning platforms.

·        Proficiency in adapting to new software and digital tools.

ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  (Physical/sensory and environmental conditions.)
This job operates in a hybrid office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. This is largely a sedentary role; however, some office organization and event set-up/tear-down is required. This would require the ability to move and lift 30 lbs., stand for extended periods of time, and carry items a short distance as necessary.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK:  (Minimum essential factors of daily position.)
This is a full-time, 12-month 40-hour work week position. Must be available to work during typical school hours, but occasional evening events, travel to the Minnesota Department of Education and travel within the region is expected. Occasional travel outside of the region.  Office specifics will vary by region.

OTHER DUTIES:  (Potential other factors of daily position.)
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.