Student Language Success Coordinator

The Student Language Success Coordinator role oversees and optimizes district-wide programming, providing essential coordination, guidance, professional development, and direct support for key areas including tiered language acquisition programs and supports to include immersion and multilingual learning opportunities. The individual in this position will collaborate closely with administrators and directors on staffing, offer coaching grounded in data analysis and evidence-based practices, and deliver training to ensure effective implementation of tiered language acquisition instruction. A core focus will be on coordinating and enhancing language acquisition programs, from student assessment and placement to instructional development. This role is responsible for managing compliance with program and state reporting requirements. This position will report directly to the Teaching and Learning Director.

Essential Functions:

• Provide coordination, guidance, professional development, and support for district programming for multilingual learners.
• Coordinate with building administrators, program administrators and/or directors with hiring and supervision of departmental staff.
• Develop and facilitate inclusive opportunities that promote language acquisition and growth for diverse learners district-wide.
• Provide coaching and support to address barriers to learning through data analysis and utilise evidence-based practices to ensure success for all students.
• Provide training and support to administrators, teachers, and leadership teams to facilitate implementation of tiered multilingual supports.
• Facilitate professional learning and support co-teaching at the district and school level.
• Coordinate and support multilingual programs and services including student assessment and placement and instructional program development to ensure services meet the needs of all district multilingual learners.
• Increase connection, engagement, and support of our families and community to ensure multilingual interpretation and translation is available for staff, students, and parents when needed.
• Oversee all financial aspects of assigned programs, including developing, tracking, and reporting on budgets to ensure efficient resource allocation and compliance with financial guidelines.
• Prepare and submit appropriate program and state reports consistent with district/state and grant requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Hands-on leader with the ability to develop and lead strategic operational initiatives.
• Be relationship driven in working with staff, students, and families.
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, communication, and organisation skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other staff, administrators, students, parents, the School Board, and the community.
• Knowledge of a Multi-Tiered System of Support framework and implementation of a MTSS model in school settings.
• Knowledge of a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework and implementation of a PBIS model in school settings.
• Knowledge of academic interventions to support high quality instruction for all students.
• Proficient in use of various types of assessment to inform decision making.
• Bilingual fluency in Spanish and/or Somali is preferred, but not required.

Compensation & Benefits:

Salary complements skills, experience and qualification with a 240 day contract salary of £106,536. Faribault Public Schools offers a competitive compensation and benefits package along with attractive perks as a school district employee. The district supports a strong and equitable mission and vision with many opportunities to contribute to the overall organisation and community. Additionally, our schools have several before/after-school activities and summer long programming.

Benefits/Perks include:

• Comprehensive benefits package: health, life, dental, vision, long term disability insurances.
• Substantial personal and sick days.
• Fully paid single health insurance.
• Generous 403(b) match.
• State pension plan.
• Enticing retirement packet.
• State of the art fitness center.
• Work-life balance culture.
• The new coordinator will have access to useful technology devices, along with designated funds for continued professional development.
• This position is supported by a caring community of colleagues who value a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to a supportive and collaborative professional environment, the city of Faribault has a number of unique characteristics:

• Centrally located on I35; driving distance within an hour of Mankato, Rochester, Twin Cities.
• Many lakes with great fishing and boating opportunities.
• Revamped historical downtown with many fun shops, restaurants, brewery and distillery.
• Concerts, movies, and farmers market in the park.
• Over 10 miles of paved bike trails within city limits; including access to the 100 mile Sakatah-Singing Hills Trail connecting from Mankato to Red Wing.
• Over 57 parks and amenities; including an aquatics park, BMX park, dog park, pickleball parks, several outdoor ice rinks with warming houses, 743 acres of the River Bend Nature Center, and Alexander Park hosting several baseball diamonds, football and track field and the county fairgrounds.