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In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $85,000 - $95,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the specific grant funding and the terms of the research grant when extending an offer.

NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools, NYSED funded Special Education Technical Assistance Partnership for Equity, is seeking a Senior Project Associate to lead, develop and deliver training materials, technical assistance support, and provide resources for effective practices that inform the relationship between teaching, learning, social identity, and cultural context to other NYSED Office of Special Education (OSE) Educational Partnerships, including the other Special Education Technical Assistance Partnerships, Regional Partnership Centers (“RPCs”) Early Childhood Family and Community Engagement (“FACE”) Centers and School-age FACE Centers.

Position Summary: The Senior Project Associate will provide training and technical assistance in a variety of key educational areas to the “Partnership” related to Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education (CR-SE), bilingual education special education, instructional practices, curriculum, family and community engagement, among others and how each area intersects with race, equity, ability, language, and culture. This role is a hybrid position.

The job duties for this position require onsite presence 40% of the time (i.e., 2 days per week).

Principal Responsibilities: We are seeking a Senior Project Associate (Full-Time) to support our team in the following ways: Trainer and Technical Assistance Provider (45%)

● Provide quality effective training and technical assistance support to the partnership, including but not limited to: o Collaboratively annually, plan, develop and deliver webinars and hangouts tailored to specific specialist groups or open to the whole Partnership, as appropriate to the content.

o Provide coaching to individual and small groups of RPC and FACE Center personnel.

o Reviews and develops materials for the provision of professional development to be used by RPCs, FACE Centers and MTSS-I Center to train stakeholders (families, educators, community providers, etc.).

● Serve as a specialist on disproportionality in general and special education and equity, culturally responsive sustaining education, bilingual special education, education reform, among other education areas.

● Stay up to date with current research, district initiatives and the national dialogue around issues regarding equity, disproportionality and race/racism work to effectively support partners with technical assistance and training.

● Innovative training and technical assistance that lead to capacity building. Lead Assigned Regions (20%)

● Leads 3-4 assigned regions, including timely, efficient responsive communication, execution of scope of work, and designated documentation of work.

● Liaise with Special Education Technical Assistance Partnerships, RPCs, FACE Centers personnel before, during and after trainings.

● Develops effective relationships with partnering Special Education Technical Assistance Partnerships, RPCs, FACE Centers.

● Disseminates timely, quality relevant resources to partners.

● Works closely with their assigned regional teams to develop and deliver professional development and technical assistance, as directed by NYSED, to all members of those regional teams. Training and Technical Assistance Content Development and Dissemination (20%)

● Create quality responsive training and technical assistance content, and resources to adapt to partner’s needs and adhere to the training and technical assistance content quality assurance and 508 compliance guidelines.

● Disseminate timely, relevant, and responsive information to stakeholders, including state education department and partnership stakeholders (e.g., RPCs, FACE Centers).

● Follow NYSED website guidelines for dissemination of training and technical assistance content and resources, including the reviewing and submitting of relevant content to NYSED. Team Problem Solving and Collaboration (15%)

● Coordinate and collaborate effectively with team members, including Metro Center team and partnership team members.

● Experience/ability working collaboratively and problem solving in a blended team-based approach.

● Effectively problem solve and consult with team members on issues that arise with partners.

The ideal candidate is, first and foremost, committed to our organizational mission and vision and reflects the following qualifications:

Required Experience:

● Master’s degree or higher Pre-K-12 education, special education, psychology, education administration, or social work.

● At least 5 years of experience working in schools.

● At least 1 year of experience providing professional development and technical assistance to schools and working with racially, culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Required Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities:

● Substantive knowledge on education reform, academic and discipline disparities research, English Learners (EL)/Multilingual Learners (ML), disproportionality in special education and discipline, knowledge, theory, and research related to both general and special education for ELs/MLLs; bilingual special education, reading, mathematics, and/or behavioral interventions, race in schools, race and gender equity, and in-depth knowledge of culturally and linguistically responsive-sustaining education.

● Ability to be a self-starter, self-directed, and innovative around ideas in organizational capacity building, coaching, and training approaches.

● Creative and independent thinker.

● Capacity to collaborate with multiple stakeholders, including external partners.

● Able to work under pressure and time constraints.

● Proven ability to effectively work and collaborate across differences, such as race, ethnicity, gender, ability, sexual orientation, culture, and demonstrated competency to engage in and facilitate conversations about racism and systemic oppression.

● Available to travel 30-40% of the time.

● Strong written and oral communication skills.

Preferred Experience:

● Pre-K-12 teaching and coaching experience is preferred

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

● Able to make a 3-year commitment. All interested individuals, including people of all races and national origin, people of all ages, people of all religions, people with or without disabilities, and/or people with any gender identity and sexual orientation, are encouraged to apply.

Contact Dr. María G. Hernández at mgh260@nyu.edu with any questions.

Please submit resume and cover letter for consideration.

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