Chief Sealth Int’l High – Academic Intervention Specialist – Professional Development – 1.0 FTE

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Salary: $72,908.00 – $142,523.00 Annually
Location : Chief Sealth Int’l High School, WA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 26156
Department: Chief Sealth Int’l High School
Opening Date: 07/10/2025
Closing Date: 7/17/2025 5:00 PM Pacific
Subject Area: Academic Intervention Specialist – PD
FTE: 1.0

Overview of Position
Position Summary:

The Academic Intervention Specialist / Levy & Testing Coordinator at Chief Sealth Int’l High School supports student achievement through targeted academic interventions (e.g., credit recovery), test coordination, and oversight of levy-funded programs. This role serves as a key liaison between school, district, city partners, and community-based organizations to ensure the effective delivery of academic supports, compliance with the City of Seattle’s Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise (FEPP) Levy requirements, and smooth administration of all major standardized assessments.

Key Responsibilities:

Academic Intervention & Student Support

• Participate in MTSS and Student Support Team meetings to align academic supports and plan next steps.
• Ensure students are appropriately scheduled into courses that meet graduation and pathway requirements.

Levy Coordination

• Coordinate all aspects of FEPP-funded programming, including compliance, reporting, goal tracking, and summer school.
• Collect and analyze intervention data for Levy-funded staff to assess effectiveness and progress toward levy performance goals.
• Maintain the FEPP Levy Workbook with up-to-date data, intervention progress, and outcomes; attend all Levy-directed meetings and trainings; coordinate and host quarterly site visits with DEEL consultants and partners.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for DEEL consultants and staff.
• Maintain communication with the principal to ensure strategic alignment and integration of services.

Credit Retrieval Oversight

• Manage the school’s online credit retrieval program: renew contracts, create virtual classrooms, modify content as needed, and assign final grades.
• Track enrollment and completion data using a shared tracking system with counselors, case managers, and administrators.
• Communicate student progress and final outcomes with school counselors to ensure accurate credit recording.

Assessment & Testing Coordination

• Plan, organize, and coordinate all state and national assessments (e.g., SBA, WCAS, WIDA, SAT, PSAT)
• Serve as the school liaison to the district testing office and ensure adherence to testing protocols.
• Schedule testing sessions, assign staff roles, and manage secure materials.
• Oversee and deliver testing accommodations for students with IEPs and 504 plans.
• Communicate testing timelines and updates with students, families, and staff.

World Language Credit Program

• Collaborate with the district World Language department to provide multilingual students with access to language proficiency testing for credit.

Assists teachers in planning and implementing effective academic intervention strategies and learning activities; develops formative assessments for student learning; coordinates/conducts intervention activities with school intervention teams to identify student risk factors in the areas of academic and social/emotional domains; coordinates intervention strategies and professional development activities for teachers, and acts as a liaison between teachers, program specialists and instructional coaches.

NOTE: employees who primarily provide direct academic intervention to students, should be in the role of Academic Intervention Spec – Reading/Math, not Academic Intervention Spec – PD.
Essential Functions

• Assists teachers in planning and implementing effective learning activities.
• Assists in curriculum coordination across disciplines.
• Assists in developing formative assessments for student learning.
• Coordinates/conducts intervention activities with school intervention teams and others to identify low, medium and high risk factors of students in the areas of academic and social/emotional domains.
• Maintains student records.
• Mentors new teachers.
• Facilitate the development of goals, objectives, and strategies through professional learning teams.
• Coordinates intervention strategies targeted at student needs.
• Coordinates professional development for teachers.
• Acts as liaison between teachers and program specialists and instructional coaches.

Other Functions
May perform related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of district policies and procedures related to teaching
• Ability to provide instructional leadership
• Ability to coordinate and facilitate professional learning and teaching teams
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
• Ability to effectively communication in speech and writing
• Ability to identify risk/protective factors of students and align effective intervention strategies/activities
• Ability to assess student progress

Typical Qualifications

Education
Required:
Bachelor’s degree in a major content area.

Preferred:
Master’s degree and three (3) years of successful teaching experience, and one (1) year successful educational coaching experience or related experience mentoring/coaching adults.

Experience
Required:
Five (5) years successful teaching experience. One (1) year successful educational coaching experience or related experience mentoring/coaching adults.

Preferred:
Three (3) years successful teaching experience. One (1) year successful educational coaching experience or related experience mentoring/coaching adults.

Certifications & Licenses
Required:
Valid Washington State teacher certification.

Preferred:
Credentials in one or more of the core areas (Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies) preferred.

Clearances
Criminal Justice fingerprint and background check
Seattle Public Schools benefits are administered by the Washington State Healthcare Authority (HCA) under the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB). Click for an overview of available benefit options.

Eligibility for benefits is determined by the number of hours employees are anticipated to work during the school year (September 1 through August 31). Any employee who is scheduled to work 630 hours or more in a year is eligible for benefits.

Salary Schedule
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Please check ALL endorsement(s) that will appear on your Washington State certificate or will be added to your current or newly issued certificate by the position start date.

• Agricultural Education
• Arts: Visual
• Bilingual Elementary
• Bilingual Secondary
• Biology
• Business and Marketing
• Chemistry
• Counseling
• Dance
• Deaf Education
• Early Childhood
• Elementary Education
• English Language Arts
• English Language Learners
• Environmental and Sustainability
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Gifted Education
• Health and Fitness
• Humanities: Middle Level
• History
• Library Media
• Mathematics
• Mathematics: Middle Level
• Music: Choral
• Music: General
• Music: Instrumental
• Reading
• Science
• Science: Earth and Space
• Science: Middle Level
• Science: Physics
• Social Studies
• Social Work
• Special Education
• Special Education: Early Childhood
• Technology Education
• Theater
• Traffic Safety
• World Languages: Arabic
• World Languages: Chinese
• World Languages: French
• World Languages: German
• World Languages: Hindi
• World Languages: Japanese
• World Languages: Korean
• World Languages: Latin
• World Languages: Spanish
• Not Applicable – I do not, nor will not hold a Washington State Teaching Certificate/Permit
• I hold an “unendorsed” Washington State Teaching Certificate/Permit

02

How many years of public education teacher experience do you currently posses?

• 1 year
• 2 years
• 3 to 5 years
• 5 to 10 years
• 10 or more years

03

Are you a current Seattle Public Schools employee with a certificated contract for the next school year?

• Yes
• No

04

Have you been notified by your supervisor or human resources that you are displaced for the next school year?

• Yes
• No

05

Have you received a binding contingency contract for the next school year?

• Yes
• No

06

Are you a current Seattle Public Schools certificated substitute?

• Yes
• No

07

Are you under contract with a district other than Seattle Public Schools for the next school year?

• Yes
• No

Required Question