MTSS Coach- ESL Endorsement Required

Union High School (9-12); Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 48,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Grand Rapids Public Schools, Union High School (9-12) in Grand Rapids, MI, seeks a MTSS Coach with ESL endorsement to strengthen literacy and language development schoolwide. The role emphasizes targeted interventions, data-informed instruction, and professional learning for staff.

Requires a Master’s, ESL certification, and Michigan 6-12 certification, plus 5 years of teaching experience. Salary is on a structured schedule; grant funding affects tenure.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in education or related field.
• ESL certification
• Current Michigan teaching certification in elementary or secondary education (6-12) for the assigned content area.
• Minimum of five (5) years successful teaching experience with an effective or highly effective evaluation rating.
• Willingness to complete professional learning in coaching, adult learning, standards, assessment literacy, backward mapping, PLCs, differentiation, observation protocols, and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Support and monitor small-group intervention structures prioritizing scholars with literacy and language development needs.
• Develop and maintain systems to track outcomes and intervention effectiveness.
• Partner with teachers to embed content and language objectives, vocabulary, and structured discourse routines.
• Facilitate co-planning meetings aligning standards, language objectives, text complexity and writing tasks.
• Design and deliver professional development on culturally responsive practices and academic development.
• Conduct instructional walkthroughs and provide feedback to strengthen content integration and equity.
• Analyze school data to identify gaps and design responsive instructional plans.
• Lead schoolwide improvement efforts to ensure equitable access to rigorous instruction.

Skills

5+ years teaching experience

Coaching practices

Adult learning practices

Understanding the standards

Assessment literacy

Backward mapping from the standard

Professional Learning Communities

Differentiated instruction

Observation protocols

Data-informed instruction

Education

Master’s degree in education or related field

ESL certification

Michigan teaching certification (6-12) for assigned content area

Tools

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Grand Rapids Public Schools Union High School (9-12) - Grand Rapids, Michigan Open in Google Maps

MTSS Coach- ESL Endorsement Required

Grand Rapids Public Schools Union High School (9-12) - Grand Rapids, Michigan Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Grand Rapids Public School District , and Kent ISD

Job Details

Job ID: 5900473

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Aug 23, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Job Description

MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT (MTSS) COACH

DEPARTMENT: High School

BARGAINING UNIT: Grand Rapids Education Association (GREA)

WAGE: Compensation is determined by a structured salary schedule. The starting salary is based on the candidate’s degree level and verified years of licensed or certificated experience.

DIRECT SUPERVISOR: Principal

GRPS MISSION Our mission is to ensure that all scholars are educated, self-directed and productive members of society.

This is a grant-funded, non-tenured position. Continued employment under the terms of this grant is contingent upon continued funding.

JOB SUMMARY The Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Coach implements equitable scholar outcomes by strengthening literacy, language development, and instructional practices schoolwide. This position also supports targeted interventions, monitors scholar progress, and uses data to inform instruction and close achievement gaps. The coach partners with teachers to embed rigorous, standards-aligned instruction with academic language and structured discourse, while providing professional development and feedback. The MTSS coach will focus on developing continuous improvement efforts to ensure all scholars access high-quality instruction and demonstrate measurable growth.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in education or related field.
• ESL certification
• Current Michigan teaching certification in elementary or secondary education (6-12) for the assigned content area.
• Minimum of five (5) years successful teaching experience with an effective or highly effective evaluation rating.
• Must have completed or is willing to complete professional learning addressing the following: coaching practices, adult learning practices, understanding the standards, assessment literacy, backwards mapping from the standard and assessment literacy, Professional Learning Communities, differentiated instruction, observation protocols and have knowledge with programs such as Word, Power Point and Excel.

Preferred:

• Training and experience with M-Step, and College Board Assessments.
• Experience working with diverse student populations.
• Experience with planning, facilitating, and measuring the impact of professional development.
• Internationals Network training

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Essential functions under the Americans with Disabilities Act may include any of the following duties, knowledge, and skills. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by employees in this position. Regular on time and in person attendance is an essential function of this job. Other essential functions may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Support and monitor small-group intervention structures prioritizing scholars with significant literacy and language development needs.
• Develop and maintain systems to track, assess outcomes, and intervention effectiveness.
• Partner with teachers to embed content and language objectives, academic vocabulary, and structured discourse routines into daily instruction.
• Facilitate structured common planning time meetings focused on co-planning lessons that intentionally align standards, language objectives, text complexity, structured scholar discourse, and writing tasks.
• Design and deliver professional development on culturally responsive practices, and strategies for integrating academic development.
• Conduct instructional walkthroughs and provide feedback to strengthen implementation of content integration practices and equitable scholar participation.
• Analyze schoolwide assessment and classroom data to identify achievement gaps and design responsive instructional and intervention plans.
• Lead and align schoolwide improvement efforts to ensure learners have equitable access to rigorous instruction, measurable growth, and full participation in the academic program.
• Consistently demonstrate dependable attendance and punctuality.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

ADA REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment). The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust/focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate.

MENTAL FUNCTIONS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile, and negotiate.

NON-DISCRIMINATION/ACCOMMODATION ASSISTANCE The Grand Rapids Public Schools will not discriminate against any person based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, height, weight, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran, or military status.

DISCLAIMER To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description.

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $47,854 to $94,408 Per Year

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Email: [e-mail]