Job Description
SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :
This innovative and adaptive teaching role plans for and implements a social-emotional curriculum for all students across K-12 in a public school setting.
Must be fully committed to the philosophy that "all children can and will learn" and be passionate about the intersection of social / behavioral wellbeing and academic learning for the overall success of students.
QUALIFICATIONS :
EDUCATION : Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree preferred
LICENSE : Must hold a valid Indiana State Teacher's License in Elementary or Secondary Education. Must be deemed Highly Qualified in accordance with the Indiana Department of Education
- EXPERIENCE : Required experience includes : 1) Must have excellent organization and communication skills while being flexible;
- 2) Possess "no excuses" philosophy; 3) Good time, project, and classroom management skills; 4) Must be able to adapt curriculum for student accessibility;
5) Work cooperatively and effectively with other professional staff as well as parents / families; 6) Passion for and experience and / or training in counseling, social work, social emotional learning, and behavior intervention strategies.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
This role will lead and steward a new "specials area" class focused on the social and emotional health of all students.
- Plan for and implement assigned social-emotional curriculum during daily 50-minute blocks, supplementing and modifying frequently and fluently in response to student need
- Gather and analyze school-wide and class-wide academic and behavioral data to ensure instruction is relevant and elevating overall school culture and effectiveness
- Work closely and collaboratively with the behavior specialist and behavior adjustment team for the betterment of school culture and learning environment
- Partner with general-education classroom teachers, behavior specialist, and families to determine appropriate and effective social, emotional, and behavioral interventions and programs - both school wide and for sub-groups of students
- Equip other school staff with behavioral-intervention tools and systems to reinforce and maintain content and skills from the social emotional learning curriculum.
- Build strong and sustaining relationships with students, families, and other school personnel
- Perform other duties as assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES : None.
LANGUAGE SKILLS : Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS : Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs using EXCEL.
REASONING ABILITY : Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS : None.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS : The physical demands described here 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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to find, handle, or feel.
The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms;
climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and humid conditions and outside weather conditions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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