Social & Emotional Learning Specialist

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Posting Date

Posting Date

Jul 8, 2025, 11 : 44 : 47 AM

Primary Location

Primary Location

Central-2245 W. Jackson (Network 6)

CPS Non-Union Job Grade : S08

Estimated Annual Salary Range

Estimated Annual Salary Range

76,000.00 - 100,500.00

Position Type : Non-Union Position

Overtime Status

Overtime Status

Exempt

Final salary offers are dependent upon candidate qualifications.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is a district on the rise, serving over 320,000 students in 500+ schools and employing over 44,000 people, most of them teachers. CPS has set ambitious goals to ensure that every student, in every school and every neighborhood, has access to a world-class learning experience that prepares each for success in college, career, and civic life. In order to fulfill this mission, we make three commitments to our students, their families, and all Chicagoans : academic progress, financial stability, and integrity. Six core values are embedded within these commitments – student-centered, whole child, equity, academic excellence, community partnership, and continuous learning.

Located within the Office of College and Career Success (OCCS), the mission of the Office of Social & Emotional Learning (OSEL) is to partner with schools and networks to establish and sustain supportive-learning communities founded on caring relationships and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) for students' social, emotional, and behavioral needs. OSEL supports training, coaching, and implementing research-based strategies to foster positive school and classroom climate development, trauma-informed practices, restorative approaches to discipline, social and emotional skills instruction, and targeted social, emotional, and behavioral interventions.

Job Summary :

The Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Specialist, Instructional Support will guide the implementation of all strategies included in the district's Tier 1 SEL approach, with a specialized focus on SEL instruction and integration, adult SEL, cultivating supportive classroom environments, and improving school climate through schoolwide implementation. This will include identifying best and promising practices for universal equity-focused and trauma-engaged SEL and developing the professional learning and systems necessary for those practices to be implemented with fidelity across CPS. Additionally, this will develop systems to measure the impact on desired student and school outcomes and collaborate with CPS departments and community partners to improve reach and impact. The Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Specialist, Instructional Support will report to the Manager of SEL Instruction and Assessment.

This Job Will be held accountable for the following responsibilities :

• Develop the capacity of schools, CPS departments, networks, and community partners to ensure high-fidelity implementation of evidence-based Tier 1 (universal) SEL approaches or promising practices through activities including, but not limited to :
• Supporting schools with training, coaching, documentation, technical assistance, and evaluation as part of their school-level schoolwide professional development plan for staff
• Creating and implementing an adult SEL competencies professional learning model including training, coaching, and support, to increase capacity to model and support student SEL competency development.
• Coordination and collaboration within OSEL and other CPS departments to incorporate consistent language and SEL best practices across key district priorities and initiatives
• Designing and delivering high-quality professional learning opportunities, tools, and resources to schools, colleagues, and across CPS departments, and coordinating with partner agencies engaged in this work
• Monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of professional development and making (or recommending) adjustments.
• Assist schools and OSEL with coordinating and carrying out programmatic and training logistics to ensure equitable access to Tier 1 SEL resources and support across the district
• Develop tools and processes necessary for networks and other staff to monitor the fidelity of implementation of evidence-based Tier 1 SEL approaches and promising practices. For example :
• Provide training and technical assistance with monitoring processes
• Consistently share process and outcome data across the district to drive continuous improvement and replication.
• Support the design and development of strategies and resources to increase understanding and implementation of SEL Skills Assessments across the district (e.g., The Devereux Student Strengths Assessment, known as DESSA, and the Washoe County School District Social and Emotional Competency Assessment, known as WCSD-SECA).
• Provide training, consultation, and direct support to OSEL and district colleagues as well as school-based staff, to effectively use SEL Skills Assessment data for problem-solving and continuous improvement across tiers.
• Coordinate the implementation of federal, state, or other grants, including ensuring strategy implementation, following up with school stakeholders, assisting with data collection and reporting, and problem-solving as needed.
• Leverage the knowledge base within CPS, other school systems, and other settings where strategies are used and / or researched to improve implementation and monitoring across CPS networks and schools; collate and apply that knowledge base to improve the effectiveness of implementation and student outcomes within CPS.
• Serve as an expert resource on social and emotional learning research, evaluation, strategies, theories, techniques, and methods of instruction and integration for the district.
• Seek continuous improvement to own knowledge base and practice.
• Participate in regular OSEL meetings and required professional learning.
• Regularly document activities and progress monitor projects; provide updates to OSEL leadership.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

In order to be successful and achieve the above responsibilities, the Social & Emotional Learning Specialist, Instructional Support must possess the following qualifications :

Education Required :

Experience Required :

Other Requirements :

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Conditions of Employment

As a condition of employment with the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), employees are required to :

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