Social Worker

Equality Charter School (http://www.equalitycharterschool.org/) provides a high level of academic rigor in a nurturing learning community that will prepare scholars to be career-ready in college. Our mission is to ensure each scholar reaches individual academic and personal success through a nurturing, scholar-centered approach; and our approach is to serve any scholar, including those who are under-performing or who are from families in need of more resources. We offer a positive school environment, we value academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs, we use proactive strategies for teaching appropriate behaviors, and we use project-based learning to engage scholars. Our holistic programming focuses on career exploration, extensive athletics, art, health, theatre and music, and a host of special days, like career day, and a borough-wide college fair.

Social Worker Responsibilities:

Standard 1: Demonstrates Professional Leadership: The social worker provides professional leadership within the school, community, and education profession to improve student learning and well-being.

Standard 2: Demonstrates Knowledge of Content The social worker demonstrates content knowledge within mvn discipline(s) arid in application (s) to other disciplines,

Standard 3: Designs and Plans Instruction: The social worker designs and plans instruction that develops student abilities to use communication skills, apply core concepts, become self-sufficient individuals, become responsible team members, think and solve problems, and integrate knowledge.

Standard 4: Individual and Small Group Counseling: The social worker uses short-term individual counseling and structured, as well as unstructured, small group counseling to address mental, physical, and emotional barriers to learning and to help each child learn at high levels.

Standard 5: Consultation and Collaboration: The social worker functions in a cooperative process to assist others to effectively meet the needs of students. Through consultation the social worker advocates for students.

Standard 6: Assesses and Communicates Learning Results: The social worker assesses learning and communicates results to students and others with respect to student abilities to use communication skills, apply core concepts, become self-sufficient individuals, become responsible team members, think and solve problems, and integrate knowledge.

Standard 7: Reflects and Evaluates Teaching and Learning: The social worker reflects on and evaluates teaching and learning.

Standard 8: Collaborates with Colleagues, Parents and Others: The social worker collaborates with colleagues, parents, and other agencies to design, implement, and support learning programs that develop student abilities to use communication skills, apply core concepts, become self-sufficient individuals, become responsible team members, think and solve problems, and integrate knowledge.

Standard 9: Engages in Professional Development: The social worker evaluates their own overall performance and implements a Personal Professional Development Plan.

Please click on the links below to hear from our staff:

Gene Johnson, Assistant Principal (Finding a Permanent Home at Equality)

http://www.campusreel.org/colleges/equality-charter-school/video-share/finding-a-permanent-home-at-equality-charter-high-school-with-gene

Cristina Strahle, High School Spanish Teacher (Educational Equity)

http://www.campusreel.org/colleges/equality-charter-school/video-share/respect-and-trust-within-the-equality-charter-staff-with-cristina-strahle

Ciara Simmons, High School Career and Literacy (Why I Came to Equality)

http://www.campusreel.org/colleges/equality-charter-school/video-share/why-i-came-to-equality-and-why-i-stayed-with-ciara

Want to learn more? Check out the links below to learn more about Equality Charter School:

• Equality Website - http://www.equalitycharterschool.org/
• Equality's Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/equalitycharterschool/
• Equality News Site - http://www.equalitycharterschool.org/news/
• Equality's LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/2769597?trk=hp-feed-company-name
• Executive Director Caitlin Franco's LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlin-franco-47434111