BUILDING ASSISTANT

Description

Belmont Charter Network is a family of 5 community schools centered on the central mission to promote the academic, social and emotional well-being of each child. Our schools are supported by a non-profit partner to provide holistic services to the school including out-of-school time, our social work project and Head start.  How do we do this?  We do it by ensuring our students have access to complete support both in and out of the classroom through a talented team of teachers, leaders, social workers, and partners.

We believe that schools and learning should be joyful!

You can find more about our core values and vision here.  We believe that education is the single biggest way we can disrupt the systemic racism that impacts Philadelphia and by extension our country.  We are a mission centered organization that has grown since its founding over 20 years ago to be the organization that serves Philadelphia today.   Learn more about our partners who support this vision by creating a full scope of community support for our students and families.  Our approach is grounded in trauma informed practice which you can read more about here.

Your areas of knowledge and expertise:

• Demonstrated skill in working with students from diverse cultural, economic and ability backgrounds.

• Creative problem solving

• A commitment to being a lifelong learner, commitment to refining your craft

• A knack for connecting with people across differences including parents, colleagues and students.

Position Summary: The role of the Building Support Staff is to ensure the students are upholding the behavior expectations of the school and assisting teachers and staff in this process in accordance with the mission and values of Belmont Charter Network.  The ideal applicant should be able to work in collaboration with other building educators to provide high-quality quality engaging care for students in a variety of settings, such as the classroom, the lunchroom, recess, and one-on-one support. This is a 10-month position that is supervised by the Head of School. Salary is 30k a year. 

Core Responsibilities:

• Address student misbehavior in a proactive and positive manner in and out of the classroom.

• Work with teachers, students, and staff to effectively and consistently implement the school wide culture plan including uniform policy.

• Supervise students both in groups and individually during assigned times (lunch, arrival, dismissal, transitions, recess, events, etc.) 

• Support students in de-escalating techniques and apply consequences and restorative conversations with students who are sent to the culture team office.

• Assistant with the implementation of weekly and monthly student and family celebrations.

• Attend all school staff, department, and grade team meetings.

Additional responsibilities:

• Proactively support students who are struggling behaviorally

• Work with staff to ensure a safe and joyful school environment

• Act as a mentor for specifically assigned MTSS Behavior tier II students to assist them in reaching their daily behavior and academic goals.

• Support the deans and Director of Culture as needed with restorative conversations and parent meetings.

• Adhere to all school policies and procedures

• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications: 

Education and Experience: 

• High School diploma required

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Experience in an urban school setting

• All employees must be able to provide Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Background Check Clearance (Act 34), Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151), Federal Bureau of Investigation Record Check Clearance (Act 114), and Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Clearance (Act 168) before starting work on campus

Skills and Abilities: 

• Enjoys working with and for children

• Team player

• Flexible and dependable

• Ability to work with students from diverse backgrounds and a variety of individualized needs

• Previous experience working with young children preferred

Qualifications

• Qualifications: 

  Education and Experience: 

• High School diploma required

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Experience in an urban school setting

• All employees must be able to provide Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Background Check Clearance (Act 34), Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151), Federal Bureau of Investigation Record Check Clearance (Act 114), and Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Clearance (Act 168) before starting work on campus

• Skills and Abilities: 

• Enjoys working with and for children

• Team player

• Flexible and dependable

• Ability to work with students from diverse backgrounds and a variety of individualized needs

• Previous experience working with young children preferred