Climate/Culture Assistant

POSITION: Climate & Culture

Job Function: The Part-Time Climate and Culture assistant *bilingual preferred* will play a critical role in enhancing student performance by fostering a positive learning environment and instilling a culture of high expectations within the school. The Specialist works closely with school staff to develop, promote and align social emotional, and behavioral intervention systems to enhance the overall climate and culture, ensuring a safe and conducive environment that promotes learning. Additionally, they actively engage families in understanding the crucial role of school attendance in student success.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in education or a related field.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse groups of students.
  
  

REPORTS TO: School Principal

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• To provide leadership to ensure that all students understand the school environment, themselves in relation to others, their progress, and their strengths
• To monitor and evaluate the physical/mental/emotional well-being of students, assess risks to student health, and plan programs that directly address the physical/ mental/ emotional health of students
• To provide a variety of student-related services, including behavior modification, attendance monitoring, oversight of student activities, management of student transit, and other functions required for the effective operation of the school site
• The Culture and Climate Specialist will work collaboratively with parents to provide information regarding programs and services offered in the district and to foster an ongoing partnership between the home and the school
• Establish and promote high standards and expectations for students
• Work cooperatively and collectively with principals, district staff, parents and other supervisors to ensure that programs and services are coordinated in the schools and are administered uniformly and equitably
• Provide recommendations to improve district policies and school-based implementation; interview and survey staff and other stakeholders to determine opportunities for improvement; and research specific issues and develop detailed recommendations and implementation plans to promote continuous improvement and innovation
• Establish a system for measuring culture and climate improvements including attendance data, discipline data, student achievement data, and climate survey responses
• Collaborate with building administrators and school-based teams to build their capacity to develop school-wide systems for student discipline that incorporate the following: regular data analysis, data-based decision-making; identification of students in need of support; provision of high-quality interventions when students' behavior results in repeated disciplinary responses; and strategies to promote student behavior and school climate
• Assist in the coordination and implementation of youth development programs
• Coordinate implementation of research-based social emotional and behavioral interventions
• Design, implement, and evaluate professional development for teachers and administrators around school climate and student behavior models and social emotional learning
• Serve as the facilitator of Restorative Practices programs
• Performs other duties as assigned
  
  

Other Assigned Duties Performs all other tasks and assumes such other duties as designated by the Principal

BENEFITS: None

SALARY GRADE/RANGE: Starting at $20 hourly

STATUS: Exempt