Elementary Support Specialist

Summary description: Create a safe classroom environment to provide behavior intervention and emotional and social development strategies and skills. To support the elementary principal and dean of students, providing consultation and intervention to motivate students to learn social and emotional strategies and skills to access the general education classroom. To establish and foster healthy relationships with students, parents, and staff. GoalsIncrease positive, functional behavior patterns at school and reduce disruptive behaviors, through social-emotional education and skills-building using The Zones of Regulation, Positive Actions, or similar curriculum. Limit student referrals for special education services by providing behavioral and social-emotional strategies and skills so the student can learn in the general education classroom. Primary responsibilities: Referrals - Receive referrals from the Student Services Administrator and/or K-12 Principal - Evaluate referred students and create a counseling plan General - Review pertinent academic and behavioral school data - Complete classroom observations - Conduct small group or individual counseling sessions - Document counseling sessions and track student improvement - Contact parent as needed - Meet with deans, teachers, paraprofessionals, etc. with strategies for struggling students Curriculum - Classroom support with the implementation of the Zones of Regulation & Positive Action curriculum - Small group or individual instruction/intervention using Zones of Regulation curriculum - Small group or individual instruction/intervention using Positive Action curriculum Classroom Management Create positive educational climate for students Positive behavior reward system may be implemented Follow all PPA policies to help ensure uniformity of the program Professional Development Attend professional development opportunities throughout the school year or summer for your continuous improvement Reflect and evaluate practices and procedures Additional Items Build a relationship with students and parents so that they know you want only the best for the student Submit all required items to administration/office in a timely manner Return all communication to parents within 24 hours of receiving it Be supportive of the PPA team at all times, but especially when speaking to parents and students Secondary responsibilities: Duties Arrive at all scheduled duties on time Follow after-school duty guidelines in the PPA handbook Meetings Biweekly on the first day of the week at 7:30 am Biweekly on scheduled day with your administrator Biweekly TBT meetings as assigned Please submit resume to KKnowland@patriotprep.com