In School Suspension Coordinator (350306C)

Reports to: Principal

Supervises: None

Term of Employment: 10 months

Salary: Teacher Assistant I -56

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt

Qualifications:

• Graduation from high school
• Possession of an equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position
• Those qualifications required under the provisions of “No Child Left Behind”

1. Associate degree, or
2. Completion of 48 semester hours of college credits, or
3. Successful completion of a series of WorkKeys assessments

plus earn 96 contact hours of appropriate staff development

Essential Job Functions: 

• Supervises students in a behavior management program who have been assigned to the Planning Room by the principal
• Makes parent contacts to inform them why their child is in the planning room
• Regulates a “no fun” atmosphere encouraging students not to make a repeat visit
• Provides class work to be completed during their stay in the planning room
• Coordinator has to declare the student ready to go back to class before they can leave
• Coordinator must be firm, fair and rigid
• Coordinator must understand successful non-confrontational behavior intervention strategies, and cannot be easy to anger. Students in the planning room will often exhibit anger and disrespect and may become confrontational
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor

Physical and Cognitive Requirements: 

The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to this job classification within Moore County Schools.

Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.

Must be able to:

• walk, lift, reach, stoop, stand, grasp, kneel, crouch, key requiring repetitive motions
• use visual acuity in preparing and analyzing written or computer data
• visually inspect small defects and/or small parts
• operate a variety of machines, motor vehicles, hand, and job specific equipment and tools
• determine the accuracy and thoroughness of work
• observe general surroundings and activities
• communicate by spoken word to express or exchange ideas and convey detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly
• safely work in situations of exposure to blood borne pathogens which may require specialized personal protective equipment
• communicate effectively orally and in writing
• establish positive relationships with students
• deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations
• work with both children and adults with disabilities
• talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words /Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear)