Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Coach

Reports to: School Principal

Location: Koontz Elementary

General Responsibilities:

* Works closely with the principal to establish a positive, structured, achievement-oriented, and supportive school culture

* Supports teachers to hold all scholars to high and consistent behavioral expectations

* Analyze behavior data across and identifies needed team or individual teacher adjustments to culture, instruction and behavior management

* Serves as the point person for dealing with behavioral crisis-intervention and acute behavioral issues

* Acts as a resource for teachers in their instructional practice, especially as it relates to issues of discipline, relationships with scholars, classroom management, and school culture

* Assists teachers, scholars, and parents in the effective creation and implementation of individual behavior plans

* Helps to reinforce the effective use of a school-wide behavior plan, including managing the school's behavior management systems

* Ensures that the physical environment of the school reinforces school culture and facilitates scholar achievement

* Stays highly present and visible during school hours, relentlessly ensuring the school has an exceptional school culture

* Circulates proactively throughout classrooms and hallways during the day, to gain valuable context on scholar behavior and help support positive school culture monitoring behavioral pull-out and in-school suspensions (wellness room support)

* Work with students and small groups to support intervention and academic support activities

* Models the school's values and the standard for professional behavior

* Support scholar apologies and school culture messages at Community Meeting

* Supervises breakfast, lunch, in-between class transitions, enrichment, and dismissal, making sure scholars are always where they are supposed to be and ensuring a professional school culture at these times

* Maintain professional practice and development, staying current with recent approaches to improving SEL for students, staff, and families.

Additional Responsibilities to support SEL Interventions:

* Manage wellness rooms including assigned students, supports and scheduling.

* Keeps accurate scholar discipline records, documenting all conferences, suspensions, and phone calls for behavior

* Ensures that behavioral expectations and school culture standards are met outside of the classroom as well as inside, including establishing and monitoring home transition behavior/culture as well as cafeteria/mealtime behavior and culture

* Under general supervision, coordinate social-emotional learning (SEL) support for students, as well as assist with SEL professional development for staff.

* Assist site staff with the identification of students who need additional (moderate/Tier II or intensive/Tier III) SEL support.

* Ability to provide Tier II and/or Tier III SEL interventions directly or through consultation to other educators and support staff.

* Assist behavior technicians with Tier II and/or Tier III SEL interventions

* Schedule and support behavior technicians on wellness room practices and SEL interventions for individuals or groups of students.

* Participate in joint planning and case management with community agencies that support students' SEL abilities.

* Conduct staff and community education on SEL.

* Make home visits as necessary.

* Gather and track data on student progress.

Requirements:

* Must hold or be eligible to obtain either a valid school counselor license/school social worker license or admin license. Persons who also maintain a teaching license or who have classroom teaching experience are preferred.

* Must be able to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence

* Strong interpersonal relationships with students, staff, and parents

* Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral forms

* Ability to develop and compile a variety of records and reports

* Experience with spreadsheets and assessing data

Term of Employment: 10 months