Social Emotional Support Specialist (Briggs and Walnut Ridge)

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Social Emotional Support Specialist will serve as a coach for district Priority and/or Focus Schools identified under the Ohio Department of Education guidelines. This position will serve the following high schools: Briggs and Walnut Ridge

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

The Social Emotional Support Specialist will provide coaching and social emotional learning (SEL) support on how to embed SEL into daily instruction to two SQIG grant funded schools for target area “Positive Climate and Culture”. The duties will include but are not limited to the following areas:

Essential Duties: 

·         Provide training and  coaching to individual teachers, PBIS  building teams Teacher Based Teams (TBTs), and Building Leadership Teams (BLTs) relative to Restorative Practices, Trauma Informed Care or other Social Emotional Learning frameworks as well as Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS) implementation

·         Support teachers, PEAK IA’s, instructional coaches and TBTs in the implementation of Social Emotional Learning frameworks and PBIS relative to the Ohio Improvement Process (OIP)

·         Coach building instructional coaches to effectively support classroom teachers in the implementation of Social Emotional Learning frameworks and PBIS, including PEAK IA’s at the elementary level.

·         Deliver professional development to teachers in a variety of areas including but not limited to: Restorative Practices, Trauma Informed Care, other Social Emotional Learning frameworks, and PBIS

·         Collaborate with teachers, teams, administrators, external partners, district departments, and community partners

·         Support staff utilization of data to drive decision making processes related to PBIS implementation and improved school wide 

Skills Required: