Family and Student Specialist (PreK-2)

Family and Student Specialist Job Description

Hired by the Executive Director and The Principal

Responsibilities:

Scholar and Family Work

• Provide wrap around services to scholars and families in assigned grades.
• Respond to and alleviate crises for scholars and families by following trauma protocol.
• Respond to Mental Health Crises, develop Safety Assessment Plans, and involve family and outside agencies as needed.
• Provide individual, check in and group counseling to assigned scholars
• Provide services to retention and new scholars at the beginning of the year.
• Use DESSA data to guide individual and group counseling work.
• Support with behavior and problem solving on assigned grade level bands
• Support with recruitment, registration and enrollment of incoming scholars
• Develop family partnerships through regular communication and provide linkages to community services and resources.
• Work with high needs families to ensure improved attendance and stabilization of the family by providing family coaching.
• Support families around decisions with CSE and support appointments/meetings as needed.
• Support with family education (individual and workshops) around Special Education and mental health topics.
• Make referrals to outside services as needed and follow-up on referrals.
• Participate in Family Council to increase family voice within the community.
• Monitor attendance and correspond with families according to Attendance Policy.
• Conduct home visits and community visits before the school year starts and during the year as necessary.
• Provide attendance coaching to selected families/scholars and track data monitor improvement.

• Organize and lead at least 2 family events during the school year and support with school wide activities (eg. color run, Scholastic Book Fair).

Classroom

• Develop scope and sequence and unit plans for weekly SELT lessons.
• Teach weekly SELT lessons in assigned classrooms.
• Work collaboratively with teachers to plan and execute Social Emotional Learning time lessons.
• Ensure that unit topics and Haven’s SE approach is infused into the classroom and school wide community.
• Coordinate with instructional and behavioral staff on developing , maintaining and evaluating behavioral plans for in-classroom and out-of-classroom behaviors.
• Support teachers as per trauma protocol in understanding impact of trauma and attachment in their classrooms.

Other

• Encourage students’ positive interactions with other students and adults
• Value and promote peaceful conflict resolution and creative and authentic problem solving; Uphold the school’s System of Logical Consequences; Engage in effective and appropriate classroom management
• Keep an organized workspace
• Support the development of Associate Teachers and other colleagues
• Maintain and communicate high academic and personal expectations for all students with families, support staff, specialty teachers, and leaders
• Stay current with regard to education literature
• Participate in a variety of staff development programs, including a yearly individualized professional development plan, two-week summer PD, and individual PD sessions
• Participate in developing and meeting the goals of an individualized professional development plan
• Uphold and promote the school’s mission and vision
• Perform other duties as needed to support the ongoing development of Haven Academy (e.g. Lunch and/or recess duty, tutoring, etc)