Student Support Specialist Indigenous Education

Position Type :

Other / Student Support Specialist Indigenous Education

Date Posted : 8 / 8 / 2024

Location : SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL

Date Available : 08 / 12 / 2024

District :

Anchorage School District Additional Information : Show / Hide

Bargaining Unit : ACE

Work Year : 184 days per year, 12 contract payments

Work Day : 8 hours per day

FTE : Full time, 1.0 FTE

Salary : ACE 6 A-P ($41,188 - $55,194) DOE

Job Summary

The Indigenous Education Student Support Specialist collaborates with community agencies, organizations, and Anchorage School District interdisciplinary teams to maximize educational opportunities for Alaska Native and American Indian students and families. The position has a retirement association with the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS).

Job Requirements

The following are required :

• A bachelor's degree in social work or related field. Equivalent experience, education, and training may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
• Experience in working with Alaska Native and American Indian community, knowledge of Alaska Native community, knowledge of Alaska Native traditions, values and belief systems.
• Must be self-motivated, organized and reliable.
• Ability to develop and coordinate meetings, activities, workshops, and presentations.
• Ability to provide personal transportation.
• Proficiency to compile and summarize data in a spreadsheet, database and word processing formats.

The following are preferred :

Essential Job Functions

Physical / Mental Demands

The physical demands of this job require frequent standing, walking, sitting, speaking, and hearing. Specific visual abilities are also required. The employee is regularly required to reach with his / her hands and arms and occasionally lift items weighing less than 40 lbs. Additionally, the employee must be able to communicate by oral and written means in an appropriate business manner and have cognitive skills to understand instructions, readily recall facts and details, handle conflict, and make effective decisions under pressure. The employee must have the ability to effectively manage the stress of working with students, parents, and other employees representing diverse cultures, personalities, and work styles in a dynamic work environment.

The Anchorage School District is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all individuals with qualified physical or mental disabilities.

Work Environment

Work is performed in a professional environment with a wide variety of individuals having differing functions, personalities and abilities, including working with diverse groups of people in a variety of different settings.

While performing the duties of this job the employee may be regularly exposed to a video display. The employee may be exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Additional Job Information

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties as requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Anchorage School District employees must possess the ability to read and write in English. This includes the ability to communicate in English with school staff, coworkers, and the public. Employees must also have the ability to comprehend and carry out oral and written directions and understand and follow English instructions and written documents.

Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory criminal background check.

This position may be required to work in ASD facilities on the military installations (JBER). Please visit www.dhs.gov / real-id-enforcement-brief for additional information.

The Anchorage School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Salary : $41,188 - $55,194