What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Emotional Support Specialist (Briggs and Walnut Ridge) position at Columbus City Schools?
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:
·
Outstanding
oral and written communications, organizational and prioritization skills
· Good interpersonal relations skills
· Considerable knowledge of the current
literature, trends, and developments regarding school improvement and
innovative practices
· Exceptional abilities to professionally
coach and lead peers, colleagues and other district and school staff
