Behavior Support/MTSS Teacher (Anticipated) - Montello Elementary School

Position Overview: The Behavior Support/MTSS Teacher will work with students who have received discipline or MTSS referrals; this will include analyzing student assets, goals, and barriers to engagement and utilizing a restorative approach to support re-entry into the classroom community. The Behavior Support/MTSS Teacher will work closely with the MTSS team (administration, counselors, and social workers) to facilitate re-entry conferences after suspension, promote student voice, repair broken relationships, and ensure student needs are met. Salary Range: $41,286.41 - $77,875.35 Stipend Lewiston Public Schools offers a robust employee benefits package for full-time employees, including: health insurance with up to 85% of the premium paid by the employer; dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability insurance; flexible spending and dependent care accounts; Maine Public Employee, 403(b) and 457 retirement plans; 15 paid sick days per year; tuition reimbursement and more! Goals: Develop supportive and trusting relationships with high-need students and identify the specific issues impacting student engagement in school and academic performance. Develop opportunities for students to re-engage with their classroom community after disciplinary infractions. Design and implement plans to support students with social-emotional learning needs connected with behavior challenges. Role & Responsibilities: Work with MTSS team to respond to incoming MTSS referrals and assess appropriate response. Attend student support meetings and weekly MTSS team meetings. Collaborate with Assistant Principals around building systems and structures related to student discipline and Restorative Practices. Assist school in the creation/development/implementation of Tier 2 behavior data tracking systems, interventions, and data analysis.. Develop, implement, and lead a restorative in-school suspension program for students in grades K-6. Communicate with each suspended student’s teachers on a daily basis to ensure that all students are provided with missing work. Collaborate with ed tech to provide suspended students with academic and SEL support during in-school suspension. Develop and implement a re-entry plan with each student prior to their exit from in-school suspension. Log behavioral information into student information system. Consistently monitor discipline data for the school and collaborate with administrative team to address identified needs. Provide modeling, consultation, coaching, and technical support to staff and students in facilitation of restorative practices, including Restorative Conferences, Peer Circles, Entry/Re-Entry Circles, and Peacemaking Circles (Conflict Resolution). This includes administration, staff, students, peers, etc. Assist in creating and facilitating restorative interventions/processes for students. Communicate with participants and appropriate staff regarding agreements or outcome of the restorative process. Follow up on all restorative meetings to ensure agreements are upheld. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree in education. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Valid Teaching Certificate SALARY RANGE $41,286.41-$77,875.35 LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plan and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program. Ability to plan and implement lessons. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers and parents. Skill in oral and written communication. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and school committee policies. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit. Occasionally the employee will bend or twist at the neck more than the average person while performing the duties of this job; the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 50 lbs such as boxes of books. The employee is directly responsible for safety, well-being, or work output of other people. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.  Duties are performed indoors and occasionally outdoors. Lewiston Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Salary : $41,286 - $77,875