What are the responsibilities and job description for the Horizons - SEL Response Team Intern position at Sacred Heart University?
Position Summary
Implement the SEL curriculum in one of two grade bands (grades 1-4) or (grades 5-7) as assigned.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities
Work with SEL Response Team and classroom teaching teams to plan and implement the SEL and t-SEL curriculum daily.
Participate in fostering and maintaining an emotionally safe and trauma-responsive classroom and program environment at HSHU.
Maintain professional boundaries and mutually respectful relationships with students, colleagues, supervisors, and community partners with the foundation of open communication, respect, and collaboration.
Assist with and participate in assembly.
Prepare and gather materials to support student learning.
Monitor the well-being of students and help them transition safely between activities.
Support classrooms and individual children with co-regulating activities as needed.
Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, & Other Attributes
Experience working with children.
Skilled collaborator.
A passion for social-emotional learning and therapeutic interventions.
Capacity to be a responsible role model for students.
Strong interpersonal skills, team player, and a commitment to social-emotional growth.
Strong commitment to antiracist practice and to the HSHU mission, working agreement, and community values
Unusual Working Conditions
This is a seasonal summer program position.
This is a full-day position.
Dates of Program:
Training week: 6/23 through 6/27/25
Program Days: 6/30 through 8/8/25; two required evening events 8/6/25 & 8/8/25
Clean-up & Reporting Days: 8/11 & 8/12/25
Pre-Training Onboarding – Date TBD
Trainings generally run 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Program days are 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
