Intervention Specialist

Warren County ESC
Equal Opportunity Employer

Intervention Specialist - Full Time
Warren County Learning Center - Mason OH
25.26 School Year
Please see attached job description for additional information

Make a REAL Difference: Impact Student Lives at The Learning Center!
Do you have a passion for helping students succeed in the educational setting? The Warren County Educational Service Center's Learning Center Program is seeking dedicated, compassionate individuals to join our team of educators. We work with students who face unique social-emotional and behavioral challenges, often stemming from educational gaps, mental health challenges, or skill deficits. As an employee at one of our two campuses in Franklin and Mason, Ohio, you'll play a vital role in their journey. Imagine:

• Being a beacon of support: Help students navigate emotional crises, learn crucial self-regulation skills, and teach them skills to move along the path to graduation and enter the workforce.
• Empowering change: Implement de-escalation techniques and ensure a safe, positive learning environment.
• Collaborating with experts: Work alongside educators, intervention specialists, mental health workers and other expert professionals to help students overcome barriers on their way to graduation.
• Impacting lives: Contribute to classroom instruction, mentor in life skills and leadership, and model positive behavior, directly influencing student success.

If you're a dedicated hardworking educator ready to make a big difference in a student's life, we want to hear from you! Join The Learning Center and help us change the trajectory for students in need. We are offering a competitive salary based on years of experience and qualifications within this field and competitive teacher (certified) salaries. You will be able to follow the school schedule with holiday breaks, spring break and summers off! The WCESC offers a highly competitive benefits package which includes dental and life insurance along with (SERS and STRS) School Employee Retirement System. Please see job descriptions for additional details. Apply today!

Title: Intervention Specialist

Reports to: Assistant Superintendent of Student Programming and Services

FLSA Status: Exempt

Qualifications:

o Valid Ohio Certification/Licensure ODE

o Valid Ohio Driver’s License Provide Driving Abstract from a State other than Ohio

o Access to motor vehicle

o Effective communication skills

o Bachelor’s Degree

o Ability to lift 40 pounds unassisted

o Ability to maneuver stairs unassisted

o Pass criminal background check

General Duties: Under general direction, provides daily instruction to assigned students; prepares daily instructional lesson plans and supervises and disciplines students.

Prepares daily lesson plans which incorporate ODE content standards, textbook materials, supplemental instructional materials, audio and visual aids, thinking skills, courses of study, etc.

Supervises students following the student discipline code.

Evaluates students through the utilization of teacher made tests, curriculum/standardized tests and observations.

Performs required supplemental duties which could include multi-factored evaluation and Individual Education Plan (IEP) meetings.
Communicates with parents and documents all contact in school phone log.

Confers with personnel.

Provides intervention for those students who have been identified as requiring additional instruction.

Requisitions supplies, curriculum/textbooks, and equipment through building principal or program supervisor.

Maintains required certificate(s) and/or license(s).

Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance.

Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the county and/or self-selected professional growth activities.

Performs all duties in conformity to the adopted Board policies. Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students and maintain equipment, materials, and facilities (carpet, walls, heating controls, etc.

Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.

Demonstrates knowledge of subject matter and child development.

Teaches to course of study objectives.

Maintains positive control of the classroom.

Maintains positive rapport with students.

Effectively manages class time.

Demonstrates flexibility in adapting to changes in schedules and plans.

Enables students to achieve to their potential.

Maintains a positive working relationship with all school personnel.

Maintains an effective working relationship with parents.

Communicates clearly both orally and in writing with all segments of the school community.

Models appropriate dress, language and conduct as a professional educator.

Effectively completes other job performance criteria as assigned.

Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance.

Performs all duties in conformity to the adopted Board Policy. Displays professional appearance.

Performs in a professional manner.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

In case of absence, notify the principal/director or his/her designee as early as possible.

Fill out appropriate forms when necessary: sick, personal, professional leave statements, reimbursement forms, etc.

Grade books and/or IEP/progress folders are to be turned in to the principal/director’s office at the end of the year. (Grade books should report at least weekly grades and be readily available to the principal/supervisor.

No class is to be left unattended.

Attend scheduled meetings called by the administration.

All teachers are responsible for their personal books, materials and equipment.

Serves as a role model for educators and students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible human beings.

Helps instill in students and staff the belief in and practiced of ethical principles and democratic values.

Shall perform such other duties as the principal/director may assign/determine.

The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the County/District.

Observes Risk Reduction Safety Rules and Regulations of the Warren County ESC and School Districts, State, Federal, OSHA laws and will be evaluated to the extent of compliance and implementation as an employee of such rules and regulations for safety in the workplace while visiting such sites in line of work duties.

Additional Working Conditions:

Possible exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.

Possible operation of a vehicle under inclement weather conditions.

Possible interaction among unruly children.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Physical Setting:

• Special education school

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person