STUDENT SUPPORT FACILITATOR 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Kansas teaching license and minimum three years teaching experience.
• Endorsement in one of these areas:  Certified Teacher, Behavior Specialist, Counseling, Guidance, Social Worker, School Psychologist, Special Education
• Graduate degree in education or a related field
• Proficient in facilitating groups

Reports to:   

Building Principal

Job Goal: 

The student support facilitator's primary purpose is to decrease the suspension rate, improve academic achievement, and support the social/emotional and behavioral needs of all students.  The facilitator will provide leadership to staff in implementing intervention initiatives, supporting district school social emotional/behavioral supports, and implementation restorative justice practices school wide.  They will also plan, implement, and assess intervention services to ensure fidelity.  The facilitator will increase the staff’s capacity in restorative practices, by providing staff with ongoing and embedded professional development. 

Performance Responsibilities:

• Support students and teachers inside the classroom through observation, coaching, modeling restorative language, supporting social emotional resources and debriefing with both teachers and individual students.
• Monitor individual student behavior by checking in with students throughout the school day.
• Facilitate mediations in response to conflict: among students, among educators, between family members and educators, among groups of students, educators, or family members.
• Follow through after mediations to ensure the harm was repaired.
• Develop creative interventions for students as part of restorative resolution and student support plans.
• Facilitating, co-facilitating and helping USD 497 staff to establish school wide Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III interventions, including restorative practices.
• Inform families, educators, and administrators about incidents in school as needed.
• Organize data to inform the Mental Health Team of any negative trends in school climate in order to improve school climate and prevent future behavior issues.
• Spend time in classrooms to build relationships with students and teachers.
• Organize school data to inform staff of trends in school climate.
• Use peace circles to build a sense of community.
• Provide on-going restorative practices professional development to staff.
• Provide on-going social emotional and behavioral training to staff.
• Offer training to families in restorative practices as a common language is being used at home.

Other Performance Responsibilities:

• Work efficiently within a team environment; communicate effectively with staff, students, parents, community and outside agencies.
• Effectively use appropriate communication modes including current technologies.
• Exhibit multicultural awareness, gender sensitivity, disability/ability awareness, and racial/ethnic appreciation.
• Maintain and promote confidentiality.
• Demonstrate the desire and ability to engage in continuing education and skills upgrading.
• Remain up-to-date on changing laws and requirements.
• Perform other duties as requested by the Building Administration

Critical Skills:

• Ability to possess and maintain licensure (certification) as a teachers in one of these endorsement areas: Behavior Specialist, Counseling, Guidance, Social Worker, School Psychologist, Special Education
• Ability to speak clearly to various groups expressing ideas in a logical and forthright manner
• Possess composition skills suitable for producing written communication for a variety of readers
• Ability to quickly analyze a situation and provide prompt advice
• Ability to respond to information requests in a courteous, timely and helpful manner
• Ability to perform job responsibilities using appropriate software on district computer system and communication equipment
• Ability to manage job responsibilities while meeting established deadlines
• Ability to work constructively and cooperatively with others
• Ability to travel as needed
• Other duties as assigned

The tasks listed in this position description are subject to change at the discretion of the superintendent.  The incumbent is expected to take on other duties as requested or assigned by his/her supervisor.

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated by Building Administrators

Salary Range:

Certified salary schedule