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Adams 12 Five Star Schools Social Emotional Learning Specialist - SELS - Century Middle School in THORNTON, Colorado
Social Emotional Learning Specialist - SELS - Century Middle School JobID: 10466
Position Type:
Dean/Inst Coach/Interventionist/TOSA/Coordinator/ Social Emotional Lrng Spec
Date Posted:
6/20/2024
Location:
Century Middle School
Date Available:
08/05/2024
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled
SALARY INFORMATION:SEE CERTIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/careers/teach)
STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40
FTE: 1.0
MONTHS PER YEAR: 9
JOB CODE: 1700EM
POSITION TYPE: – PERMANENT/REGULAR
LOCATION: THORNTON, CO
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission toelevate student success for every student every day in every classroom.Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.
Internal Candidates Only:
o 13.2.5 Voluntary transfers that occur fifteen working days before the start of the school year and until the end of the school year shall happen once the position being vacated has been filled, for a duration of no more than four weeks. This four week time period could be adjusted in consultation with the educator, current and receiving supervisor and with approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer and the Association President.
Summary: Social Emotional Learning Specialists accelerate student growth in social-emotional competences and support a positive school climate and culture. The Social Emotional Learning Specialist will collaborate with administration in order to assess, develop and implement school-wide initiatives to address social-emotional wellness. Ongoing collaboration with classroom teachers and all support staff is inherent to this position in an effort to build instructional capacity in the area of social emotional learning among staff. Social Emotional Learning Specialists provide professional learning in evidence-based social emotional practices, facilitate analysis of climate and culture data as well as student social emotional data, and engage in coaching cycles with teachers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Collaborate with current administration, mental health providers, counselors, and teachers to support schools in social emotional learning framework implementation and address social emotional wellness
Build and participate in the implementation of a continuum of social/emotional services to support all students within a school, including direct support of student intervention
Lead the planning and delivery of a guaranteed and viable SEL competency instruction in the building
Provide side-by-side coaching to teachers and staff - especially new teachers - to create safe, inclusive and respectful classrooms with diverse populations of students
Reviews school-wide data and assessment data to assist buildings in designing school-wide interventions and support SEL competencies
Provide professional learning or content for adult learners
Demonstrate and maintain productive and positive interpersonal skills.
Promote professional conversation and reflective thinking to impact teacher effectiveness
Apply facilitation skills, knowledge and experience to support adult learners’ development
Use evidence-based and technically-sound practices to drive planning, decision-making and instruction
Attend ongoing professional development to increase knowledge on how to support systems and resilience in staff and the school community
Engage in continuous learning with evidence-based best practices in social emotional learning; build capacity to train schools in those practices
Other duties as assigned
Education and Related Work Experience:
Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology or Education preferred
Three to five (3-5) years of experience working in education preferred
Effective communication and collaboration skills
Knowledge and experience in planning and leading effective adult learning
Ability to structure own time and manage multiple perspectives
Experience in leadership, understanding of system implementation and change management
Training in trauma-informed practices and/or restorative practices and experience teaching a social emotional curriculum to students
Licenses, Registrations or Certifications:
Criminal background check required for hire
Must possess, or be able to obtain a valid Colorado Educator License from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) within 30 days of hire.
Must possess the required license and endorsement.
SALARY INFORMATION (FOR EXTERNAL CANDIDATES):
Salary placement on ourCertified Salary schedule (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/careers/teach) is dependent on the employees’ education and/or work experience
Certified/licensed employees will be granted one (1) year for each full year of contractual and/or work experience up to a maximum of ten (10) years, which includes in-district and out-of-district contractual teaching and/or work experience. Responsibility for verification of outside experience shall rest with the individual employee.
For further explanation of salary placement please refer to ourCertified Master (https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1658853885/adams12org/vocdgvbfzhxovelvx372/CertMasterAgreement.pdf) Agreement that can be found on our district website.
BENEFITS INFORMATION:
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).
To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see ourBenefits Overview (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/human-resources/benefits-overview) .
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