In School Suspension Monitor

CONFLUENCE ACADEMY•St. Louis, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The In School Suspension Monitor supervises students assigned to ISS and provides assistance with the completion of assignments. This includes requesting assignments from classroom teachers, ensuring students complete all class work, and returning completed assignments. The role also involves providing personal counseling to students to modify poor behaviors, instructing assigned classes, planning programs of study to meet individual student needs, and creating a conducive learning environment. The monitor is responsible for encouraging appropriate classroom behavior, guiding the learning process towards curriculum goals, establishing clear objectives for lessons, and communicating these objectives to students. Additionally, the position requires availability to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day.

Requirements

Bachelor of Arts degree.
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.
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.
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.
Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program.
Ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned.
Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers and parents.
Skill with oral and written communication.

Nice To Haves

Valid teaching certificate or possess a degree in social work and/or counseling preferred

Responsibilities

Supervises students assigned to ISS and provides assistance with completion of assignments.
Requests student assignments from classroom teachers for students assigned to ISS.
Ensures students complete all class work prior to the end of their ISS assignment.
Collects completed student assignments and returns to the appropriate classroom teacher.
Provides personal counseling to students related to modification of poor behaviors.
Meets and instructs assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated.
Plans a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests and abilities of the students.
Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interest of the students.
Encourages students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and – in harmony with the goals – establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like to communicate these objectives to students.
Is available to students and parents for education related purposes outside the instructional day.