Long Term Sub SEL Interventionist

Newton Public Schools•Newton, MA

About The Position

This position provides social-emotional interventions and/or programming within a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework at the building level. This position includes implementing evidence-based social-emotional instructional interventions, responding to challenging behavior, utilizing data inquiry cycles, and modeling both antecedent and response student intervention strategies to support regular education students.

Requirements

1-3 years previous experience working with individuals with emotional/behavioral challenges in an educational setting.
Training and experience using the tenants and techniques of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
Completion of a bachelor’s degree in education, special education, or a related field such as psychology.
Excellent oral and written communication.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including a high degree of confidence giving feedback to students and faculty.
Ability to collaborate as part of an interdisciplinary team.
Completion of SafetyCare certification or willingness to do so upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework.
Familiarity with Elementary Language Arts, Mathematics and Content Area knowledge base.

Responsibilities

Implement academic, social, and behavioral programming for individuals who present with emotional/behavioral challenges within the context of a general education setting.
Provide tiered SEL interventions for general education students, promoting and supporting the emotional health of all students.
Support Tier 1 programming and support for grade-levels or the building as a whole on SEL initiatives.
Collaborate effectively with a broad range of educators, both on the individual and group level.
Consistently utilize data inquiry cycles, including using functional assessments and analysis.
Respond to students experiencing behavioral challenges utilizing SafetyCare techniques.
Collect social-emotional tiered data
In addition to delivering structured SEL interventions, daily rapport building with students should occur, including, but not limited to, joining unstructured social times, maintaining availability for check-ins, joining academic blocks of classrooms, specials, etc.
Be a point person for SEL resources and programming for the building.
Create social-emotional materials that align with student needs and general education programming.
Communicate professionally and effectively with families as needed.
Attend building-based SEL consult meetings.
Attend weekly SEL Interventionist PLC meetings with district SEL coaches.
Maintain availability to attend general education grade-level PLC meetings.
Attend training related to position.
Consistent and on-time attendance is required.
Responsible for implementing “other job-related duties” as needed and as assigned by the supervisor or Principal.