Restorative Justice Specialist

Assabet Valley Collaborative • Marlborough, MA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

The Restorative Justice Specialist serves as a leader and as a learner; a team member who is flexible, resourceful, and thrives in a fast-paced, non-traditional, collaborative environment and who understands educational and human service institutions. This person demonstrates a learning mindset and ability to receive feedback, self-reflect, and adapt, as well as an ability to effectively facilitate the learning of others by pushing their thinking, building their skills, and sparking their self-reflection and curiosity. The primary role of the Restorative Justice Specialist is implementation of school-wide restorative practices, including restorative justice practice to staff, students & families, and to provide coaching and technical support to school staff in the successful implementation and practice of Restorative Justice.

Requirements

• Has demonstrated the ability to give and receive feedback and have honest and authentic conversations with peers/staff.
• Theoretical and practical understanding of Restorative Justice processes within school systems.
• Knowledge, training, and practice of equity issues in current education reform.
• Demonstrated personal and professional commitment to equity and inclusion and school transformation.
• Demonstrated experience and success working with diverse and underrepresented youth and communities.
• Ability to facilitate difficult conversation with both youth and adults
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to work through conflict with all community members.
• Ability to develop and implement short and long range goals.
• Ability to work under pressure and effectively diffuse crisis situations.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and complete tasks/projects in accordance with stated deadlines.
• Has demonstrated the ability to be a reflective learner through verbalizing self-awareness and seeking to learn and refine your skill set.
• Has demonstrated the skill to model behavior management and effective instructional practices.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• At least 3 years experience utilizing and/or leading Restorative Justice practices within a school setting.
• Restorative Justice Specialist certification and/or relevant learning and experience.

Responsibilities

• Models a relationship approach to interacting with students and staff.
• Works explicitly to build relationships within the school community.
• Collaborates with and provides RJ coaching for staff, students, and families.
• Coordinates and facilitates ongoing and as needed circles and mediations.
• Collaborates with leadership team to assess and further develop implementation of the Restorative Justice (RJ) Program.
• Creates metrics to measure RJ implementation and its effectiveness while creating plans to further develop school culture and the RJ Program.
• Collaborates with others regarding student discipline referrals by tracking referrals to identify patterns and inform interventions, processes behavioral incidents with students and teachers, and investigates discipline situations.
• Collaborates with staff to embed RJ into everyday schoolwide practices
• In collaboration with the leadership team creates a strategic plan, learning outcomes, and assessment strategies rooted in restorative justice practices.
• Identifies, creates and manages student support plans in conjunction with students, classroom teachers, school counselors, BCBAs, and parents/guardians, including re-entry after a significant incident.
• Serves as a liaison between parents, staff, and students to design support and intervention plans.
• Co-facilitates RJ Team Meetings.
• Provides ongoing consultation and professional development for staff, students, families.
• Completes necessary documentation.
• Complies with collaborative wide policies and procedures.
• Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

• Compensation competitive within public school employees sector - $72K-$111K
• 3 personal days
• 10 sick days
• 75% health insurance premiums covered by AVC
• Participation in MA state pension systems (MTRS or MSERS)
• Voluntary benefits: Flex Spending, Life, Short-term, Long-term Insurance; Dental.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed