SEL Coordinator

Bloomington ISD•Victoria, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Develop the student as a person through campus-wide PBIS implementation and social emotional learning instruction. Improve social, and emotional competencies of staff and students. Provide modeling, coaching, and technical assistance to campus staff regarding social, emotional, and behavioral strategies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and experience may be substituted for Master’s degree.
Valid Texas Teaching Certificate or a valid professional license to practice in the State of Texas
Knowledge of varied behavior management strategies, de-escalation techniques
Exhibit positive and collaborative relationship with parents, administrators and teachers
Consistent record of implementing best practices in emotional/behavioral-related issues
Knowledge and application of counseling, coaching and/or mentoring techniques
Knowledge of appropriate interventions for students with severe emotional and behavioral needs
Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
Working with individuals struggling in the areas of social, emotional and/or behavioral skill development.
Providing group professional development and/or individual technical assistance.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in education, psychology, social work, counseling or related field
Working with families and the community is preferred.

Responsibilities

Conduct small group social skills classes, utilizing social emotional learning curriculum and instruction.
Create individual student plans to guide SEL growth.
Provide teacher support, to effectively design instruction to address student specific concerns.
Provide direct coaching, to integrate the principles of social, emotional learning throughout the instructional day.
Assists school staff in developing behavioral programs and/or interventions.
Works with administrators and teachers in providing appropriate classroom strategies for behavioral success.
Provide input for student’s behavioral programming and interventions.
Design, implement and monitor behavior action plans.
Develops crisis intervention plans in collaboration with the campus team.
Analyzes and interprets disruptive student behavior and provides recommendations for interventions.
Collect and interpret student progress monitoring data in the areas of social, emotional and behavioral development to support data-based decision making and reduce classroom removals.
Model behavior that is professional, ethical and responsible.
Serving as a liaison between the district coordinator and campus personnel for test-related communications.
Collaborating with district coordinator, principal and other district leadership to designate test, administrators and TELPAS raters, proctors, and verifiers, as applicable.
Training test administrators, raters, proctors, and verifiers.
Ensuring that all individuals designated to serve as raters fulfill their online holistic rating training and calibration requirements.
Collaborating with district coordinators to train campus staff who are participating in the Texas Assessment Program.
Coordinate with Technology staff to prepare the campus to administer assessments.
Create a campus consolidation plan for transferring students who are still testing after a certain point.
Prepare and distribute test materials on the campus for each administration.
Schedule and coordinate administration activities on the campus for each administration.
Ensure that students are appropriately tested, including students receiving special education services and EB students.
Ensure that all students are tested with appropriate and allowed accommodations.
Monitor and maintain test security.
Ensure that student data (such as score codes, student responses, student ratings, and accommodations) have been submitted and processed in TIDE and RE before the end of each testing window.
Preparing test materials for return to the district coordinator at the conclusion of test administrations.
Reporting any suspected violation of test security to the district coordinator.
Minimum of 4 hours per day assigned to students in the classroom.
Communicates effectively with students, staff, parents and community.
Consults and collaborates with students, parents, teachers, school staff and outside agencies when needed (with appropriate consent).
Provides consultation to parents regarding: child development, social emotional learning, applied behavior analysis techniques and communication as relates to behavior.
Designs and implements truancy prevention measures to support increased student attendance.
Makes off-campus visits (home, shelter, community, etc.).
Assists in improving the instructional program through classroom observation, modeling best practices, participation in professional learning communities and professional development presentations.
Maintains and improves personal professional competencies in order to improve others competencies.
Conducts professional development in the following areas: data collections techniques, social skills, or ABA techniques, social emotional learning, visuals to support sensory and emotional regulation needs.
Designs and facilitates professional development on the implementation of effective, research based practices, strategies and interventions for working with students to increase their social, emotional and behavioral competences.
Initiates and supports programs that facilitate a positive, caring, and orderly climate for learning.
Adhere to timelines and procedures
Maintain schedule of services for assigned job duties
Attend required District in-service and staff meetings
Maintain student data records
Maintain and report Medicaid paperwork as applicable
Regular attendance
Maintain confidentiality
Understands State and Federal regulations relative to social, emotional and behavioral needs
Other duties as assigned