Horizons - SEL Leadership Team

Sacred Heart University•Fairfield, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide SEL support and crisis intervention to Horizons SHU learners in grades PreK-8. Serve as a resource for Horizons SHU teachers/staff, and families.

Requirements

Minimum 2-4 years of experience working with children in a PreK-8 educational setting preferred.
Knowledge of trauma-responsive practices and working with under-resourced communities preferred.
Strong commitment to the Horizons SHU mission, working agreement, and community values.
Effective oral and communication skills.
Experience/comfort working with a wide range of abilities and differentiating learning to meet the needs of all students.
Experience teaching social-emotional learning and with mentoring.
Experience with building community.
Willingness to connect with the Horizons SHU community after the summer program by attending school-year events.
Demonstrated skills and abilities to mentor and coach classroom staff.

Responsibilities

Provide social-emotional support and facilitate co-regulatory practices with students who are struggling to maintain emotional regulation.
Help to foster and maintain an emotionally safe and trauma-informed environment at Horizons SHU.
Coordinate and/or provide students with individual sessions as needed, as well as facilitate group work that engages dyads, small groups and/or affinity groups, and classrooms.
Engage in classroom observation and provide consultation to teachers regarding student social emotional learning, student behavior, individual student situations, community building, inclusive practices, and classroom management.
Maintain records of student progress/data.
Maintain and model professional boundaries and mutually respectful relationships with students, colleagues, supervisors, and community partners with the foundation of open communication, respect, and collaboration.
Interface with families and provide feedback and resources for their children.
Provide and/or collaborate on professional learning for staff.
Support and complete mandated reporting processes when needed.
Other duties as assigned.