Sel Interventionist

4 months ago


Newton, United States Newton Public Schools Full time

JobID: 4946

**Position Type**:
Aides/Behavior Therapists/Aides-Classroom/Other**Date Posted**:
6/16/2024**Location**:
Burr Elementary School

**Department**:

- Student Services/Schools**Job Title**:

- Category 2 - SEL Interventionist**FLSA Status**:
**(Exempt/Non-exempt)**
- Non-Exempt - Unit C**Reports to**:

- Principal and Elementary Support and Stabilization/MTSS CoordinatorGENERAL DESCRIPTION (1-3 LINES DESCRIBING ROLE):
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.QUALIFICATIONS:
**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- 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.

**DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

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

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES (NOT LIMITED TO):

- 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.

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

- Must be physically able to respond (e.g., push, pull, or carry at least 60 lbs) to students who are physically unsafe and to use physical restraints as part of a de-escalation process.
- Must be able to physically respond to students who have bolted from the building.
- Must be able to physically maintain a safe learning environment, including moving furniture in response to a crisis situation.

Updated June 23, 2022
- JobID: 4946

**Position Type**:
Aides/Behavior Therapists/Aides-Classroom/Other**Date Posted**:
6/16/2024**Location**:
Burr Elementary School

**Department**:

- Student Services/Schools**Job Title**:

- Category 2 - SEL Interventionist**FLSA Status**:
**(Exempt/Non-exempt)**
- Non-Exempt - Unit C**Reports to**:

- Principal and Elementary Support and Stabilization/MTSS CoordinatorGENERAL DESCRIPTION (1-3 LINES DESCRIBING ROLE):
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.QUALIFICATIONS:
**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- 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