Summary/Objective
The Health Services Education Manager will work with member school districts to provide
support focused on school-based health programs for PK-12. The role will include facilitation of
nursing services, discerning needs of members, providing technical support and consultation,
training, and coordinating with district teams within the region. This is a full-time, grant funded
position.
The health services education manager will also work in collaboration with the Resource
Training & Solutions Health & Safety Team, Minnesota Department of Health, local public
health, and regional healthcare systems. The health services education manager must possess
technology skills that allow for adaptability in program and training settings: including
face-to-face, virtual, and hybrid.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
1. Provides leadership to school-based health service staff throughout the region
2. Coordinates screening/testing efforts at the regional level
3. Collaborates with local healthcare systems, local public health, and Minnesota
Department of Health
4. Communicates to schools, teachers, administrators, and employers
representing a variety of ages and backgrounds in a timely and effective
manner
5. Develops and cultivates relationships with current and prospective partners and other
organizations
6. Supports quality programming through effective communication, program
monitoring, and evaluation
7. Performs additional tasks and special projects on an as-needed basis
8. Offers excellent customer service to our members, customers, partners, and staff
9. Maintains licensure/certification; assumes responsibility for professional growth and
keeps materials, supplies, and skills current
10. Other duties as assigned
East Central
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Benton-Stearns Education District is seeking applicants for a full time Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
Benton-Stearns Education District is located in Central MN and serves six member districts including: Foley, Holdingford, Kimball, ROCORI, Sauk Rapids-Rice and Sartell-St. Stephen.
The Behavior Analyst will provide behavior analytic assessments, support the creation of behavior intervention plans and work directly with special education teams to support students enrolled in our member districts and level IV programs. The position provides consultation to member district staff in behavior management techniques for prevention, early intervention, and crisis management.
Special Education Teacher
Benton-Stearns Education District-Full-Time Special Education Teachers-Setting IV
The Benton-Stearns Education District #6383 is seeking qualified applicants for full time (1.0) teaching positions for our Setting IV and residential programs for the 2022-23 School Year. We have programs located in the Minnesota communities of Cold Spring, Sartell, and Sauk Rapids. We have a variety of teaching positions available.
At Benton Stearns, we serve students from our 6 member districts of: Foley, Holdingford, Kimball, Rocori, Sartell, and Sauk Rapids-Rice. Students in our programs have been referred to us by their home districts due to needing extra support not available in the general education setting. Our programs support students with a variety of disabilities and significant social, emotional, and academic learning challenges in grades kindergarten to twelve plus. During their time at Benton-Stearns, students learn life, social, and academic skills with the goal of reintegrating back to their home schools. We are relationship based and use positive supports to increase motivation and decrease unexpected behaviors. We offer small class sizes with low adult to student ratios. Case management typically ranges from 6-10 students.
Applicants should have the ability and skills to work with high needs students. These positions will be responsible for development of positive behavioral interventions, classroom curriculum, case management and due process. The candidate will be expected to communicate effectively with parents, students, district staff, social workers, probation officers and co-workers.
Art Teacher
East Central High School is seeking a 1.0 FTE Art Teacher for grades 7-12 for the 2022-2023 school year.
Audiologist
Benton-Stearns Education District is seeking applicants for a part-time licensed Audiologist. This position is for a total of 50 days of service.
Benton-Stearns Education District is located in Central MN and serves six member districts including: Foley, Holdingford, Kimball, ROCORI, Sauk Rapids-Rice and Sartell-St. Stephen. The Audiologist will be required to travel between member districts in order to provide the necessary services and support. Compensation for mileage between districts will be reimbursed at the federal rate.
Primary Responsibilities Include:
– Fit, adjust and monitor the amplification equipment.
– Evaluate hearing and ear function and report findings to health professionals, parents, and educators.
– Assist with determination of eligibility for service.
– Assess the benefit of amplification systems to better program for student needs.
– Consult with educators regarding hearing loss, amplification and acoustics.
– Evaluate classroom acoustics/listening environments.
– Advocate for appropriate assistive amplification to meet the needs of students with hearing loss.
Preferred Qualifications:
Skills in clinical hearing evaluation.
Knowledge of real ear probe mic amplification evaluation, middle ear assessment, ostocopy, amplification benefit determination and troubleshooting, ear mold impressions.
Optimizing amplification in the classroom ranging from simple issues (batteries to teacher/para/interpreter) to commitment to monitor the proper use and function of the equipment.
School Social Worker/Psychologist/Counselor
Position Purpose:
The School Social Worker/Psychologist/Counselor position brings unique knowledge and skills to the school system and the student services team. School Social Workers/Psychologists/Counselors are trained mental health professionals who can assist with mental health concerns, behavioral concerns, positive behavioral support, academic, and classroom support, consultation with teachers, parents, and administrators as well as provide individual and group counseling/therapy. This position is instrumental in furthering the mission of the schools, which is to provide a setting for teaching, learning, and for the attainment of competence and confidence. School social workers are hired by school districts to enhance the district’s ability to meet its academic mission, especially where home, school, and community collaboration is the key to achieving student success.
Position Location: Currently, we have one school social worker/psychologist/counselor position open for the 2022-23 school year serving Pine City Elementary School.
Essential Duties:
- MTSS Implementation
- Promote and assist in effective and efficient school-wide implementation of an MTSS framework for both academics and social emotional learning, in partnership with building administrators and teams
- Collaborate with the county, school district, and education district to implement a screening process to promote early intervention with students at-risk for mental health problems
- Participate in the Student Assistance Team (SAT), Problem Solving Team (PST), Student Support Team (SST) and/or other data team meetings within the building(s) of assignment
- Collect information to identify and analyze problems and develop, implement, and evaluate intervention plans
- Provide consultation to parents and/or teachers regarding social emotional learning and/or academic difficulties, utilizing the SCRED 5-step problem-solving model: Problem Identification, Problem
- Analysis, Plan Development, Plan Implementation, and Plan Evaluation
- Assist in conducting needs assessments to support various resource allocation and/or programming decisions
- Social Emotional Learning Assessment and Services
- Complete screenings to assist students, families and school staff in determining appropriate social emotional and/or mental health supports, both internally and through outside agencies
- Support families in arranging for services from an outside agency and gather relevant school information to assist in evaluating the effects of treatment as requested
- Provide direct Social Emotional Learning (SEL) services to individuals, small groups, classrooms, or school-wide, as requested
- Provide direct counseling services to individuals or groups, as requested
- Assist in the design and delivery of Extended School Year services for students on IEPs who have mental health needs
- Provide SEL-related education and consultative services to school staff and families
- Complete function-based behavior assessments (FBAs), when deemed appropriate by the Problem Solving Team or Student Support Team
- Assist in the development of Behavior Support Plans (BSPs), in collaboration with staff to write Behavior Support Plans, and track BSPs data with integrity checks
- Gather and organize data to assist teams in making manifestation determination, when needed
- Plan and implement professional learning opportunities regarding SEL at SCRED and building(s)/district of assignment as requested
- Crisis Response Services
- Facilitate crisis response procedures and participate in the school’s crisis team at the discretion of the building principal
- Provide consultation in crisis prevention and response
- Complete student risk assessments when necessary
- Assist in completing student threat assessment activities when necessary
- Provide an immediate response to students, families, and school staff in crisis situations and determine when a referral to an outside agency is needed
- School Engagement
- Assess students’ levels of engagement/withdrawal by monitoring risk factors such as attendance, tardiness, behavioral referrals, poor academic performance, and in-school or out-of-school suspensions
- Respond on a regular basis to students’ educational needs according to their type and level of risk for disengagement from school
- Provide regular feedback to students and families about their overall progress in school and in relation to specific risk factors
- Other Duties as Assigned
- Perform other duties as assigned