1.0 FTE Student Support Specialist @ McGuire Middle School POSITION SUMMARY: The Student Support Specialist enhances student learning by providing strategic services to identify and address social-emotional-behavioral issues that interfere with school success. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The essential functions of this position include, but are not limited to, the following fundamental duties: Intervention Services *Provide support to students with organizational, work completion and/or self-advocacy needs *Serve as a member of the building student assistant team; provide building staff with social-emotional-mental health resources and instructional strategies to support quality pre-referral interventions *Serve as a building resource for mental health; help others to recognize early warning signs and overt indicators of student distress or abuse and to take appropriate referral, intervention or reporting action *Consult with building staff regarding student specific social-emotional-mental health issues *Provide a positive, safe environment in which students are encouraged to actively engage in their learning *Serve as a resource and support for skills, grief and chemical health groups and implement classroom interventions in areas of concern for the students *Provide crisis intervention and support to students, parents and staff Collaboration *Assist in risk assessments of students with discipline and attendance issues *Establish and maintain positive relationships with parents/guardians; communicate with families about available mental health services and how to access the services *Serve as a liaison with community agencies and resources; assist with referrals as necessary *Locate and mobilize community resources to support students and families *Serve as contact person for students returning to school from hospitalization for or treatment of mental health and/or chemical health issues *Collaborate regularly with district chemical health specialist Professional Development *Stay current with best practices in social-emotional-behavioral evaluation and intervention *Conduct staff development activities on topics related to social-emotional-mental health issues *Act in a professional and ethical manner and adhere at all times to the professional Code of Ethics
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LTS Special Education Teacher
Description: LTS Special Education Teacher – at East Junior High.
This position is from approximately November until January 20th.
Job Summary:
Special Education Teacher to work with a variety of disabilities.
Deliver direct & indirect services, monitor IEP progress on goals & objectives.
Follow due process and IEP procedures & paperwork, communicate and work collaboratively with families & staff.
English 12th Grade Long-Term Substitute
Minnehaha Academy is a Christian school and a ministry of the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Our mission is to provide a high-quality education integrating the Christian faith and learning. The Upper School has a full-time, short-term English/Language Arts opening beginning around March 5, 2018, and lasting for 7-8 weeks. Teacher responsibilities will include five sections of 12th grade English: 2 sections of AP Literature and Composition, and 3 sections of English 12.
General Information Humboldt Secondary is seeking an Acting Incumbent Teacher – Life Science. This is an immediate assignment that will end on March 25, 2016. sponsibilities The essential job functions include, but are not limited to, the following fundamental duties: Provide instruction in the core curriculum areas for which employed; make appropriate use of instructional resources and technologies. Develop and implement innovative methods for providing instruction to students. Support the Minnesota Graduation Standards; implement the goals and objectives of the District and the school and/or program to which assigned. Evaluate student performance in accordance with system used by school and/or District; promote student achievement; maintain required student records; make related reports to the principal as prescribed or authorized by the superintendent. Maintain contact and communications with parents of students and work with them in the academic development of the student; participate in parent teacher conferences. Perform classroom management duties; enforce rules governing the conduct of students; take appropriate disciplinary action with students when necessary. Continue to seek professional growth and development in the curriculum areas for which employed; attend professional development required by the District. Contribute to the District’s Strong Schools, Strong Communities efforts by partnering with other staff to contribute to student achievement and the alignment and sustainability of resources. Perform other related duties as assigned.
Educational Assistant
POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES * Assist classroom teachers in carrying out all responsibilities associated withelementary immersion teaching assignment. * Assist classroom teachers in conducting classroom instruction of all basicsubjects in Spanish. * Work with small groups or individual students in math and/or reading *Assist teacher as needed * Collaborate with grade-level team members, program specialists, programcoordinator, director, and other staff regarding program implementation. * Maintain knowledge of current and emerging trends, procedures, and evaluationprocesses in immersion programs. * Participate in in-service program planning and staff development activities. * Participate in immersion and the International Baccalaureate OrganizationPrimary Years Programme training programs. * General supervision during recess, lunch, arrival and dismissal.
Occupational Therapist (3058)
Under the direction of the Director of Special Services, the Occupational Therapist is responsible for planning, implementing and providing direct occupational services to children with special educational needs to assist them improve, develop, restore, or maintain their participation in school work, self-help or play in educational environments consistent with state and federal laws, regulations and guidelines. Incumbents are responsible for implementing occupational therapy services as delineated by the IEP and for assisting student meet IEP goals and objectives. Essential duties outlined below are intended as ‘representative’ examples of the level, nature and decision making expected of positions assigned to this classification. The duties below are not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all duties and tasks performed by the employees assigned to this classification. A classification description, unlike job description or position description, is designed to capture the general expectations, complexity level, and nature of work of any position that may be allocated to this classification.