Social Emotional Strategist

Bismarck Public Schools is accepting applications for a Social Emotional Strategist at Bismarck High School for the  School Year.

The Social Emotional Strategist serves as a collaborative partner with resource room staff, provides social and emotional regulation instruction, facilitates administrative processes, develops individual student plans, supports a multi‑tiered system of intervention, and ensures compliance with county, state, and federal requirements. The role involves extensive counseling to identified students with significant social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, and offers strategic services to address social‑emotional environmental issues that interfere with the educational process.

Reports to:

Building Principal

• Provide direct instruction on social skills and emotional regulation for groups or individual students.
• Engage in Functional Behavior Assessments to develop individualized Behavior Intervention Plans.
• Provide services under Federal and State guidelines for students with disabilities.
• Maintain individual student progress data and report progress to stakeholders.
• Facilitate interventions within a multi‑tiered system framework, including training and supervising other staff delivering interventions.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions at both individual and school‑wide levels.
• Serve as case manager for student programming as needed.
• Assess student and family needs using various evaluation protocols to develop and implement individualized plans of services supporting educational objectives.
• Assist with school and home crisis intervention plans for issues such as health, runaway child, abuse/neglect, domestic violence, and family member suicide.
• Coordinate training opportunities for staff, parents, and/or students on topics such as parenting skills, community resources, district programs, social skill development, and mental health awareness.
• Maintain case records and documentation, adhering to confidentiality standards and compliance with mandated requirements.
• Participate in meetings, training, and seminars to convey and gather information required for job functions.
• Respond to intervention requests in situations that could negatively impact the student's education plan, including providing social skill instruction, resiliency training, and motivational training for at‑risk students, and developing behavior intervention and support plans.
• Follow school policies and procedures.
• Ensure prompt and consistent attendance.
• Undertake additional tasks as assigned to support the effective operation of the work unit.

• Proficiency in performing multiple, highly complex, technical tasks.
• Excellent human relations, oral, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated successful use of clinical skills in working with students and/or their families, other programs, and agencies.

• Ability to perform algebra and geometry.
• Ability to review and interpret highly technical information, write technical materials, and speak persuasively to implement desired actions.
• Knowledge of Bismarck Public Schools and local agencies providing services to youth and their families.
• Excellent clinical knowledge and skill in working with students experiencing significant social, emotional, and behavioral issues and their families.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, policies, and regulations related to special education and serious emotional disabilities.

• Schedule activities, meetings, and events.
• Gather, collate, and classify data.
• Work independently and collaboratively with others in a wide variety of circumstances.
• Utilize job‑related equipment and solve practical problems.
• Maintain confidentiality, meet deadlines, and work with detailed information/data.
• Adapt to changing work priorities and maintain flexibility.
• Establish effective working relationships and handle multiple projects.
• Assist in developing and monitoring individualized education programs (IEPs) that include appropriate social skills, behavioral, and academic goals.
• Familiarity with surface management strategies as…