Conflict Resolution Specialist

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Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is the third‑largest school district in the United States, serving over 340,000 students in 600+ schools and employing nearly 36,000 people, most of them teachers. CPS has set ambitious goals to ensure that every student, in every school and every neighborhood, has access to a world‑class learning experience that prepares each for success in college, career, and civic life.

In order to fulfill this mission, we make three commitments to our students, their families, and all Chicagoans: academic progress, financial stability, and integrity. Six core values are embedded within these commitments – student‑centered, whole child, equity, academic excellence, community partnership, and continuous learning.

• Handle student discipline issues so that the teaching and learning process is not interrupted and all students are provided with a high‑quality learning environment.
• Lead the teaching of Tier I behavior expectations for students.
• Recommend, administer, and enforce building policies and procedures related to discipline.
• Supervise and maintain the management of each student’s discipline records and policies.
• Plan and implement preventive disciplinary measures through changes in programming, counseling, home visits, schedule changes, behavioral plans, etc.
• Maintain disciplinary files and exercise appropriate leadership in processing student behavioral problems, including accurate record‑keeping of infractions and communication with parents and staff.
• Assist in the planning and implementation of the school’s emergency preparedness program.
• Organize and coordinate academic intervention programs for students, including working lunch and after‑school detention.
• Organize and coordinate study tables for failing students involved in activities.
• Monitor before, during, and after in‑school detention.
• Communicate with staff regarding disciplinary actions and plans.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Experience:
  
  Three years of related experience required.
• Ability to articulate a vision, set high standards, and effectively guide schools and principals in the realization of expectations.
• Expertise in leadership development and instructional leadership; ability to coach directors and managers toward excellence, build capacity of content area teams, and develop meaningful and high‑impact professional communities for teachers and school leaders.
• Strong communication skills (speaking, including presentations, listening, and writing).
• Demonstrate high levels of instructional expertise, integrity, honesty, credibility, and the courage to make difficult yet necessary decisions.
• Effective strategic planning capabilities, including the ability to establish long‑term vision and goals, and align/manage activities toward goal fulfillment.
• Strong leadership and team‑building skills, e.g. ability to develop high‑performing teams united around a clear vision for serving schools and achieving student success.
• Knowledge of operations, budget/finance, management, and organizational development.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with a variety of constituent groups, including external partners, to ensure the entire system operates in the most effective manner possible to support schools and principals.
• Ability to define problems, analyze data, and outline valid conclusions and action steps.

• Establish/Maintain Chicago Residency:
  Employees are required to live within the geographic boundaries of the City of Chicago within six months of their CPS hire date and maintain residency throughout their employment with the district.
• Be Fully Vaccinated or Submit to Weekly COVID‑19 Testing:
  Employees must be fully vaccinated within 30 days of their hire date. Full vaccination is defined as at least two weeks after the second shot of a two‑shot vaccination course, or at least two weeks after a one‑shot vaccination course. Unvaccinated staff must submit to weekly testing.

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