Intervention Specialist, Education ​/ Teaching

Intervention Specialist

Job Description

The Dayton Early College Academy (DECA) is an award-winning, high performing network of charter schools located in Dayton, Ohio. Serving grades K-12, DECA’s three campuses are singularly focused on helping children from the city of Dayton gain the skills they need to be successful in college and beyond.

We prepare future college graduates today to become the leaders of our community tomorrow.

• Put students first
• Demand success
• Invest deeply in relationships
• Do what’s right
• Prove education changes lives
• Find joy

• 94% of our students are African-American and 72% are economically disadvantaged
• Over 80% of our students will be first in their family to go to college
• DECA is committed to providing a rigorous and engaging academic curriculum
• Our campuses foster an awareness of social justice issues
• Strong community partnerships are at the core of our success
• DECA alumni graduate from college at a rate nearly 5 times the national average for first generation college students and on par with their suburban counterparts

• Are developing and practicing cultural competence in their teaching, teamwork, and leadership
• Build relationships with students, families, colleagues, and community
• Provide, seek, and act on feedback
• Live our Core Values

Intervention specialists/advisors serve as advocates and academic support team coordinators for students. The teacher manages students’ individualized educational plans (IEP). The IEP is based on modifications needed to address the student’s deficits and requires a variety of instructional strategies and settings. The teacher will know their students well, help them plan and follow through on their learning goals, and work tirelessly to create optimal learning experiences for students in their advisory groups.

This position reports to the campus principal.

• Valid Ohio Intervention Specialist license;
  Prior relevant experience preferred
• Effective interpersonal skills with children and adults
• A broad range of interests and experience with a passion for learning
• Knowledge of state and national academic content standards and IDEA rules and procedures
• Basic knowledge in all core content areas
• Knowledge of pedagogical theories, perspectives, and developments
• Sound classroom management skills
• Ability to improvise and work through uncertainties
• Experience with technology‑integration in the teaching and learning process
• Effectiveness in an interdisciplinary, teamed environment
• Skills in graphic technology preferred
• Collegiality and an eagerness to participate in student-centered school activities are essential
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Leadership skills
• Excellent problem‑solving skills

• Serve as positive role model for students
• Assess student academic, social, and personal strengths and needs
• Develop meaningful, appropriate relationships with each student and his/her parent/guardian
• Be available to students and parents for education‑related purposes outside of the traditional prescribed times and day when required to do so (within reason)
• Develop annual IEPs with the students and parents as well as chair the Evaluation Team Referral Process
• Implement, by instruction and action, DECA Middle’s mission
• Know and understand DECA Middle’s goals and how they align to content area standards as defined by Ohio Department of Education
• Celebrate student accomplishments
• Hold students accountable for their academic progress
• Advocate for, and on behalf of, students and families
• Forecast educational needs of each student
• Plan a program of instruction that is both challenging and that meets the individual needs, interest, and abilities of each advisee
• Report each student’s progress, both educationally and socially, through, at minimum quarterly reports, phone calls to parents, and weekly student meetings
• Attend faculty meetings and other staff development and planning sessions as determined by the principal and school staff
• Facilitate additional academic, social, and health services for each advisee…