Behavior Education Assistant​/Family Liaison Muir - FTE - SY

Behavioral Education Assistant/Family Liaison

MMSD is seeking highly motivated and energetic applicants! Applicants should have a good attitude, willingness to learn, and passion for impactful work and learning.

The Madison Metropolitan School District is committed to being anti-racist, culturally responsive, and inclusive. We have a simple but bold vision — to ensure that every school is a thriving school, fostering the growth of every student so they graduate from high school ready for college, career and community.

The Madison Metropolitan School District is the second largest school district in Wisconsin. The district serves a beautifully diverse population of more than 25,000 students. More than half are students of color. Almost half come from low income households. Nearly one third are English Language Learners, and more than 100 languages are represented in our schools. Madison schools are committed to making this district a place where every child thrives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Be an active and positive member of a mobile response team that supports students who are demonstrating challenging/dysregulated behavior
• Follow protocols and systems for supporting students
• Communicate with teachers, Dean of Students, Principals, Families in a professional manner
• Input data into Edu Climber system to keep track of behavior calls
• Collaborate with the team of BEAs, Dean and other mobile response members
• Provide proactive support to students who need to regulate to learn
• Supporting students both in and out of the classroom
• Display mature, patient and compassionate behaviors when working with all students
• Display professional behavior that includes refraining from cell phone use when working with children
• Other related duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required to Perform

Essential Job Functions:

• Strong, positive, and professional communication skills
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Collaboration skills
• Ability to be flexible and adaptive to what is needed at the moment
• Ability to physically move quickly and support students physically
• Ability to be calm and positive in very challenging situations with students and adults
• Ability to be on your feet for long periods - and able to move about a large school that includes stairs
• Ability to connect quickly and build relationships with children, families and staff
• Ability to provide individual and small group instructional reinforcement
• Ability to work independently with students in school, community, vocational, and domestic situations under the direction of a teacher
• Ability to keep accurate student data
• Ability to work with physically aggressive students
• Ability to work with students who are nonverbal or who do not have intelligible speech
• Ability to follow teacher direction, written plans, individual education programs, and behavior intervention plans
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse students, staff and community, orally and in writing
• Ability to maintain student confidentiality
• Ability to walk, lift (up to 50 lbs.), climb, bend, reach, and kneel
• Ability to learn and use basic computer skills (e.g., e-mail, internet, word processing)

The Family Liaisons work to meaningfully strengthen the connection between school, home, and community. Family Liaisons at Full Service Community Schools will work collaboratively with the Community Schools Resource Coordinator to ensure that families are represented in decision-making and are aware of the partnerships and opportunities available through the school. Family Liaisons at all sites will increase access and linkages to resources and opportunities found in the community.

They prioritize efforts that increase student attendance by working in partnership with families and school staff to provide resources and developing and implementing strategies to increase attendance. Family Liaisons collaborate with the Community School Resource Coordinator and other school staff to recruit and coordinate school volunteer opportunities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work Collaboratively with School Staff
• Work with Student Services staff and Bi-lingual staff to identify and work directly with individual families who may be in need of more support. When appropriate, manage a small caseload of higher-need students/families, not to exceed 5 students per semester.
• Work directly with School Student Support Teams, School Parent Support Teams, MSCR and the School PTO/PTA to promote diverse parent representation and involvement.
• Work Directly with Families
• Act as an advocate for parents to ensure parent voices are heard and valued throughout decision making.
• Meet with parents and Principal regarding concerns or complaints and work with school staff and parents toward resolution of the issue.
• Conduct home visits, including but not limited to accompanying the School Social Worker on home visits when needed.
• Attends school based evening events that the Family Liaison has been directly…