Intervention Specialist - Mansfield Middle

Overview

There is an Intervention Specialist position available at Mansfield Middle School for the  school year.

Job Goal
:
To provide leadership for learning at the classroom level.

Reports to
:
Building Principal/Designee

• Communications
  
  Skills:
  
  Reading, speaking and writing coherently and clearly, social media communication skills and proper protocols of online engagement are essential. These might include the ability to create a short You Tube video to capture a demonstration of a process or to make a sales pitch, to reach out through the internet to a wide community of people with one’s ideas, to receive and incorporate feedback, to share information appropriately, and to identify trends and ideas from elsewhere.
• The Ability to Learn Independently:
  Taking responsibility for working out what you need to know, and where to find that knowledge. This is an ongoing process in knowledge-based work because the knowledge base is constantly changing; it could be learning about new equipment, new ways of doing things, or learning who are the people you need to know to get the job done.
• Ethics and Responsibility:
  Required to build trust, particularly in informal social networks, in a world with many different players, and a greater degree of reliance on others to accomplish one’s own goals.
• Teamwork and Flexibility:
  Collaboration and the sharing of knowledge with others in related but independent organizations. The ability to work collaboratively, virtually and at a distance, with colleagues, students and partners; pooling of knowledge, problem-solving and implementation requiring teamwork and flexibility for tasks outside a narrow job definition but necessary for success.
• Thinking Skills (critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, originality, strategizing):
  Ability to identify needs and find appropriate solutions when dealing with students, parents and the general public.
• Digital
  
  Skills:
  
  Use of technology integrated with the knowledge domain of the activity; analyze, evaluate and interpret with digital tools as required.
• Knowledge Management:
  Knowledge is rapidly changing with new research and developments; the key skill is finding, evaluating, analyzing, applying and disseminating information within a context.

• Positive Relationships:
  Develop a positive relationship with students to know each student; strong relationships build trust that positively impacts learning and are a basis for increasing rigor.
• High Expectations:
  Believe in the ability of all students to learn and recognize potential in students.
• Care and Concern:
  Demonstrate genuine care for students and motivate them to achieve at high levels.
• Standards-based Teaching:
  Use state standards as the foundation for instruction; deconstruct standards and measure them.
• Facilitator of Learning:
  Design and implement effective lessons that engage students at all levels of learning.
• Master of the Subject Matter:
  Demonstrate mastery in the subjects taught and continue to gain knowledge in the field.
• Persistence:
  Maintain perseverance through long-term, rigorous work.
• Technology:
  Plan and provide learning experiences using evidence-based strategies that integrate technology.
• Reflective:
  Engage in reflective practice regarding effectiveness as a facilitator of learning; reflect individually and with others.

Qualifications
:
Valid Ohio Teaching Certificate/License in the appropriate subject area or grade level(s). Substitute certification not accepted.

• Demonstrates flexibility.
• Demonstrates talent in successful teaching as reflected in student performance-based and standardized assessments.
• Demonstrates a problem-solving attitude.
• Believes and models the refrain that all students can learn.
• Demonstrates excellent attendance and recognizes the connection of outstanding attendance to the relevance, rigor, and cycle of teaching and learning.

• Implement Individual Education Plan objectives through classroom activities including small group, individual and large group lessons
• Develop and implement behavior management plans for students as needed
• Develop schedules and lesson plans for classroom day…