Intervention Specialist - Frost Lake Elementary

General Information

Frost Lake is seeking a full-time Intervention Specialist.

Bachelor's degree and one year of experience as a trainer/coach, program liaison, providing routine personal counseling services, facilitating support groups or providing educational staff support. (Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.)

• Each position may require knowledge, skills or abilities specific to an educational program.
• Knowledge of urban education.
• Knowledge of barriers to learning.
• Knowledge of district and community resources available to assist students and their families with resolving academic achievement and/or behavioral problems.
• Knowledge of conflict resolution theories and methods.
• Knowledge of behavior management techniques.
• Excellent organizational, planning and coordination skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to interact effectively with persons from various cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Ability to maintain records, evaluate data, and prepare recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively, cooperatively and collaboratively with students, parents, school staff and administration.

• A position in the Intervention Specialist job classification may be assigned duties that are not included in the examples listed or it may not perform all of the listed duties.
• Coordinate the activities of programs to improve student achievement and/or behavior.
• Work with licensed staff to facilitate the implementation of consistent/comprehensive curriculum within an academic achievement room.
• Provide tutoring support and work direction to students in a variety of subject areas.
• Communicate consistently with staff and parents regarding individual student progress; provide individual families with information about academic or behavior interventions, strategies for tutoring at home and/or information about other programs available within the District for students needing additional academic and/or behavior support.
• Provide behavior management training and coaching for classroom teachers and educational paraprofessionals, individually or in groups, as appropriate.
• Model classroom management techniques for teachers and paraprofessionals, both in role playing sessions and during class time when behavior incidents occur.
• Coordinate other school staff to provide additional student support in an academic achievement room, including licensed staff to provide instruction and non-licensed staff to tutor and assist with other non-instructional support activities.
• Coordinate and facilitate professional development for non-licensed staff in the area of tutoring.
• Develop communications to ensure that school staff is aware of academic achievement activities and/or behavior management techniques.
• Serve as a member of committees and/or teams working to resolve student academic progress or behavior issues; provide feedback to licensed staff regarding student progress in tutoring sessions; consult with licensed staff regarding tutorial and/or behavior management methods that best support academic achievement.
• Assist with the development and implementation of innovative methods for serving students needing additional academic and/or behavior support.
• Document information relating to student achievement or behavior issues to utilize in planning interventions.
• Maintain records of student academic achievement or behavioral referral data; generate reports for administrators as appropriate; analyze data to monitor student behavior trends in order to develop better intervention strategies.
• Attend district meetings and workshops.
• Respond to student inquiries relating to academic progress and provide them with supplemental support services.
• Contribute to the District's Strong Schools, Strong Communities efforts by partnering with other staff to contribute to student achievement and the alignment and sustainability of resources.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

This is a 10 month position working 40 hours per week.

Pay range for this position is: $38,086 - $60,385.

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