Student Engagement & Behavior Specialist

Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Springfield Prep Charter School is a K-8 public charter school in Springfield, Massachusetts that prepares all students for high school, college, and life. We are driven by the belief that all children deserve a world‑class education and that they can and will achieve when provided with high expectations, rigorous curriculum, and a joyful school culture.

The Culture Coordinator (CC) supports scholars to ensure that they meet our high expectations for classroom engagement and behavior, and can focus on their learning. The CC collaborates and works closely with teachers, counselors, families, and school leadership to ensure that all students are able to experience success in school, that behavior issues do not impact scholar success, that the school environment is conducive to learning, and that school culture is positive.

• Manage disciplinary issues that arise in middle school – taking proactive steps to prevent classroom disengagement with scholars who are struggling and responding to instances of significant classroom disruption in order to help the student process their actions and re‑engage in learning. It also means using the Code of Conduct to ensure consistency and fairness for all disciplinary issues and upholding school‑wide policies on a daily basis, (e.g., attendance and uniform policies).
• Oversee behavioral pull‑out and in‑school suspensions – our priority is to support students in the classroom but students will need time out of the classroom to de‑escalate, reflect, and/or prepare to re‑engage in learning. The CC leads this process and, in rare instances, supervises the student while they are not with their class. The CC is also responsible for keep­ing clear documentation of student culture and discipline records.
• Support teachers and school leadership in dealing with behavioral crisis‑intervention and acute behavioral issues – when serious behavioral issues do occur, the CC will work with the Counselor to de‑escalate, communicate with families, and re‑engage the student.
• Lead positive school culture initiatives – coordinate and support positive school incentives and events, such as leadership and community awards and whole‑school celebrations.
• Work closely with families to understand potential sources of school disengagement and misbehavior, uphold school‑wide community expectations, develop creative solutions to support engagement, and track progress – engaging in positive and difficult conversations with students and families, problem‑solving collaboratively, and implementing individual Behavior Intervention Plans, Home/School Plans, and Safety Plans.
• Support students with a mix of firmness and love – motivating and coaching students, celebrating successes, and giving students consequences.
• Provide targeted programming to support positive identity development and peer relationships – work with the Counselor and school leadership to facilitate social skills groups, mediation, and other age‑appropriate groups and lessons to support students navigating middle‑school challenges.
• Work side by side with teachers, in classrooms, to support student engagement and learning – the CC will spend the majority of time in classrooms, collaborating with teachers and supporting student learning, providing academic work, leading small group interventions, collaborating with teachers, and being part of grade‑level teams.
• Supervise non‑classroom times such as arrival, dismissal, lunch, and transitions, and manage bus safety – lead these spaces and times to uphold school‑wide systems and expectations, setting and upholding expectations for appropriate behavior.

Our community and student body are diverse, and we believe that we can best achieve our mission when our leadership, teachers, and staff reflect our students’ identities. Therefore, we are committed to being a diverse organization at all levels. With this in mind, we encourage people from all backgrounds and identities to apply.

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