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Job Description:
Star of the North Academy is seeking a culturally responsive, critical thinking and energetic K-8th grade Behavior Specialist for the 2024-2025 school year.
This position will focus on building and supporting positive student behavior and a safe and supportive culture and climate for optimal student learning, including managing student behavior referrals and building strong and effective relationships with students and families to support student success.
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Manages student behavior in hallways and classrooms, monitors student attendance, handles day-to-day functions of discipline
- Working with students needing additional assistance to be successful behaviorally in a classroom or other school setting
- School wide behavior supports planning and implementation
- Behavioral data collection and analysis and school wide training for use and implementation
- Supporting students by building relationships and teaching skills that will support positive behaviors
- Communicate with staff and students regarding students’ needs and behavioral progress
- Daily behavior management and intervention duties
- Supervises student arrival and dismissal, coordinates the bus safety program, and manages bus behavior referrals
- Oversees student attendance program in collaboration with the School Administration; manages communication related to attendance
- Collaborates with administrative team to execute student management plan including procedures for conflict management, restitution, suspension, etc
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in education, mental health, child development or other related fields
- Knowledge of elementary school policies and procedures, student management and discipline
- Previous coursework/training in the areas of conflict management, restitution, students w/ special needs, student management, creative problem solving, small group dynamics, and social services
- Ability to be patient, flexible, and work with students and families
- Evidence of highly effective student management
- Desire to continue developing leadership skills
- Direct experience in working with student discipline issues
- Have knowledge of and be able to apply legal mandates, policies, regulations and operational procedures pertaining to student instruction and discipline
- Possess human relations strategies, conflict resolution strategies and team building principles and techniques
- Ability to recognize areas of concern and propose or recommend appropriate solutions to problems
- Assists with developing and preparing school discipline reports for submission to the Student Records Management Program
Preferred:
- Evidence of leadership at the building and/or district level
- Teaching experience
- Mental health experience
- Behavioral health experience in a school setting
- Bilingual / bicultural (Arabic, Somali, Urdu, Amharic, Oromo)
Compensation:
Star of the North Academy's salary for this position is competitive and based on prior experience. In addition, Star of the North Academy offers a benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life insurance, PTO, Sick time, and other incentives.
To Apply:
Please submit your resume and cover letter to employment@snacharterschool.org
