Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Coordinator
Job Number: P135623
Posting Date: Jun 10, 2024, 12:48:59 PM
Primary Location: North/Northwest Side-6530 West Bryn Mawr Ave (William Howard Taft High Schoo)
JOB DESCRIPTION -
Job Goals:
The SEL Coordinator (SELC) supports the design and implementation of the social emotional learning curriculum, standards, instruction and assessment, delivers and supports professional development for staff, is a lead support to instructional coaches and interventionists and a teammate to mental health support staff. The SELC also provides supplementary behavior support and remedial services delivered individually and/or in group situations, and through consultation with other professionals. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in social emotional learning across all tiers and experience with curriculum design and proficiency-based learning.
Demonstrated success leading adult learners in data-based decision making within a multi-tiered system of support is also critical.
Qualifications:
- Holds a PEL. Minimum of five years teaching experience.
- Social work experience in the high school setting is preferred.
- IB MYP experience and/or training preferred.
- Knowledge of CASEL competencies.
- Experience with facilitating professional development for teachers and/or other education professionals.
- A deep understanding of and commitment to SEL as a framework for school improvement.
- Leadership ability, especially working well with teams.
- Sensitivity to students’ social, emotional and behavioral challenges.
- Creativity and flexibility to develop successful programs for student academic success.
- Ability to interact with students, families, staff and administration and effectively handle issues utilizing a problem solving approach.
- Capable of working collegially with staff and administration.
- Ability to prioritize the needs and requests of students, families, staff and administration within the school setting and respond in a professional and efficient manner.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks at one time.
- Comfort speaking in front of groups of students as well as adults/colleagues.
- Successful direct experience with children exhibiting social, emotional and behavioral challenges.
- Understanding of critical practices and systems of behavior support.
- Evidence of successful engagement with families.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Capable of responding simultaneously to a variety of requests from families, staff and administration.
- Demonstrated proficiency in ASPEN and Google Suite applications
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:
- Provide individualized, classroom-based and/or team-based support to implement resources and tools for social emotional learning, mental health, mindfulness, and wellbeing of students.
- Facilitate the integration of social emotional learning and mindfulness as a regular part of a proactive classroom behavior management system to assist with instructional delivery.
- Provide staff development on the social emotional learning program components and how it assists instructional design as it relates to meeting content and social emotional learning standards.
- Provide supplementary behavior support and remedial services delivered individually and/or in group situations, and through consultation with other professionals.
- Support the use of multiple sources of data collection to analyze barriers to student achievement and to access, identify and apply to instructional improvement.
- Serve as a resource in identifying appropriate instructional strategies and interventions to improve social emotional learning for all students.
- Work with principals to create a school-wide focus on goals for social emotional learning.
- Participate fully in professional development opportunities and professional research and reading.
- Serves as a positive role model for students and staff in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Principal.