Escuela Avancemos is seeking a Behavior Interventionist Specialist for the 2024-2025 School Year.

About Escuela Avancemos! Academy:

Escuela Avancemos! is a K-8 Academy located in the heart of Southwest Detroit. We are looking for educators who will inspire our students to succeed at the highest level by educating them with love, restorative principles, and rigorous learning expectations.

The academy's culture is defined by our academic success, our commitment to serving the whole child, and an inclusive environment that celebrates the diversity of our families, students, and staff.

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Bachelor's degree in the areas of social work, psychology, education and/or sociology

· Knowledge of best practice and research-based intervention practices delivered in a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS/RTI)

· Successful experience working with at-risk students

· Knowledge of group dynamics, facilitation, and restorative practices

· Ability to analyze, implement, track, and report intervention plans and strategies

· Spanish language, preferred.

· Submit to a criminal background check and be found without record.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Student Support Interventionist must have the knowledge and skills necessary to support students, staff, and systems through a positive behavioral support framework. The Student Support Interventionist will maintain a caseload of identified general education students to provide additional support, strategies, and accommodations to improve student’s behavioral, mental health, and academic outcomes. The Student Support Interventionist will also facilitate and lead weekly small group sessions focused on skill-building with identified students,

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Uphold a student-centered, restorative, and healing approach upholding the Academy’s mission and values at all times.

Maintain a general education caseload of identified students for behavioral and mental health supports

Promote highly specialized positive behavior interventions in which “at risk” students thrive: behavior instruction that is explicit, intensive, accelerated, and provides ample practice.

Use ongoing assessments to maintain a record of student progress.

Participate in the PBIS team behavioral

Participate in the behavior intervention team process and meetings

Plan and facilitate skill-based groups based on school needs

Conduct conflict resolution and peer mediation sessions

Push-in and co-teach with teachers as needed to support behavior in the classroom

Work with staff/students to guide and support them in understanding the behavioral support process

Work with staff and students to develop plans for improvement

Complete and implement FBAs and behavior intervention plans as needed

Serve as an advocate for students to help resolve classroom issues.

Communicate and establish effective working partnerships with families

Consult with School Social Worker, Teachers, special education team, and families as needed

Maintain confidentiality with all student records and information

Supervise and monitor students during lunch periods as scheduled by the administration

Perform other duties as assigned as related to the job description