SANKOFA MISSION

The mission of Sankofa School of Success, Inc. is to create an environment that is safe, nurturing and seeks to meet students' academic, social and emotional needs using neuroscience, mindfulness, and rigorous education.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Mindfulness Specialist

Reports to: Director of Student Services

Job Type: Non-Exempt

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SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

This position will support students with intensive behavioral needs, overseeing an alternative setting and implementing a structured schedule of personalized academic, behavioral, and wraparound support for each student and implementing social emotional learning curriculum.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• Minimum of one of the following:
  • 48 hours of college credits
  • One year or 1,000 hours of previous employment experience in a school or working with children
• Registered Behavior Technician certification preferred

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience working in a Title I school or with a similar population of children
• Experience implementing mindfulness and restorative practices

COMPETENCIES:

• **Relationship Building & Collaboration: **Foster collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, families, and other stakeholders and share work with others to maximize impact
• Operational Efficiency: Utilize time management and organizational strategies that maximize instructional impact while fulfilling operational duties with accuracy and timeliness
• Growth Mindset: Commit to ongoing professional learning, seeking and applying feedback and staying grounded in a belief in our students' potential
• **Adaptability & Resilience: **Demonstrate willingness to try new approaches, show flexibility and patience with change, and communicate concerns and potential solutions proactively as challenges arise
• Behavioral Expertise: Demonstrates understanding of and use of evidence-based behavioral interventions
• Use of Evidence-Based Instructional Practices: Demonstrate understanding and use of evidence-based instructional strategies

Instructional & Social Emotional Excellence

• Foster an environment conducive to safety and learning that promotes both intellectual growth and emotional well-being
• Internalize and deliver engaging and effective behavioral interventions
• Supervise and support students in navigating and engaging with personalized learning software and tutoring
• Implement evidence-based instructional strategies and apply neuroscience and mindfulness principles to support students' developmental needs

Data-Driven Practice

• Coordinate collection of student data across academic, social, emotional, and behavioral domains
• Frequently assess and document student skills and growth in behavioral domains and adjust interventions to meet student needs

Communication & Collaboration

• Participate in shared communication systems, including inputting real-time data in a timely manner
• Foster meaningful family involvement in the educational process by regularly communicating with families about student progress and scheduling family conferences for students on their caseload
• Collaborate effectively with administration, student support staff, and all staff
• Resolve conflicts promptly using reason and emotional intelligence, focusing on solutions rather than blame
• Uphold school policies and procedures while contributing to a culture of excellence and accountability

Professional Growth

• Attend and participate fully in all professional development opportunities
• Solicit and respond to feedback to continuously improve instructional practice
• Proactively communicate challenges with a solutions-mindset

Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None.

LANGUAGE SKILLS : Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs using EXCEL.

REASONING ABILITY : Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: None.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to find, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and humid conditions and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

DISCLAIMER:

The above job description is designed to denote the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of employees assigned to this job.