2026-27 Intervention Specialist 10 mo - Wellstone Elementary

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree and one year of experience as a trainer/coach, program liaison, providing routine personal counseling services, facilitating support groups, or providing educational staff support. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of urban education
• Knowledge of barriers to learning
• Knowledge of district and community resources available to assist students and their families with resolving academic achievement and/or behavioral problems
• Knowledge of conflict resolution theories and methods
• Knowledge of behavior management techniques
• Excellent organizational, planning, and coordination skills
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to interact effectively with persons from various cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds
• Ability to maintain records, evaluate data, and prepare recommendations
• Ability to work effectively, cooperatively, and collaboratively with students, parents, school staff, and administration

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the activities of programs to improve student achievement and/or behavior
• Work with licensed staff to facilitate the implementation of consistent/comprehensive curriculum within an academic achievement room
• Provide tutoring support and work direction to students in a variety of subject areas
• Communicate consistently with staff and parents regarding individual student progress; provide individual families with information about academic or behavior interventions, strategies for tutoring at home, and/or information about other programs available within the District for students needing additional academic and/or behavior support
• Provide behavior management training and coaching for classroom teachers and educational paraprofessionals, individually or in groups, as appropriate
• Model classroom management techniques for teachers and paraprofessionals, both in role-playing sessions and during class time when behavior incidents occur
• Coordinate other school staff to provide additional student support in an academic achievement room, including licensed staff to provide instruction and non-licensed staff to tutor and assist with other non-instructional support activities
• Coordinate and facilitate professional development for non-licensed staff in the area of tutoring
• Develop communications to ensure that school staff is aware of academic achievement activities and/or behavior management techniques
• Serve as a member of committees and/or teams working to resolve student academic progress or behavior issues; provide feedback to licensed staff regarding student progress in tutoring sessions; consult with licensed staff regarding tutorial and/or behavior management methods that best support academic achievement
• Assist with the development and implementation of innovative methods for serving students needing additional academic and/or behavior support
• Document information relating to student achievement or behavior issues to utilize in planning interventions
• Maintain records of student academic achievement or behavioral referral data; generate reports for administrators as appropriate; analyze data to monitor student behavior trends in order to develop better intervention strategies
• Attend district meetings and workshops
• Respond to student inquiries relating to academic progress and provide them with supplemental support services
• Contribute to the District's Strong Schools, Strong Communities efforts by partnering with other staff to contribute to student achievement and the alignment and sustainability of resources
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Pay

Pay range for this position is $51,142 - $77,316. Maximum hiring step is Step Twelve (12). The full salary schedule is listed in the Teachers contract.

Schedule

This is a 10-month position working 40 hours per week.

Benefits

Benefit information for this position can be found on the Benefits Summaries page by selecting the "SCSP (School and Community Services Personnel) – Full Time" link.