INTERNAL ONLY: TOSA - Intervention Specialist (LAWNDALE)

2026–2027 school year assignment at Lawndale High School. Position is subject to District operational needs and may be adjusted during the year, including reassignment to a classroom teaching role.

About the role

An Intervention Specialist assists site administration with the coordination of intervention programs and the implementation of 1:1 monitoring and data chats with students. The focus is on improving student attendance, academics, and behavior while helping students adhere to their college and career plans.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CTE Student Support Specialists to plan and implement school-wide student-expectations assemblies.
• Conduct student-expectations assemblies, including programmatic and pathway-specific expectations.
• Analyze student attendance, academic, and behavior data.
• Identify students in need of interventions and recommend appropriate programs.
• Monitor students assigned to intervention programs.
• Support teachers in developing and implementing classroom-based interventions.
• Conduct restorative and community-building circles.
• Engage in a cycle of analysis and intervention for students within an identified range of achievement:
  • Develop a list of target students based on identified metrics (academics—grades, PSAT, Interim Assessments, etc.—attendance, and progress toward graduation).
  • Conduct 1:1 mobile student data chats outside, but near, the student’s classroom; chats always include progress toward graduation and alignment of post-high-school aspirations with current levels of accomplishment.
  • Maintain a log of all student data chats and provide a weekly report.
  • Communicate regularly with the student’s assigned counselor to ensure timely, specific wrap-around services.
  • After the first round of data chats, analyze the data to identify progress, summarize findings, and report to the site leadership/support team.
  • Restart the cycle with a new list of target students.
• Support teachers’ engagement with the four critical PLC questions and PLC structures.
• Conduct site attendance intervention meetings (SART) and attend district attendance intervention meetings (SARB).
• Advise at student support meetings (SSTs, IEPs, BIPs, etc.).
• Implement and monitor PBIS and the school-site PBIS action plan.
• Implement and monitor the student attendance and school-site attendance action plan.
• Monitor students during passing periods, nutrition, and lunch.
• Proactively communicate with parents regarding student progress toward identified attendance, academic, and behavior goals and interventions implemented.
• Conduct parent/community outreach and workshops.
• Perform threat assessments and manage crisis events.
• Attend site-level and district-level professional development and/or planning meetings (collaboration, faculty, Intervention Specialists, etc.).
• Act as the Principal’s Designee over student discipline when no administrators are present on campus.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services, or designee.

Requirements

• Valid Clear California Teaching Credential.
• Three years of full-time teaching experience within CVUHSD.
• Permanent status within the district.
• At least four years of secondary-level teaching experience.
• Experience with data analysis and reporting.
• Effective communication with students, parents, and school staff.
• Classroom management expertise.
• Trained, or willing to be trained, in and implement District-led initiatives, strategies, and supports.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in education or a related field (desirable).
• CA Administrative Services Credential or Certificate of Eligibility (desirable).
• Experience with PowerSchool searches and reports (desirable).
• Experience coordinating and evaluating programs or academies (desirable).
• Experience with academic, attendance, and behavior intervention (desirable).
• Experience with community outreach (desirable).
• Experience with Restorative Practices (desirable).
• Experience with IEPs, BIPs, SSTs, and 504s (desirable).
• Knowledge of CA Education Code regarding discipline and attendance (desirable).
• Spanish fluency (desirable).

Pay

Salary Schedule D. Summer hours compensated at a rate of $55/hour.

Schedule

Teacher Work Calendar. Daily schedule: 420 minutes, exclusive of a 35-minute duty-free lunch (exact hours determined by supervisor). Flex hours by up to 7 hours per month to accommodate after-school, evening, and weekend events; additional flex hours may be scheduled by mutual agreement.