Intervention Specialist: 26-27 SY

About the role

Uplift's mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world. The role involves providing programming, instruction, and writing curriculum for students in grades K-12, who are "at-risk" of not succeeding in school.

Responsibilities

• Teach students
• Team teach or provide model lessons
• Provide after school/Saturday tutoring for "at-risk identified students" on an ongoing basis
• Meet with grade level teams to problem solve for students
• Identify students who are at risk and communicate this to teachers and administration
• Develop individual plans to support success for at-risk students with the student support teams
• Monitor and modify at-risk programming based on data and evaluation
• Attend staff meetings, trainings, etc., as deemed by the Senior Director
• Monitor and support IB framework in classrooms
• Report to appropriate administrators
• Abide by all state and federal mandates in reporting sexual or physical abuse and neglect
• Uphold the code of conduct and all school policies
• Model behavior in the code of conduct
• Support and follow directives of campus administrators

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Bachelor's degree (B.A./ B.S.) from four-year college or university required
• Master's degree is preferred
• Minimum 3 years teaching experience in core areas, reading, learning disabilities/emotional and behavioral special education preferred
• Experience in tutoring or teaching skills highly desirable
• Proven results of successful teaching
• Spanish speaking, a plus

Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and apply common sense understand and to carry out instructions in written or oral form
• Ability to set priorities
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form with all levels of personnel, students, and parents
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
• Competent in Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to use basic office equipment
• Ability to learn and use other software as necessary

Pay

Starting Salary: $63,000