Intervention Specialist (26-27SY)

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Teaches primary students
• Team teaches or provides model lessons
• Provides after school/Saturday tutoring for "at-risk identified students" in an ongoing basis
• Mets with grade level teams to problem solve for students
• Identifies students who are at risk and communicates this to teachers and administration
• Develops individual plans to support success for at risk students with student support teams
• Monitor and modifies at risk programming based on data and evaluation
• Attends staff meetings, trainings, etc., as deemed by the Senior Director
• Maintains accurate Time & Effort records of program activities
• Monitors and supports IB framework in classrooms
• Reports to appropriate administrators
• Abides by all state and federal mandates in reporting sexual or physical abuse and neglect
• Supports and follows directives of campus administrators

Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree 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.
• Language 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.
• Mathematical Skills: 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.
• Reasoning Ability: 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.
• Computer Skills: Competent in Microsoft Office applications. Ability to use basic office equipment. Ability to learn and use other software as necessary.
• Safety Duties & Responsibilities: Every employee of the School has an obligation to know our safety rules and procedures; to teach what they know to others; to recognize unsafe actions and situations; to warn others of unsafe situations; to react to emergency situations and to report hazardous or unsafe practices to those in a position to correct them.
• Physical / Mental Demands: While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit and use the wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Work Environment: The work environment is 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. The environment requires close proximity to other employees, frequent interruptions, extended periods of time viewing a computer screen, and noise levels from moderate to high.

Modification of Duties & Essential Functions

Uplift Education retains the right to change and/or modify the duties and essential functions of this position at any time. This job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee.