LIAISON, STUDENT SUPPORT, KINDERGARTEN - 5TH GRADE

About the role

The Student Support Liaison creates, adjusts, and implements systems that support all students in having positive behaviors and attendance. They provide the framework and interventions that enable students to have a safe, productive, and successful educational experience. They reinforce the culture of the classroom/school and ensure that all students understand behavioral and attendance expectations.

Responsibilities

• Actively engages in identifying student needs, especially when it has to do with their academic or social lives, and provides/suggests solutions where necessary.
• Consults with teachers, parents, and school personnel about learning, social, and behavioral issues.
• Confers with teachers and parents regarding the student's strengths, opportunities for growth and aptitudes.
• Maintains a positive school environment through effective conflict resolution, collaboration, positive reinforcement, and modeling.
• Implements curriculum and restorative approaches feedback to develop positive social skills.
• Performs attendance related advising to assigned student caseload to motivate students to establish and achieve their attendance goals.
• Assists in the application of appropriate interventions for chronically absent students.
• Develops community partnerships that are willing to offer programs and/or services for students at the school in alignment of identified needs.
• Establishes and maintains accurate student records and files regarding attendance and disciplinary issues.
• Analyzes and reports data findings to school leadership, including Intervention Plans when necessary.
• Refers students to school counselors or social workers, especially in situations that have escalated beyond academic or social concerns.
• Collaborates with school counseling and other staff to be kept apprised on issues affecting a student’s academic performance and/or social conflicts with teachers, students and parents.
• Promotes school and in-home literacy enrichment for at-risk students to support student engagement and necessary resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or relevant work experience, required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Education, preferred.
• Two (2) or more years of experience as a Restorative Justice, preferred.
• Three (3) years minimum experience and demonstrated success in working collaboratively with other professional staff on instructional improvement issues, required.
• Experience working with alternative youth and service providers preferred.
• Bilingual in Spanish, highly preferred.

Qualifications

Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in our community, along with believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education.

Skills

Ability to meet the physical demands of the position. Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us.

Benefits

DPS offers a competitive salary range of $46,892 - $56,272 annually, along with other Total Reward offerings such as time off, health and wellness benefits, and PERA Retirement.