Student Support Specialist - Whittier, NC
Position Overview
The Student Support Specialist will use the CIS Model to identify and assess the needs of identified youth (case managed students), while coordinating tiered interventions and support for the whole school population.
Essential Competencies
Accountability & Dependability: takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of the work with attention to details, adapts to changing needs, conditions, situations and displays openness to different or new ways of doing things and sees multiple perspectives.
Relationship Builder: build constructive working relationships characterized by teamwork, cooperation, mutual respect, and relating well to others.
Initiative: self-motivated to resolve issues, problems or situations prioritizing responsibilities to achieve (results).
Communication: actively listen and engage multiple audiences. facilitate groups, excellent oral and written skills to communicate with a variety of audiences (e.g., teachers, principals, students, volunteers, and parents) in an effective manner; ability to receive feedback.
Analytical: examines data to grasp issues, draw conclusions and solve problems; technically proficient with data management.
Planning and Organizing: identifies a sequence of tasks and resources needed to achieve goals and prioritizes action steps, timelines, sees potential challenges and opportunities to ensure expected outcomes; evaluates proposed actions.
Essential Functions
Career Overview
Coordinate successful implementation of the CIS Model and TQS Student Support Standards
Collaborate with school staff to assess, identify and prioritize student needs
Coordinate and lead a School Support team, responsible for planning and managing all CIS operations at the school site
Conduct an annual needs assessment using multiple sources of data, to be used as the foundation for the School Support Plan
Develop comprehensive School Support Plan, noting interventions and supports using our model of Attendance/Behavior/Coursework + Parent/Family Engagement (ABC+P)
Provide overall case management to identified students and deliver evidence-based interventions/research driven and supports, based on student and school needs
Regularly and systematically collect, report, and interpret student data (weekly)
Regularly, at least quarterly, monitor & adjust the progress toward meeting goals in the School Support Plan, and the progress of individual students, and adjust interventions and supports as needed
Connect with parent or legal guardian of identified case managed students
Provide timely reports with data and program information to direct supervisor
Present the CIS mission, vision and initiatives within the community as needed via a presentation, staff meetings and parent meetings
Manage day to day activities of community volunteers
Participate in personal and professional staff development, including CISNC and National CIS training
Perform other duties necessary for the successful operation of programs as assigned
Core Competencies
Accountability & dependability, coaching & mentoring, communication, customer focus, continual learning, empowering others, initiative and planning & organizing.
Job Specific Competencies
Adaptability& flexibility, creative & innovative thinking, ethics & integrity, confidence, developing others, initiative and influencing others.
About Us
Surrounding students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Increased attendance, improved behavior and satisfactory coursework, in addition to parent and family engagement, are the cornerstones of our work. We call it the ABC + P model. Our school-based student support specialists identify students in danger of not achieving their potential, assess student needs and provide wrap-around interventions and resources to change the picture of education one student at a time.
Perks
We offer outstanding benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 403(b).
We offer paid vacation, sick time and holidays.
Our team is friendly, fun and collaborative.
We offer competitive pay and the opportunity to be off during the month of July!
Learn More
Learn more at www.cisnc.org, and stay connected with CISNC on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
EEO Statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status").