Duties
Portrait of a District 97 Leader:
- Champions the vision of the school district
- Models a forward-thinking and innovative mindset
- Stewards public funds with a high sense of responsibility
- Leads with an unrelenting commitment to universal student success
- Demonstrates the ability to organize teams to achieve common goals
- Leads with an awareness of the cross-functional nature of district work
- Generates a culture of care for, learning with and service to the community
- Aspires to the highest standards of integrity, professionalism and confidentiality
- Demonstrates a passion for working with a culturally, racially linguistically diverse district team of administrators, educators and staff in all roles
- Actively seeks feedback, including critical feedback intended for professional growth
- Understands the intersection of public school leadership, student learning and equity
- Courageously addresses adult behavior that does not meet professional expectations
About This Role
In addition to supporting our district’s equity commitments as expressed in Board Policy 7:12: Ensuring Racial and Educational Equity, the Student Support Specialist will play a vital role in fostering an equitable and supportive environment that prioritizes holistic growth, social-emotional development, and academic achievement for all students.
Essential Role Responsibilities:
- Contributes to the school climate in a positive manner that promotes helping students and staff feel a sense of belonging at school
- Assists principal with student behavior
- Leads the MTSS Culture & Climate school-wide team at school
- Responsible for the oversight of behavioral data entry into district systems and the analysis of data trends
- Responsible for the implementation of the district student surveys
- Meets with other MTSS Culture & Climate leaders across the district
- Actively participates in MTSS and problem-solving meetings
- Effectively coordinates Tiers 2 and 3 interventions with the team for some students
- Leads the social-emotional curriculum at school
- Supports principal with building schedules
- Maintains an active role in before-school, lunch/recess, and after-school supervision
- Helps with bus arrivals and departures
- Contributes to the development and implementation of the school improvement process/plan and serves as a member of the Building Leadership Team
- Assists principal in assuring all classrooms are following the district curriculum by classroom visits
- Assists principal with the smooth operation of the school
- Monitors and works with students and families when there are chronic absences
- Communicates with all appropriate administrative personnel, teaching staff, parents, students, and others
- Cooperates with all personnel in assuring the best education for all students, and coordinates efforts to develop the best education
- Acts as an IAR testing coordinator
- Works with LAS, Enrichment Specialist, team members, teachers, students, and parents to ensure all students’ needs identified are met
- Works closely with social worker, nurse, team to support at-risk and special education students
- Serves as acting principal in the absence of the principal
- Works with new students and families to acclimate them to the school
- Performs other duties as assigned by the principal
Physical Requirements:
This position requires the performance of light work—which requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently to move objects. The position includes close visual acuity, frequent talking, hearing, walking and standing, occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling, some stooping, kneeling, crouching and/or crawling and significant fine finger dexterity. The job is performed in non-hazardous environments and a clean atmosphere. The position requires indoor and outdoor supervision during varying temperatures and climatic conditions.
Qualifications
Content Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- ISBE Type 75 General Administrative Certificate
- Previous administrative experience preferred
- Related Master’s Degree or better from an accredited college or university
- Certified de-escalation and restraint training expected.