Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Kansas City , KS 66101
Posted 3 weeks ago
TITLE: Student Support Programs Coordinator-SEL and Counseling
Location: Central Office and Training Center
The Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS) is a nationally recognized urban school district that serves approximately 22,000 students and 60+ different languages are spoken in the homes of our students. KCKPS is home to Sumner Academy, the #6 highest rated High School in the Nation and #1 High School in Kansas according to the US News rankings.
With Head Start/preschools, 28 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, and 5 college and career academies/high schools, we are the fifth largest district in the state of Kansas and our student population is approximately 56% Hispanic, 24% African American, 9% White, and 6% Asian. To serve our students, the district employs approximately 4,000 employees including more than 1,800 teachers.
JOB GOAL: Provides leadership in the development and promotion of a district-wide Trauma Sensitive Social Emotional Learning Framework. Works in collaboration with district and school leadership to identify evidence-based practices that create the conditions, culture, and competencies/capacity to guide Trauma Sensitive Social Emotional Learning district-wide. Assistance to the Director of Student Support Programs in an effort to minimize barriers in the educational process that support staff, students and parents to promote a strong connection between social and learning development, school behavior and academic performance.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Coordinate with the Director of Student Support Programs to align the district-wide Social Emotional Learning (SEL) framework with KCKPS District Continuous Improvement Plan, District Priorities, and Diploma Plus.
Serves as a Central Office point of contact related to social emotional learning and counseling services for school-based administrators and all district school counselors.
Demonstrates an ability to integrate school counseling services with other school-wide, division-wide, and department initiatives in support of student achievement and overall student success.
Collaborate with the Director of Student Support Programs to coordinate and organize a district-wide SEL advisory board to monitor the progress of implementation Collaborates with schools and other central office leaders to support the alignment of work with the ASCA National Model
Collaborate with district stakeholders to establish a process for measuring the short-term and long-term effects SEL efforts across the district Develop a knowledge base through a resource library of tools and evidence-based practices to support the district-wide implementation of SEL.
Work cross-departmentally within KCKPS to align work and resources to support SEL implementation.
Develop, plan, and deliver high-quality professional development for school leaders,
teachers, counselors and other student support staff to build the capacity of SEL across the district.
Facilitate school, parent and student mediation to resolve concerns and/or complaints that support the social-emotional framework.
Collaborate and support the alignment of school-based health, mental health, culturally-specific programs, youth service and/or other community organizations under trauma-informed principles and practices through training, networking opportunities and streamlining of student identification and referral systems.
Collaborate with Behavior Mental Health Teams, School Counselors, and support staff
Support the implementation of student and family-targeted universal education and
messaging strategies focusing on resiliency and healing.
Align the Social Emotional work with the District Model of Instruction including the multi-tiered systems of support.
Actively participate in PLC and Student Intervention Team meetings as a support for site based staff.
Thorough understanding and knowledge of the Code of Conduct, parent handbooks, and district strategic plan.
Collaborate and support with other Student Services Coordinators regarding the Social Emotional work and programs.
Other duties as assigned by the Director of Student Support Programs or Executive
Director of Student Services and Family Support
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
(preferred).
Knowledge of trauma-informed theories, principles, practices, and awareness of trauma, resilience, adverse child and community experiences, school climate, school mental health frameworks (MTSS) and social-emotional learning concepts.
Experience developing and facilitating professional development training and awareness of adult learning theories and ability to apply adult learning principles when coaching school-based professionals.
Demonstrated success in working with students and families of diverse backgrounds
Must be able to maintain positive interactions with parents and staff, and role model the values and expectations of our district.
Effective oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated skills in human relations
Demonstrated skill and ability to effectively collaborate with District Leaders
COMMUNICATION / ORGANIZATION: Maintains communication with school personnel, and parents/guardians to enhance cooperative action which will meet the educational needs of students. Utilizes existing technology effectively in the performance of duties.
Performs other related work as required.
REASONING ABILITY: 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.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and analyze and interpret general professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, general curriculum and learning theories, correspondence, and protocols. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of administrators, staff, parents, students, and the general public.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, stand and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee must occasionally push items of 50 pounds such as pushing on a bike or wheelchair or moving/rearranging furniture. While performing the duties of the job the employee occasionally may visit a child's home. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are
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 noise level in the work environment is usually loud and is a standard acceptable level for this environment. Is directly responsible for students' safety, work output, and well-being.
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program; ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school
objectives and the needs and abilities of students. Ability to establish and maintain effective
working relationships with students, peers, parents, and community; ability to speak clearly and concisely in written or oral communication.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 261 days
FLSA: Exempt
SALARY: $76,736.46 - $91,707.16
REPORT TO: Director of Student Support Programs
EVALUATION: Performance of the Coordinator of Student Services will be evaluated in
accordance with Board of Education policy on administrator evaluation.
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. The individual holding this position performs additional duties and additional duties may be assigned.
Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. KCKPS is an equal opportunity employer and shall not discriminate in its employment practices and policies with respect to hiring, compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, sex/gender (to include orientation, identity, or expression), age, disability, national origin, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law.
For more information regarding Title IX please contact:
District Compliance Coordinator
2010 N. 59th Street
Kansas City, KS 66104
913-279-2262
Title IX@kckps.org
Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools