LIAISON, STUDENT SUPPORT
Full Time
Denver, CO 80210
$27.63 - $32.04 an hour
Posted
Job description
LIAISON, STUDENT SUPPORT (JOB ID: 59637)
MERRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
Southeast
Hourly, benefits eligible with minimum hours
FTE: 0.50
Salary Range: $27.628 - $32.04
Essential Functions and Objectives:
Responsible for being the primary resource and advocate between a network of stakeholders, including: schools, students, families and the community. Actively engages and advocates to better the needs of all parties involved, within a specific matter of interest. Creates, adjusts and implements systems that support all students in having positive behaviors and attendance. Provides the framework and interventions that enable students to have a safe, productive, and successful educational experience. Reinforces the culture of the classroom/school and ensures that all students understand behavioral and attendance expectations.
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.
- 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.
- Coordinates with school counseling and other staff to be kept apprised on issues affecting a students’ academic performance and/or social conflicts with teachers, students and parents.
- Promotes school and in home literacy enrichment for at-risk students to support with student engagement and necessary resources.
Knowledge, Experience & Other Qualifications:
Three (3) years minimum experience and demonstrated success in working collaboratively with other professional staff on instructional improvement issues- Experience working with alternative youth and service providers preferred
- Ability to work in a diverse educational community setting
- Excellent Interpersonal (mediation) skills needed to resolve problems that may arise between teachers and students or parents and teachers
- Proficiency in computer applications, including Google suite, e-mail, and internet applications preferred
- Demonstrated success in working collaboratively with other professional staff on instructional improvement issues
Education Requirements:
Bachelor's or relevant work experience. Bachelor's Degree preferred.
Additional Information:
Work Year Calendars (including accrued time off): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1129- Benefits (including DPS contributions): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1397
- Compensation Structures: http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/244
- Employee must live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working for Denver Public Schools.
About Denver Public Schools:
Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.
DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org .
Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
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