Barack Obama Leadership Academy Hiring for Social-Emotional Learning Specialist at Detroit, MI Full Time

The Social Emotional Learning Specialists (SELS) accelerate student growth in social-emotional competencies and support a positive school climate and culture. The Social Emotional Learning Specialist will collaborate with administration in order to assess, develop and implement school-wide initiatives to address social-emotional wellness. Ongoing collaboration with all support staff is inherent to this position in an effort to build instructional capacity in the area of social emotional learning. The Social Emotional Learning Specialists will facilitate classes on evidence-based social emotional practices, including, but not limited to: self-awareness, social awareness, responsible decision making, self-management, relationship-skills, and emotional well-being. The SELS will analyze of climate and culture data as well as student social emotional data, and engage in coaching cycles with teachers.

Critical Work:

The Social Emotional Learning Specialist supports, guides and counsels students to transfer focus on emotional well-being:

· Teach the required curriculum on Social and Emotional skills to students in K-5 environment

· Collaborate with administration, mental health providers, counselors, and teachers to support Barack Obama Leadership Academy in social emotional learning framework implementation and address social emotional wellness for the student population

· Build and participate in the implementation of a continuum of social/emotional services to support all students within the school and their families

· Lead the planning and delivery of a guaranteed and viable SEL competency instruction in the building

· Reviews school-wide data and assessment data to assist buildings in designing school-wide interventions and support SEL competencies

· Provide professional learning on SEL competencies for adult learners

· Demonstrate and maintain productive and positive interpersonal skills

· Use evidence-based and technically-sound practices to drive planning, decision-making and instruction

· Attend ongoing professional development to increase knowledge on how to support systems and resilience in the student population and the school community

· Engage in continuous learning with evidence-based best practices in social emotional learning; build capacity to train teachers in those practices

· Other duties as assigned

Benefit Conditions:

• Only full-time employees eligible

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Work Remotely

• No

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable — more reliable than spontaneous
• People-oriented — enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects
• Adaptable/flexible — enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction
• Detail-oriented — would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture
• Achievement-oriented — enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail
• Autonomous/Independent — enjoys working with little direction
• Innovative — prefers working in unconventional ways or on tasks that require creativity
• High stress tolerance — thrives in a high-pressure environment

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• education: 3 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Teaching Certification (Required)

Work Location: One location