An Interventions Specialist at Kingsman Academy is a key part in ensuring students are able to overcome any behavioral and/or academic challenges they face. The Intervention Specialist works with staff, students, and parents to provide academic and behavior supports to ensure a safe, respectful, and positive learning community. The Intervention Specialist reports to the Director of Interventions.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

As an interventions specialist with Kingsman, you will:

• Collaborate with key staff to develop and implement a continuum of research-based, effective positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) as part of a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) framework.

• Support staff in accessing and applying research-based materials and tools to target learning challenges, build compensatory strategies and fill in educational gaps.

• Collaborate with school staff to help plan and deliver staff-wide professional development; provide on-going, job-embedded coaching and support to staff on effective implementation of tiered interventions and supports.

• Help coordinate (MTSS) processes, including Child Find, and engage appropriate special education, clinical, and general education staff as partners to ensure the effective implementation of these processes.

• Work with school staff to effectively implement and document research-based and innovative Tier II and Tier III academic and behavior interventions and supports.

• Ensure high-quality progress monitoring for students receiving Tier II and Tier III interventions and supports.

• Assist with the development of Section 504 Plans for students who need support.

• Collaborate with staff to develop behavior support plans for students.

• When appropriate, collaborate with clinical and special education staff members to develop academic and behavior intervention plans (BIPs) based on functional behavioral assessments (FBAs).

• Work with school staff to regularly examine and monitor student data and make data- driven decisions to solve problems and improve student outcomes.

• Provide leadership and direction to school staff to continuously teach and encourage pro- social skills and behaviors.

• Support students’ social and emotional growth.

• Conduct classroom observations and use observation data to inform recommendations for continual improvement in student outcomes.

• Collaborate with the Family Engagement Coordinator to support student success and facilitate a school/home partnership.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Behavioral Competencies

A successful candidate will possess the following qualifications, skills, and qualities:

• A positive attitude, enthusiasm, self-confidence, and flexibility.

• Ability to self-direct and prioritize among competing goals, exhibit flexibility, and drive results.

• Adept at thinking strategically, translating plans into action, and exhibiting excellent judgment.

• Excellent writing, verbal communication, and presentation skills with keen attention to detail.

• Strong commitment to urban education and the mission of Kingsman Academy.

About Kingsman Academy

Kingsman Academy serves students in grades six through twelve in a project-based academic program that emphasizes a therapeutic approach to personalized learning. Kingsman Academy welcomes all students, especially those who are over-aged and under-credited, who have attendance problems, or who have behavioral or emotional challenges.

The mission of Kingsman Academy is to provide an individualized and rigorous education in a supportive environment to prepare scholars for post-secondary success and responsible citizenship.

Kingsman Academy offers individualized instruction and additional resources for all students, rich special education services, a strong multi-tiered system of supports, a school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program, and numerous co-curricular and extracurricular programs.

Americans with Disabilities Specifications

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 occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee may occasionally need to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment. Work environment characteristics 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 not exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

An Equal Opportunity Employer