Safe School Climate Specialist Job Description

Colchester Public Schools
                                    School Based
                            Safe School Climate Specialist
                                    Job Description
Overview:
Each school's School Climate Specialist will be responsible for facilitating Safe School
Climate Committees (SSCC) at their school and coordinating collaborating with other
teams to create a continuum, PK-12.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  ● Supervises the investigation of reported acts of bullying (or investigates reported
     acts of bullying if assigned by the school principal)
  ● Acts as the primary school official responsible for preventing, identifying and
     responding to reports of bullying in the school
  ● Co-chairs the school SCCC to ensure effectiveness in:
         o Establishing a comprehensive school climate committee in accordance
            with the law and the District Climate Plan
         o Ensuring that parent(s)/guardian(s)/caregiver(s) serving on the committee
            do not participate in any activities which may compromise the
            confidentiality of any student
         o Identifying school behavioral difficulties and specific settings where
            behaviors occur
         o Examining data with staff and administrators to design and implement a
            continuum of services within the building that supports teaching and
            reinforcing prosocial behaviors across the school settings
         o Coordinating SSCC with other committees, such as the Diversity, Equity,
            and Inclusion committee, and intervention teams, such as student
            assistance teams
         o Facilitating discussions regarding the efficacy of interventions to determine
            changes needed in program
         o Coordinating training of school teams
         o Collecting and interpreting state and local data concerning behaviors,
            suspensions, detentions and expulsions
         o Recommend available resources to build structures for interventions with
            behaviorally challenged students
         o Establishing roles, responsibilities and procedures for SSCC including:
                ▪ Receive copies of completed report following investigations of
                    bullying
                ▪ Identify and address patterns of mean-spirited behavior among
                    students in the school
                ▪ Review and make recommendations to amend school policies and
                    regulations relating to bullying
                ▪ Review and make recommendations to the District Safe School
                    Climate Coordinator regarding the district’s Climate Plan based on
                    issues and experiences specific to the school


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  ● Attends monthly meetings with District SSC Coordinator, other SSC Specialists
     and Administrators to identify effective evidence-based and intervention
     strategies. Strategies may include, but are not limited to the following:
         o With administration, lead the school in a strategy for fostering a positive
             school climate
         o Assist in the identification of a positive behavioral intervention and support
             process or another evidence-based curriculum for safe school climate for
             the prevention of bullying
         o With School Administrators and staff, make students aware of school rules
             prohibiting bullying, harassment and intimidation and establish appropriate
             consequences for those who engage in such acts
         o Recommend adult supervision of outdoor areas, hallways, the lunchroom,
             the bus, and other specific areas where bullying is likely to occur
         o With the Director of Teaching and Learning, develop inclusion of grade-
             appropriate social-emotional and bullying education and prevention
             curricula in kindergarten through high school
         o With staff, implement the evidence-based prevention and intervention
             strategies identified by the Safe School Climate Committee
● As part of the District Safe School Climate Committee:
         o Coordinates, at the school level, the administration of a bi-ennial
             assessment using the school climate assessment instruments including
             surveys, approved and disseminated by the State Department of
             Education for each school
          o Collect, review and analyze data obtained from climate surveys, make
             necessary modifications to the district plan
          o Compare and contrast survey results with the National School Climate
             Standards and best practices
          o Coordinate all annual training according to programs provided by the State
             Department of Education (CSDE)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
  ● Keeps abreast of developments in techniques, philosophy, and content in the
     professional literature and attends in-service training relating to safe school
     climate systems in conjunction with the CSDE
  ● Understands student emotional, social, and academic needs and how students
     differ in their approaches to school

Position Qualifications:
  ● Certification as a teacher issued by the CSDE
  ● Exemplary performance/experience working with school age appropriate
      students in the building
  ● Strong leadership skills
  ● Demonstrates knowledge of effective behavior strategies and ways to work with
      students
  ● Knowledge of district and state requirements regarding managing student
      behavior
  ● Ability to work effectively as a team member



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Other Requirements:
   ● Background check
   ● Screening for Tuberculosis (TB)

Terms of Employment:
School calendar year; stipend position

Evaluated by:
Principal




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