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ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #205
Job Description 
Job Title: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Facilitator.
Job Code: 9653
Department: MTSS
Supervisor: Executive Director of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support 
Date: January 17, 2024
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Grade: 07
Compensation: $27.43 - 37.30 per hour
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:  This position will provide direct services to students, while also supporting families and staff around social emotional well-being.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In addition to the requirements listed below, regular attendance is an essential function of this position.
 

1. Ensures that all actions are in concert with the Board policies as well as the mission statement, beliefs, objectives, and parameters found in the Board's strategic plan.
2. Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities in order to enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job.
3. Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.
4. Provides Tier 1, II, III Social Emotional Learning interventions such as, but not limited to;  lunch groups, check-in and check-out, small groups, and classroom social emotional lessons as defined by data-based decisions.  
5. Participates in Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) meetings which could lead to coordinating support for general education students with the MTSS Team, Calm Classroom Teachers, Refocus-Reset-Restore program, and Certified School Social Worker and/or identifying support groups to directly serve.
6. Supports all MTSS and Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) school activities.
7. Serves as a liaison between parents, schools, and community to link resources.
8. Champions Social Emotional Learning (SEL), student SEL database plans, and wellness activities for any Social Emotional school-wide classrooms or programs and Refocus-Reset-Restore programs.
9. Schedules and facilitates peer mediation sessions and follow up with parents and guardians.
10. Coordinates and facilitates assemblies, trainings, and groups for Erin's Law, Teen Dating Violence, Bullying, and Restorative groups for staff and students.
11. Conducts student behavior progress monitoring, student observations and data collection, and follow up meetings as recommended by MTSS Team.
12. Conducts mental health crisis screenings (ASQ) and manages Screening Assessment & Support Services (SASS) and crisis situations to directly support student and/or Certified Social Worker when necessary.
13. Educates students in anger management, risk factors, warning signs, depression, self-harm, suicide, and any other Social Emotional Outcomes that may need to be addressed.
14. Educates school community in behavior management, executive functioning, DCFS reporting, self-harm, bullying, LGTBQA, substance abuse, and any other topics that may be identified by the building principal, or MTSS Team.
15. Prepares and presents topics for parents and community upon request for parent-teacher conferences and School Improvement Days.
16. During summer months and/or breaks continue to support students and/or families through groups, programming, interventions to maintain services beyond the school calendar.
17. Partner with summer programming opportunities where students are in session to provide social emotional lessons, support groups, interventions, etc.  

 
QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or related field.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

1. Ability to demonstrate qualities aligned to our core values of Character, Communication, Collaboration and Continuous Improvement.
2. Ability to collaborate with classroom teachers to promote engagement.
3. Ability to cultivate partnerships within the greater Rockford community.
4. Ability to successfully mediate conflict.
5. Excellent interpersonal skills
6. Ability to analyze data and communicate trends effectively.

A comprehensive benefits package including: 

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• Voluntary life insurance
• Paid Sick and Personal time
• Paid holidays
• Membership in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) or Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
• Optional 403(b) plan
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

 
WORK CALENDAR: 10 or 12 Months
WORKING CONDITIONS:  Moderate in-district travel as well as intermittent in-state and out-of-state travel.  Intermittent prolonged and irregular hours of work.
OTHER: This job description describes duties and responsibilities which are representative of the nature and level of work assigned to the position. The identified duties and responsibilities are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position. 
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the school district and employee and is subject to change by the school district as the needs of the school district and requirements of the job change.
Physical Aspects of the Position  
 

1. X Climbing Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. 2. X Balancing Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. 3. X Stooping Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. 4. X Kneeling Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. 5. X Crouching Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. 6. X Crawling Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. 7. X Reaching Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. 8. X Standing Particularly for sustained periods of time. 9. X Walking Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances. 10. X Pushing using upper extremities to press against something with steady force order to thrust forward, downward, or outward. 11. X Pulling Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. 12. X Lifting Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. 13. X Finger use Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with the fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling. 14. X Grasping Applying pressure to an object with the fingers or palm. 15. X Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Those activities in which you must convey detailed or spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. 16. X Hearing Perceiving the nature of sounds. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sounds such as when making fine adjustments on machinery. 17. X Repetitive Motions Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

 
The Physical Requirements of the Position  
 

1. - Sedentary Work Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary Work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met. 2. - Light Work Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of force greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rate for Light Work. 3. X Medium Work Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. 4. - Heavy Work - Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. 5. - Very Heavy Work Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

 
The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision  
 

1. X Machine Operations inspection, close assembly, clerical, administration. This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals largely with preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, extensive reading, or visual inspection. 2. - Mechanics Skilled tradespeople This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals with machines such as power tools, lathes, and drills. 3. - Mobile Equipment This is a minimum standard for use with those who operate cars, trucks, forklifts, cranes, and high equipment. 4. - Other This is a minimum standard based on the criteria of accuracy and neatness of work for janitors, sweepers, etc.

 
The Conditions the Worker will be subject to in this position 
 

1. X The worker is subject to inside environment conditions. 2. - The worker is subject to outside environment conditions. 3. - The worker is subject to extreme heat or cold for periods of greater than one hour. 4. - The worker is subject to noise which would cause them to have to shout. 5. - The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, etc.