About this role
Reports to: Principal, Assistant Principal, or Designee Term of Employment: 10 Month part-time (Contracted) Qualifications:
• Experience working with middle school–aged students preferred.
• Knowledge of adolescent development and social-emotional learning.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and behavior management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with families and school-based teams.
Nature of Work:
• School-based position in a middle school setting
• Includes one-on-one student meetings, small-group interventions, and classroom
support
• Follows the school calendar and daily bell schedule
Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities:
• Build strong, trusting relationships with middle school students through consistent
check-ins, mentoring, and goal-setting.
• Support students with organization, time management, study skills, and self-advocacy
appropriate for middle school expectations.
• Monitor attendance, academic performance, and behavior data to identify students in
need of Tier 2 or Tier 3 supports.
• Provide targeted interventions for students struggling with attendance, behavior,
motivation, or academic engagement.
• Collaborate with teachers, counselors, administrators, and support staff to develop
and implement individualized student support plans.
• Support students during transitions (elementary to middle school, grade-level
changes, schedule changes).
• Communicate regularly with families to share strategies, celebrate progress, and
address concerns.
• Reinforce school-wide expectations, PBIS practices, and positive behavior supports.
• Participate in MTSS meetings, attendance team meetings, and student support team
meetings.
• Assist with conflict resolution, problem-solving, and social skills development.
• Maintain accurate documentation of student interventions, progress, and
communication.
• Serve as a consistent adult advocate and positive role model for students.
Skills and Competencies:
• Ability to connect with adolescents and build rapport
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication with students, families, and staff
• Cultural competence and responsiveness to diverse student needs
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism
• Flexibility and a student-centered mindset
Physical Requirements:
• This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 25 pounds of force.
• Work regularly requires speaking or hearing, frequently requires walking and sitting and occasionally requires standing, using hands for manual dexterity or to handle or feel, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms and lifting.
• Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).