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OhioGuidestone is the state’s leader in community behavioral health care, serving around 26,000 Ohioans each year. We focus on the needs of the whole person by providing telehealth and in-person prevention services, as well as mental health and substance use treatment. As we help people navigate the most difficult times in their lives—with compassion and respect—we ultimately empower them to take steps towards a healthier future. 

 

Our 100% tuition free K-7th Grade campus in the Cleveland Central Neighborhood emphasizes academic expectations that promote a sense of worth, personal responsibility, civic engagement, and a “no excuse - every child can succeed” attitude. Stepstone Academy has the “whole child” “whole family” “whole community” mindset. We are changing more than just the narrative around urban education. Stepstone Academy is Changing Lives.

Stepstone Academy, affiliated with OhioGuidestone, is seeking a full-time Intervention Specialist  to assist in our classrooms. The ideal candidate will be passionate about our students' learning and is driven by changing the way urban and special needs students are educated. Teachers at Stepstone Academy are open to their peers and eager to collaborate as a team to meet the mission and vision and the needs of the students at Stepstone Academy. Teachers will be expected to spend time becoming familiar with families of students served by engaging them in the home as well as in the school. As part of the "What-Ever-It-Takes" philosophy, Teachers will assist in areas outside their normal job duties with students outside their normal classroom in an effort to ensure the overall success of Stepstone Academy. 

Essential Functions

Communication & Relationship Development

• Able to communicate effectively and respectfully with children, parents/guardians, colleagues and community contacts

• Communicates regularly with parents and professional staff regarding the educational, social, and personal needs of students.

• Schedules time to become familiar with families: home visits, parent/guardian meetings and family engagement

• Demonstrates compassion and ability to make connections with students and families

• Demonstrates culturally competency and ability to relate to individuals with various ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds and socio-economic status

• Advocates for and provides emotional support to individual children and families based on issues related to poverty, social problems, dysfunctional families, violence, stressors outside of school, lack of parent involvement, etc.

Instructional Design and Planning

• Develops and implements an Individualized Educational Program of each child, complimentary to his/her educational strengths and needs as defined through the multifactor evaluation and I.E.P. process, and Regular Education Curriculum.

• Works cooperatively with regular classroom teachers, interpreting the abilities and disabilities of these students, assisting in classroom intervention strategies, modifying general education curricular as necessary, and assisting the student with regular class assignments.

• Assists the special education student in making a assessment of his/her abilities and in establishing educational and occupational goals in keeping with these abilities

• Designs and implements lessons and activities which guide students towards meeting and exceeding academic standards

• Demonstrates ability to bring their lessons and material to life, engaging students and extending thinking

• Demonstrates the ability to assess students through utilizing data to inform instruction

• Implements curriculum to provide life context to lessons

• Participates as a member of the Student Support Team as directed by the building principal

Instructional Environment

• Creates a positive, structured atmosphere for students to observe, understand, and exemplify the Stepstone Academy mission

• Conducts daily instruction, student assessment, and portfolio development

• Demonstrates ability to set, communicate and maintain HIGH expectations and a deep responsibility for each student’s progress, not accepting failure

• Demonstrates ability to manage student conduct through consistent expectations and organizes subject matter so that students are engaged

• Able to respond appropriately and maintain composure and possess professional demeanor at all times

• Committed to the Stepstone Academy vision and mission and the SA way

Collaboration – Teamwork

• Creatively collaborates through parent-teacher relations and interfaces with the school’s educational support service specialist to ensure outcomes are aligned with the school’s mission and culture and student success

• Shares ideas and responsibilities with colleagues in order to benefit the whole

• Provides and accepts support and encouragement from their colleagues

• Eager and open to receiving and offering nonjudgmental feedback

• Works towards the values, virtues, mission and success of the whole through a What-Ever-It-Takes attitude

Commitment & Motivation

• Personally committed to using every moment of every day for instruction, academic and personal, in and out of the classroom

• Passionate about changing the way urban students are educated

• Demonstrates inspiration , persistence, motivation, drive at exceptional levels

• Able to support and follow through with Stepstone Academy’s “no excuses” school and organizational culture

• Demonstrates expert knowledge of and enthusiasm for academic subjects and projects this enthusiasm to students

• Committed to modeling the virtues at all times with students, parent/guardians, colleagues and community contacts

Professional Growth and Responsibilities

• Willing to examine oneself personally and professionally

• Expects excellence from students, teachers and leaders

• Possesses an exceptional level of professionalism, intellectual curiosity, ambition and goal oriented drive

• Encourages students to grow as human beings and to develop academically

• Excitement to learn and grow as a teacher and a leader and continually works to improve ability to do both

• Highly knowledgeable about content area theory and best practices

• Possesses intellectual curiosity by keeping abreast of changes in their fields

• As part of the What-Ever- It- Takes philosophy, Teachers will be expected to assist in areas outside their normal job duties with students outside their normal classroom in an effort to ensure the overall success of Stepstone Academy.

• May be involved in the planning, organization, and implementation of special events, specific projects, or program changes

• Employee may be asked to complete related duties other than those indicated above as assigned by their supervisor

Performance Requirements

• Driving may also include transportation of clients/students

• Must be available for crisis management by phone and work flexible hours in- and out-side of school setting including, but not limited to: planning, tutoring, extra-curricular activities, home visits, and events

• Must be able to clearly and confidentially communicate with OhioGuidestone employees, clients/students, and other stakeholders

• Must be able to verbally exchange information in a confidential manner with clients/students and/or families in various settings regarding performance of client/student

• Must be able to operate a computer and other position related technologies

• Must maintain regular and reliable attendance to the satisfaction of management

• Must work a minimum of 10 hours per month in part time, benefit ineligible status; a minimum of 20 hours per week in part time, benefit eligible status; and 37.5-40 hours per week in full time, benefit eligible status

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time

• Must be able to access clients homes in various conditions which may include ascending/descending stairs

• Must be able to constantly position self to an equal level in order to work with children and or clients of all ages

• Must be able to frequently move equipment weighing up to 15 pounds across OhioGuidestone locations

• Occasionally works in outdoor weather conditions

• Must be able to occasionally drive to varying work environments including agency office, school based, community based including homes in various communities

• Work is performed primarily in an office environment at various locations within the agency or may be community based services

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education Required. Master’s Degree in Education Preferred

• Intervention Specialist (K-12) Mild/Moderate or Intervention Specialist (PreK-3) Licensure Required

• Valid driver’s license

• Proof of current auto insurance

• Ability to take and pass a background check, physical exam, tuberculosis test, and drug screening