Immediate Behavior Support Assistant

  • Full-time
  • Start Date: Immediate opening
  • Department: School-based Support

Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose —college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering. We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join our Team and Family and champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income communities.

Job Description

Every member of the Team & Family at KIPP Texas Public Schools plays a critical role in ensuring our students have the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond. Our educators are passionate advocates for their students and their families, working tirelessly to ensure that our students have access to opportunity. In our classrooms and across the KIPP family we embrace, honor and celebrate our differences across several characteristics that construct our unique identities in our little and big KIPPsters. We are especially committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences of our students because we believe the best work we do is grounded in the realities and experiences of our families and KIPPsters.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in establishing a collaborative working relationship with administrators, faculty, parents and others at the designated school site to help implement Restorative Discipline.
  • Organize in-school student reflective programs to promote Restorative Discipline. 
  • Together with the responsible site administrator, develop and implement a referral system for Restorative interventions for youth involved in school discipline matters including a protocol for screening to determine the appropriateness of cases for referral to restorative practices.
  • Prepare progress notes and maintain participant files for each restorative process  
  • Facilitate Restorative Conferences and Circles and conduct intake assessments. prepare participants, send confirmation notices, facilitate process, develop agreed-upon plan, and conduct follow-up to ensure all agreements are upheld.
  • Prepare written reports and enter data into database on an ongoing basis, to be completed by the end of the month.
  • Review and maintain familiarity with staff policies and procedures and pertinent documents related to education codes, parent guides and other disciplinary processes.
  • Providing feedback and problem solving with teachers to strengthen relationships and classroom culture.
  • Develop a scope and sequence for lesson plans based on Positive Culture building and Conflict Resolution and teach them during in-school reflection.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Two years teaching experience or experience in similar field working with adolescents  
  • Strong facilitation and active listening skills
  • Superior organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work effectively across cultures
  • Experience in the human relations field including conflict resolution skills
  • Computer skills: Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
  • Preference given to persons who are Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits:
Salary is based on years of experience, degree of education, and level of expertise. A competitive benefits package is also offered.

As a full time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices, including medical, dental, and vision options, as well as life insurance, fertility, and disability plans starting as low as $25/month.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.
As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability
 

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