LAKE SHORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
28850 Harper
St. Clair Shores, MI 48081
586-285-8490
STUDENT ASSISTANT SPECIALIST
Lake Shore High School
Teacher Work Year
Start Date: start of 2003/04 school year
SUMMARY:
Successful candidate will:
 Help students acquire knowledge, attitudes, and interpersonal skills to help them
understand and respect self and others.
 Help students acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to
knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
 Help students to acquire attitudes, knowledge, and skills that contribute to effective
learning in school and across the life span.
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Masters Degree in school social work.
Certification by the State of Michigan as a school social worker.
Demonstrate ability to work cooperatively with students, parents, school staff and
administration.
Possess empathy, tact, patience, and enjoy working with students who have
behavior problems.
Have a demonstrated ability to plan behavioral intervention strategies for students.
Three years of teaching experience preferred.
Experience in school social work, guidance and counseling preferred.
RESPONSIBLE TO:
The Director of Special Education and Building Principal.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Identifies problems and situations interfering with ability of students to make optimal
use of the educational experience.
Provides a problem-solving service to students and their families, through individual,
group and community social work methods, to enable those served to manage
problems restricting the benefits of the educational experience.
Serves as liaison between the school, the home, and the community in building and
maintaining positive relationships.
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Coordinates and develops resources within and outside the school system for use by
students, their families, and school personnel.
Collaborates with principals, teachers, and other school personnel to improve use of
existing school programs and procedures, as well as to plan and implement new
programs and procedures related to the educational needs of students.
Coordinates or serves as a member of diagnostic teams and educational planning
and placement committees, and provide assessment information related to planning
for students with adjustment problems.
Provides to the educational planning and placement committees comprehensive,
diagnostic evaluations of students suspected of being emotionally impaired, and
collaborates with the educational planning and placement committees in the
determination of eligibility of students for programs and services for the emotionally
impaired. Serves as consultant to basic classroom program personnel for the
emotionally impaired, and provides direct therapy and intervention services for
students identified as emotionally impaired.
Participates with school staff in altering situations adversely affecting the personal,
social-emotional, and academic development of students.
Provides information to assist students in their course selection consistent with
abilities and career interests.
Provides activities and information to generally prevent students from dropping out
of school and focuses on identified at-risk students.
Assists students in evaluating their aptitudes and abilities through interpretation of
test scores and other data while working with students in developing educational and
career plans.
Organizes, and may administer tests, as identified in the district testing program.
Obtains and disseminates career information to students and to classes studying
careers or career units within a subject area.
Serves as a member of the building crisis team and performs those duties and
services related to this team.
Other responsibilities as detailed in the Comprehensive Guidelines for Guidance and
Counseling.
To Director of Special Education and Building Principal:
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Maintains a daily log of contracts for future reference as necessary.
Maintains regular service to students according to a determined schedule.
Obtains appropriate signed permission forms before initiating a regular service
schedule to a student.
Provides a year-end or a termination report on each student receiving service during
the year.
Performs other duties as may be identified by self and as assigned by administration
to provide services consistent with stated job goal.
Lake Shore Public Schools
Student Assistant Specialist
July 21, 2003
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