210 STUDENT AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SPECIALIST
REPORTS TO:
Superintendent or Designee
PURPOSE/VISION: The Student and Community Support Specialist promotes and enhances the
overall academic mission by providing services that strengthen home,
school, and community partnerships and addresses barriers to learning and
achievement. The Student and Community Support Specialist significantly
contributes to the development of a healthy, safe, and caring environment.
Such an environment is achieved by advancing the understanding of the
emotional and social development of children and the influences of family,
community, and cultural differences on student success along with the
implementation of effective intervention and prevention strategies. The
Student and Community Support Specialist serves as a catalyst in promoting
student well-being and successful completion of school.
DUTIES:
The Student and Community Support Specialist's principle task is to
empower students, families, and school personnel to access available
opportunities and resources that develop each student's potential.
Integrated into all major functions are home, school, community
assimilation; diversity and cultural competence; dropout prevention;
health/wellness; drug and alcohol prevention; graduation awareness; and
adherence to federal and state statutes, professional development and
practices.
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Holds a Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree preferred.
Three years successful teaching and/or school experience is desirable.
Demonstrated experience in the field of mental health is desirable.
Demonstrates an ability to conceptualize and implement a systemwide plan to assist local school personnel in an awareness and
implementation of the Developmental Assets and cultural
proficiency.
Demonstrates an understanding of the emotional and social
development of children and the influences of family, community,
and cultural differences on student success.
Demonstrates an ability to conceptualize and implement a systemwide plan to assist students to overcome non-academic barriers to
success.
Demonstrates expertise and/or experience counseling students in the
area of alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention.
Bexley City School District, Bexley, Ohio
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PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Support efforts to fully implement the Bexley Learning Standards and its Strategic
Priorities by providing feedback during the curriculum development and implementation
process.
Review and use PPAAUS, 40 Developmental Assets, and other survey data to inform and
modify building practices and related school climate programming.
Establish professional staff, parent, and community development agenda around social,
emotional, and multicultural best practices.
Communicate and partner with school, district, and community committees including
School Climate Committees and the Family and Civic Engagement Committee.
Coordinate and connect buildings with the necessary resources to support curriculum in
a caring school atmosphere where emotional security, safety needs, and positive
relationships are fostered.
Empower students to improve school climate by planning ways to eliminate prejudice,
racism, hate crimes, bullying, harassment, and other forms of violence supported by the
ANTI‐DISCRIMINATION, ANTI‐HARASSMENT AND ANTI‐BULLYING Policy.
Work with staff to help all students connect with co-curricular, extracurricular and/or
community involvement.
Work with families to help establish positive relationships with the schools and to
support/identify concerns.
Communicate regularly with all stakeholders (e.g. monthly/quarterly newsletter) through
the assistance of Public Information Coordinator. Report to Board of Education once a
year.
Connect the school community to local health, mental health, and substance-abuse
treatment resources by referring students and families to treatment centers, hospitals,
and mental health professionals.
Establish programs, policies, and procedures for positive ways to resolve conflict and deal
with bullying/harassment and other violent or offensive acts.
Develop and modify the district-wide safe and drug free schools programs based upon
information obtained from the District’s PPAAUS and 40 Developmental Assets survey
data.
Consult with stakeholders to facilitate an understanding of factors in the home, local
education agency, and community that affect students' educational experiences and use
the information to support the development of student engagement programming.
Initiate and support activities and programs such as the Success for All Program and after
school academic support programs to overcome institutional barriers and gaps in student
services.
Develop programs or systems of care that support and enhance the health and wellness,
social and emotional well-being, and safety of students by involving individuals from
Nutrition Committee, DARN, Bexley Library, Bexley Recreation, local Churches and
Synagogues, PTO leadership, and the Bexley Police Department.
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Assist the school and community in planning programs that alleviate barriers that may
interfere with the learning process and student success.
Administer superintendent’s social emotional and multicultural grants.
Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee.
CONDUCT:
Each staff member shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed
controlled substance and abuse of any prescribed controlled substance in
the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District.
Each staff member shall serve as a role model for students in how to
conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings.
Each staff member has a legal responsibility to help instill in students the
belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values
TERMS OF
EMPLOYMENT:
Days and Salary per 12 Month Contract
ADDITIONAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
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May occasionally be exposed to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.
Must follow all safety guidelines for blood borne pathogens.
Must occasionally climb steps.
Must occasionally lift items weighing 40 lbs.
Must occasionally plug in and unplug equipment.
Must occasionally interact with unruly children and/or irate adults.
The Bexley City School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and as such does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual
orientation, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected by law.
Adopted: February 12, 2013
Bexley City School District, Bexley, Ohio
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