Learning Specialist Job at Felton Institute
Job Description:
Agency Overview
Division Description
ECE Program(s) Description
The Opportunity
Brief Job Description
The (SELS) will work to support the process by which children develop fundamental emotional and social competencies and experiences. The (SELS) will work to build and deepen a positive school climate and culture by training on how to understand and manage emotions, set, and achieve positive goals, feel, and show empathy for others, establish, and maintain positive relationships. This position will report to the Early Intervention and Inclusion Director/ Preschool Inclusion Supervisor and will work closely within a multidisciplinary team to offer professional learning, coaching, and modeling to assigned preschools, including Family Developmental Center (FDC) and Martin Luther King Center (MLK) and as needed offer universal SEL resources across all ECE programs.
It is the responsibility of the (SELS) to ensure the Kimochis Social Emotional Curriculum is fully integrated into the learning experiences of all Felton Preschoolers by engaging in the following practices:
This may include, but is not limited to, one-on-one support, group work, small group instruction, classroom and teacher support, modeling and coaching, and collaborative problem solving with both prevention and intervention models.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience:
Social-Emotional Learning Specialist-SELS
Early Care and Education Programs
Agency Overview
Founded in 1889, the Felton Institute is the oldest nonsectarian, nonprofit social-services provider in the City and County of San Francisco and the Bay Area. Rooted in equity, our mission is to transform the quality of life and promote social justice to accelerate community-led change. Our vision is to drive positive and sustainable community-led change where all have equitable access to innovative, high-quality, evidence-informed services.
Division Description
The Children, Youth, Family, and Transitional Age Youth Services Division (CYFTAY) offers an array of services to low-income and underserved clients with multiple challenges and abilities: Infants, toddlers, and preschool children, including those with special needs. Youth: including transitional age youth, pregnant| parenting teens and youth in the foster care system. Families: including low-income, immigrant, monolingual, and homeless populations. The CYFTAY division offers multidisciplinary programs including Early Care and Education, Early Intervention| Inclusion, Family Support, Mental Health Services, Health, Nutrition, Wellness, and Parenting Education Programming.
ECE Program(s) Description
Felton Institute has been providing comprehensive early care and education services in San Francisco since 1971. Felton now has ECE programs in SF’s Mission, Bayview, and Visitation Valley neighborhoods; and offers a school-readiness program for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers (2 weeks to 6 years old). Felton’s ECE programs include 4 infant, 7 toddler, and 11 preschool classrooms, which serve approximately 400 children, full-day/ year-round. Felton’s ECE programming offers comprehensive, two generation, holistic, wrap-around services to families with young children (0-5 years old). These multicultural, educational classrooms provide a nurturing, developmentally challenging, and inclusive environment for very young children of low/moderate-income families. We are committed to inclusive, positive environments that build on children’s positive self-esteem and self-image. Our newest ECE program and the first co-located on-site with affordable housing, the Solmar Learning Center is located in the Mission neighborhood and serves 42 preschool children ages birth-6 years old. The program is open year-round, Monday-Friday 7:30 am-5:30 pm.
The Opportunity
Over the past two years, Felton has established the use of the Kimochis Curriculum in our Preschool classrooms to support the social-emotional learning needs of young children. This position will serve as a member of the newly formed Preschool Inclusion Team designed to support Felton’s ECE preschool classrooms. We are looking to enhance the SEL experiences of children by bringing on an (SELS) who can hold the implementation of this work. We are seeking an individual who is enthusiastic, talented and has experience working with multicultural communities. The position requires a minimum of two (3-5) years of experience focusing on the social-emotional skills of young children, knowledge of child development, and the ability to bridge and build relationships. Someone experienced with the Kimochis Social Emotional Curriculum is strongly desired.
Brief Job Description
The Social Emotional Learning Specialist (SELS) is a new role being created in the ECE programs to respond to the emotional and social needs of young children post COVID-19 pandemic. The (SELS) promotes the social emotional wellness of children and staff through programming that supports a positive culture and climate, coordinates universal social emotional instruction, and provides evidence-based targeted supports across all classrooms, with a particular focus on preschool classrooms. The (SELS) supports children across the continuum with Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). The (SELS) will lead the planning, continuous improvement, and implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Social & Emotional Learning (MTSS-SEL) to support our ECE programs in the development of positive school climate, SEL integration into core instruction, prosocial behavior support, social and emotional skills development, and behavioral interventions processes.
The (SELS) will work to support the process by which children develop fundamental emotional and social competencies and experiences. The (SELS) will work to build and deepen a positive school climate and culture by training on how to understand and manage emotions, set, and achieve positive goals, feel, and show empathy for others, establish, and maintain positive relationships. This position will report to the Early Intervention and Inclusion Director/ Preschool Inclusion Supervisor and will work closely within a multidisciplinary team to offer professional learning, coaching, and modeling to assigned preschools, including Family Developmental Center (FDC) and Martin Luther King Center (MLK) and as needed offer universal SEL resources across all ECE programs.
It is the responsibility of the (SELS) to ensure the Kimochis Social Emotional Curriculum is fully integrated into the learning experiences of all Felton Preschoolers by engaging in the following practices:
This may include, but is not limited to, one-on-one support, group work, small group instruction, classroom and teacher support, modeling and coaching, and collaborative problem solving with both prevention and intervention models.
The effective implementation of Felton’s ECE programs social emotional learning vision.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience:
- Strong leadership skills with a minimum of two (3) years supervisory experience in an education, heath, special education, or social services setting.
- Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university program in Early Childhood Special Education, Special Education, Inclusive Education, or other education-related or social science field preferred. Credentialed or licensed eligible preferred.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Principles and practices of referral, evaluation, intervention, ongoing assessment and transition for children and families from Early Intervention
- Federal laws (IDEA Part C) governing early intervention and how those laws are implemented in California
- Knowledge about community-based organization and resource development
- Knowledge of crisis intervention and prevention principles and practices
- Familiarity with SFUSD, early childhood special education services, and other special services providers in the local area
- Good understanding of current issues and best practices in the fields of Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education, Inclusion, and family support
- Understanding of typical growth and development of children throughout their lifespan, with specific knowledge about atypical development and risks
- Ability to lift 25 – 40 pounds as needed every day; this includes children and equipment
- Ability to bend, stoop, sit on floor, lower, and raise self from floor during classroom activities, and to use both hands to grasp securely on a consistent basis. Can move quickly when responding to an emergency
- Awareness of and ability to address the culturally unique needs of the target population
- Competent computer skills, including working knowledge and use of Microsoft Word Processing, Microsoft Office, Excel and other online tracking databases
- Attention to detail, ability to follow directions and interpret policies and procedures to ensure compliance with standards
- Strong verbal, written, organizational and communication skills
- Ability to appropriately handle confidential information
- Ability to set appropriate boundaries with clients/staff.
- Able to work effectively in an organizational setting; understands how to utilize the chain of command to resolve problems and bring program development ideas forward; is able to proactively collaborate with other supervisors, consultants, and directors to ensure the best possible training for staff and service delivery for clients.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and to work effectively as a team member
- Ability to be a team player with a welcoming attitude
- Bi-lingual (Spanish speaking) skills highly desirable, Bi-cultural skills desirable
- Night and weekends required as needed (infrequent)
Requirements
- Must pass Department of Justice Fingerprint screening
- Fingerprinting Clearance DOJ/FBI & Clearance Child Abuse Index
- Current Immunizations (TB, Influenza, MMR, Pertussis) and Physical Health Screening (every 2 years thereafter)
- Provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination +Booster
- Current CPR & First Aid Certificate (every 2 years thereafter)
Sends resumes to “jobs@felton.org”
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