Instructional Behavior Coach

Lakeville Area Schools has a position available with the start of the 2024-2025 school year.

Instructional Behavior Coach: TOSA

1.0 FTE

District-wide

This position starts on August 26, 2024.

Position Summary

The Instructional Behavior Coach TOSA position will support students and staff with addressing behavior needs of students that interfere with learning and teaching, thereby helping students experience school success. Through modeling and training from the coach, we will increase staff knowledge and capacity to address challenging behaviors and the ability to be proactive. For students on IEP's, this would include training and coordindating the use of functional behavioral assessments and positive behavioral support plans where the students' needs warrant the behavioral skill developement related to the disability needs. This position works to help staff continously improve their individual and collective instructional capacity in order to improve student learning. This position will provide staff support and training around adopted assessment and curriculum tools. The Instructional Behavior Coach will be a member of the collaborative threat assessment team to assist with "Level 1 Threats", which includes developing and monitoring comprehensive care or safety plans with school leadership and with support of the district Threat Assessment Specialist.

Position Description/Qualifications

• Knowledgeable of current best practices in the field of Special Education, specifically in the area of behavior, due process, and social emotional learning, with evidence of the continuing pursuit of such knowledge
• Experience with data analysis and data-driven decision making to support instruction and behavior interventions
• Effective skills in the area of time management, task prioritization, problem solving and development of solutions
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Minimum of three years' teaching experience teaching special education students and/or working with students with significant behavioral challenges
• Valid Minnesota Teaching License in any Special Education licensure area. ASD,EBD, School psychologist, or School Social Worker licensure preferred.
• Two letters of recommendation (one from administration, one from peer preferred)
  
  

What You Will Like About Us

• Comprehensive and affordable benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D, and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• 403 (b) Plan with district match
• Salary and Fringe Benefits in accordance with the Master Agreement with Education Minnesota-Lakeville
  
  

Lakeville Area Schools (Independent School District No. 194) is an award-winning school system and the twelfth largest school district in Minnesota serving approximately 12,000 students in Lakeville, parts of Burnsville and Elko New Market, and portions of Eureka, Credit River and New Market Townships. There are nine elementary schools, three middle schools and two high schools, an area learning center, an online K-12 school, Early Childhood programming, and lifelong learning opportunities through Community Education. Our vision is to inspire a passion for learning in every student. Our mission is to strive to ensure success for every student personally, socially, academically and civically. Lakeville Area Schools is committed to establishing a school community that values diversity, equity, and inclusivity for all students, staff and families where every person feels welcomed, valued, and respected. We are dedicated to shared examination of our different perspectives, and prejudices, especially in terms of race, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, national origin, language, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and political ideology. Lakeville Area Schools encourages diverse candidates to apply.

Internal and External applicants apply online https://phl.applitrack.com/isd194/onlineapp/

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