Learner Support TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment)

• Full-time with benefits
  • 75% of health & dental insurance premiums paid
  • Vision & Symetra coverage available
  • South Dakota Retirement benefits
  • $25,000 life insurance policy
  • Personal & sick leave package
• Brookings High School
• This assignment is only for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year
• Salary base is $51,675 plus education & experience
• Position closes 2/27/25

TITLE:              Learner Support Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA)

QUALIFICATIONS:                                          

1. Bachelor's degree
2. Teaching and/or leadership experience in a school setting demonstrating use and implementation of successful learner behavior management strategies.

1. Valid South Dakota teaching license 

REPORTS TO:              High School Principals

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

The Learner Support Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) will work closely with the principals, school personnel and learners to build and maintain a positive, safe school climate.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Up and down motion in the office; bending; stretching; and lifting up to 40 pounds.  Mobility in and around office/school area.  Constant hand-eye and mind-eye coordination. Frequent walking, keyboarding, speaking, writing, bending, carrying, pushing, pulling, sitting, reaching, stooping, and turning.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Knowledge of positive behavioral interventions and support
2. Knowledge of creating and implementing student behavior expectations
3. Knowledge of conflict resolution strategies
4. Knowledge of state policy and laws affecting the management of student behaviors
5. Ability to build positive relationships with learners, staff, parents and community members
6. Collaborates and communicate effectively with key stakeholders through a variety of methods
7. Provides leadership of behavior management and supervision
8. Facilitates the resolution of conflict
9. Plan, organize and manage time and resources
10. Manage and enforce school behavioral expectations, including attendance classroom alignment with school-wide goals.
11. Confer with learners, parents, and teachers regarding student related policies.
12. Assist staff with the creation and alignment of classroom learner behavioral expectations and classroom management plans.
13. Serve as a resource to staff regarding learners management issues.
14. Create and coordinate education alternatives for learners in need.
15. Collaborate with staff, administrators, and parents through the response to intervention process.
16. Assist in the planning, developing, and implementation of student behavior plans.
17. Confer with learners and administer appropriate consequences.
18. Openly communicate with staff and parents/guardians regarding learner behavior.
19. Collaborate with the school counselor and personnel to create and maintain research-based behavioral interventions and trains faculty and staff in those interventions.
20. Manage the documentation of learners behavior through the student management system
21. Attend appropriate meetings regarding learners (parent meetings, expulsion hearings, IEPs, 504s, etc).
22. Assist in the maintenance of the crisis management plan and school safety requirements.
23. Compile, analyze, and share learner discipline data regularly, and use that data to make decisions.
24. Assist administration with creation and implementation of 504 plans.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

The contract will consist of 180 days and will follow the master agreement. 

EVALUATION PROCEDURE:

This position is responsible to the High School Principal and the performance of this position will be evaluated yearly.