Student Support Manager and Interventionist

Originally founded in 1991 as Harlem RBI, DREAM has grown to annually serve more than 2,500 youth across East Harlem and the South Bronx through a network of seven PreK-12, extended-day, extended-year DREAM Charter Schools and community sports-based youth development programs. Through our commitment to rigorous academics, social-emotional learning, deep family and community engagement, and health and wellness, we create lifelong learners who are equipped to fulfill their vision of success in and out of the classroom. We dream big, as well, with an aggressive five-year plan to expand to serve 3,500 students across seven schools —growing our organization’s impact and leveling the playing field for all children. To learn more, visit wearedream.org . This 12-month position will serve as a school resource for staff and parents with regards to special education services and regulations. The Student Support Manager and Interventionist will work closely with the Student Support Team (SST) to assist in observing, documenting, and referring students with suspected special education impairments. The candidate should be able to monitor students’ continuous progress through data collection and observation and provide information, support, and training to teachers and families around their child's needs. The Student Support Manager and Interventionist should have a good understanding of state and federal regulations and local policies regarding children with special needs. The Student Support Manager and Interventionist Intervention Teacher should be flexible, self-motivated, and a team player. Like all DREAM employees, the Student Support Manager and Interventionist should demonstrate a strong commitment to the mission and values of DREAM and should have substantial expertise in all areas of responsibility. Candidates must also value DREAM’s comprehensive approach to education and desire to make a lasting impact in underserved communities as part of a growing organization. Responsibilities Student Support Manager Responsibilities: Roughly 40% of working hours Schedule Special Education Meetings (i.e. IEP, Re-Evaluation, etc) in partnership with the DOE prior to compliance deadlines, calendaring with and communicating with all necessary team members (i.e. school leadership, teachers, families, related service providers), and ensuring families and DOE have all necessary documents at least 10 days prior to the meeting; Facilitate IEP meetings in partnership with the DOE by using a strengths-based and family-centered approach; Work alongside the Network Director of Student Support to support families with placement transitions (i.e. requesting placement letter from the DOE); Keep accurate IEP Testing Accommodation records and work with the Operations and Data teams when creating and monitoring accommodation groups for all formative, summative and state exams (ie. Regents, PSATs, SATs, etc) Ensure all special education meetings have translators present whenever needed; Maintain accurate student special education records (IEP documents, 504 Plans, FBAs, BIPs, transportation documents) using a school provided tracker and upload all reports to each individual student file; Collect all needed reports and ensure all student data is entered into the required tools (i.e. SESIS) at least 24 hours prior to the start of special education meetings; Work in collaboration with the College and Career Readiness department when preparing DCHS 12th grade students to graduate from DREAM (i.e. Exit Summaries) Work closely with the school operations team during enrollment (including over the summer) to ensure DREAM has the needed documents to best support the student (i.e. IEP); Meet with the Dean of Student Support and Network Director of Student Support on a regular cadence to ensure alignment regarding all components of the special education compliance process. Interventionist Responsibilities: Roughly 60% of working hours Teach small group instructional lessons and plan and provide interventions with fidelity; Implement a variety of researched-based instructional intervention strategies in both reading and math with fidelity (including but not limited to REWARDS and Regents preparation); Ensure transferability of skills learned within the small group reading intervention setting into the larger classroom setting by providing visual tools for students to implement with support from the classroom teachers Model responses and provide visual anchors/agendas/materials and lead students through guided and independent practice while regularly checking f