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Social and Emotional Learning Liaison, Trainee II

Responsibilities:

1. Conducting informal and formal assessments and interpreting the results for parents and teachers to create remedial plans to support students

2. Conferring and collaborating with teachers to design and implement management strategies for children in their classroom

3. Counseling students in both individual and group formats

4. Teaching weekly Social Emotional Learning Classes- teach developmentally-appropriate conflict-resolution, friendship-building, stress management, time-management, and organizational strategies to children 

5. Supervising doctoral-level interns and externs and post-doctoral fellows

6. Planning and teaching graduate-level seminars for psychology students receiving training at The School

7. Working collaboratively with teachers to ensure that each student works to his or her full potential and serving as a resource to all faculty regarding students' social-emotional and developmental needs

8. Conferring regularly with other members of the Child Study Team to monitor individual students' progress

9. Providing services to students who have been recommended to the Child Study Team for additional and/or enhanced educational opportunities and effectively conveying these interventions to the teachers

10. Assisting with the integration of SEL unit skills and goals into the curriculum

11. Working as part of a team to collaborate with teachers, including teaching, accompanying classes on field trips, monitoring student lunch periods, etc.

12. Teaching mini-lessons on social-emotional issues 

13. Managing children who are in crisis

14. Participating fully in The School's Integrated Projects Week

15. Working with the CST to help ensure all school policies, guidelines, and procedures are followed by students and parents/guardians

16. Fulfilling duties, responsibilities and commitments as outlined in the Working At The School at Columbia University guidebook

17. Helping to create an active and nurturing learning environment for all children.

18. Commitment to the social mission of the school which requires differentiation to meet the needs of an admirably diverse community

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Successful completion of Doctoral training program at The School at Columbia University

• Significant experience counseling children and families from a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds

• Experience with individual and group counseling, using empirically-supported methodologies

• Experience with both push-in and pull-out intervention strategies

• Expertise in the administration and interpretation of a wide variety of educational and psychological tests

• Excellent writing and communication skills

• Experience leading graduate-level seminars for doctoral-level interns and post-doctoral fellows, parents and teachers

• Experience working with digital technologies and applications, particularly in educational settings;

• Appreciation and advocacy for diversity within an urban school setting

• Superior team-building skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate-level degree in School or Clinical Psychology from an APA-approved graduate program

• New York State Psychologist License

• Masters Degree in Social Work

• Previous teaching experience

• Knowledge of Spanish

• Experience working within and supporting an integrated, differentiated curriculum

• Experience with social and emotional curriculum development for schools

• Familiarity and understanding of anti-racist and culturally competent social-emotional practices and pedagogy 

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including
but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses,
specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and
reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Pay Transparency Disclosure

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training.  The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

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