TOPIC: Job Descriptions Related to Student & Learning Supports
In response to requests from the field, the following examples were elicited and are provided as a resource aid. Anyone who has a job description relevant to mental health in schools is invited to send it for inclusion. As we receive examples, they will be added.
Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools
Center Reports
Publications
- Best Practices in the Use of Learning Supports Leadership Teams to Enhance Learning Supports
- School Counselors and School Reform: New Directions
Guidance Note
- Enhancing a School Board's Focus on Addressing Barriers to Learning & Teaching
- Establishing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports at a School: Seven Steps for Principals and Their Staff
- First Steps at State Ed Agencies and School Dists in Developing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports as an Essential Component for School Improvement & Student Success
- Infrastructure for Learning Supports at District,Regional,and State Offices
- Leadership at a School Site for Developing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
- "Not Another Team!" School Improvement Infrastructure Viewed through the Lens of Addressing Barriers to Learning and Teaching
- Notes About the Learning Supports Facilitator Position
- Preparing All Education Personnel to Address Barriers to Learning & Teaching
- Resource Oriented Teams: Key Infrastructure Mechanisms for Enhancing Education Supports
- Student Support Staff: Moving in New Directions through School Improvement
Training
Information Resource
- Change Agent Mechanisms for School Improvement: Infrastructure not Individuals
- Leadership for a Learning Support System in State Departments of Education: Example Job Descriptions
Quick Finds
Examples from Around the Country:
- State Department of Education & District Leadership
- Director of the Learning Support and Partnerships Division
- Educational Specialist - Comprehensive Student Support
- Learning Supports Facilitator Duties
- School Employed Student Support (including Mental Health Providers)
- Learning Supports Coordinator
- Mental Health Professional employed by grant to school
- Mental Health Professional - School-based Therapist
- Middle School Drug Prevention and School Safety Program Coordinator
- SAIL (Student Assistance In Life) Coordinator
- Student and Family Support Coordinator
- Who are School Psychologists?
- Safe Schools Related Personnel
- School System Improvement Personnel
- Director, Extended Learning and Supports
- Integration of Schools and Mental Health Systems Building Coordinator
- Universal Learning Supports System Team Member
- Agency Employed Mental Health Staff Working With Schools
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