School Culture Support Professional

School Culture Support Professional (SCSP): Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School, 7-12, Public Charter School located in South Hadley, MA

Job Description

PVPA has an opportunity for a School Culture Support Professional for the 2025-2026 school year. We are looking for a reflective practitioner who collaborates effectively with colleagues and understands the varied needs of middle school students.

The ideal candidate is someone who is interested in building a positive school culture, rapport with students, facilitating community-building circles, collaborating with classroom teachers, and working with the School Culture Team to execute student support plans and respond to teachers' requests for support to assist with student co-regulation and re-engaging students back in class after interventions. Experience with and/or interest in learning more about de-escalation strategies, restorative practices, social justice, and arts integration is required. Under the direction of the Dean of Students, you will be responsible for:

• 1.
• Support student de-escalations using established systems with students as needed in collaboration with teachers and the School Culture Team 2.
• Document all student and staff interactions and create a weekly report summarizing all documentation 3.
• Facilitating community-building and harm-repair circles 4.
• Working with the Dean of Students to address student areas of growth identified by the School Culture Team 5.
• Support students as part of the de-escalation process to complete assignments and prepare to return to class, regulated and having made academic progress.
• 6.
• Monitoring students' social-emotional needs and concerns and referring them to the School Culture Team and/or Wellness Team 7.
• Actively and consistently communicate with content teachers about student needs and classroom expectations 8.
• Echo those expectations to students during de-escalation efforts to maintain unity and alignment with all staff and school culture values 9.
• Ensure that students follow school and classroom rules 10.
• Maintaining a structured, safe, quiet work environment 11.
• Work with the Wellness Team to make sure interventions are aligned with individual students’ needs 12.
• Provide Assistance to classroom teachers as designed by the School Culture Team 13.
• Model appropriate, responsible, and culturally responsive behavior and language 14.
• Participate in ongoing professional development, including participation in weekly Collaborative Meeting time with other teachers and the School Culture Team

Qualifications;

The successful candidate will minimally hold a BA degree, be able to pass a background check (CORI/SORI & Fingerprinting), and be able to provide evidence of three years of successful prior experience working with students in grades 7 through 12. Acceptable equivalency for a BA degree includes: Associate’s Degree (two years of college) plus two (2) years of related work experience, or four (4) years of related work experience.

Other Information/Instructions

Salary Range

The base rate is $23.97/hour, annualized $31,042—additional potential for bonus at the end of the fiscal year, as determined by the collectively bargained agreement. The 2025-2026 school year consists of 180 school days, plus 5 professional development/curriculum work days and a full-time 35-hour workweek.

To apply, please visit the PVPA Career Center [https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=25ca1bdd-0907-4251-b5e1-b1d81b80f69f&ccId=19000101_000001&lang=en_US] and be prepared to provide:

1. A current resume 2. Letter of interest/introduction 3. Contact information for three references 4. Transcripts indicating degrees awarded 5. Evidence of licensure or any endorsements if applicable