Educational Specialist II - Student Support Team

The Educational Specialist II - Student Support plays a critical role in promoting a safe and supportive learning environment across the district. This position is responsible for facilitating student conferences that have been escalated to the district office due to safety concerns, especially when conflicts remain unresolved at the school level. In these conferences, the Ed Specialist II-Student Support collaborates with all stakeholders to mediate conflicts, address issues, and develop actionable plans that enable students to return to school safely and positively, ensuring the well-being of both individual students and the broader school community.

Beyond direct mediation conferences, the Ed Specialist II-Student Support provides ongoing training, technical support, and practical tools to schools, empowering school-based teams to independently implement effective safety and restorative conferences. The Ed Specialist II-Student Support also supports smooth transitions for students returning from disciplinary actions or suspensions, helping them reintegrate into the classroom in a constructive manner. This work directly impacts students and families, while also indirectly improving attendance, decreasing suspensions, advancing a whole-child approach to discipline, and diverting scholars from entering the school-to-prison pipeline.

The Ed Specialist II-Student Support supports the development, implementation, and progress monitoring of strategic initiatives, programs, and activities under the Diversion program umbrella. Additionally, this position provides assessment support, professional development, and coaching to district staff, schools, and partners on systems and structures that enable the successful implementation of diversion. Central to this role is a commitment to nurturing student wholeness, building restorative relationships, and amplifying student voice and agency. The Ed Specialist II-Student Support approaches each situation with empathy, equity, and a focus on restorative practices that foster a positive and inclusive school climate.

Essential Functions

• Coordinates and facilitates conferences between two or more students that have been escalated to the district office.
• Works with all involved partners to discuss and address unresolved conflicts.
• Coordinates with other district offices when necessary to establish alternative settings for students who are unsuccessful in returning to their previous learning environment.
• Provides training, technical support, and tools to assist schools in implementing their own safety/restorative conferences.
• Establishes and maintains positive professional relationships with principals, assistant principals, managers, district office staff, and outside agencies necessary for the performance of related duties.
• Provides expertise, coordination, and project management for Diversion Project's initiatives and programming, ensuring thoughtful planning and design, high-quality and on-time execution of deliverables, and clear communication and reporting in line with internal and external requirements.
• Manages and supports the work of the Diversion Program assigning cases to community-based resources and partners.
• Collaborates quarterly and annually with stakeholders to review and monitor data and uses data to monitor relevance and effectiveness of the Diversion Program and revises as appropriate.
• Establishes protocols that support implementation of school board policies sponsored by the Student Wholeness team; uses quantitative and qualitative data to inform policy development and revision.
• Applies equity frame to all work, continuously reflecting on the potential impact of the team's plans and actions on perpetuating or disrupting and dismantling racism and inequity.
• Cultivates a learning-oriented work environment and models a positive, growth-oriented outlook while actively fostering the social emotional learning and well-being of other team members.
• Performs and promotes all activities in compliance with equal employment and nondiscrimination policies; follows federal laws, state laws, school boards policies and the professional standards.
  
  
  

Maximum Salary 161856.00

Minimum Salary 94735.00

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, social work, psychology, or related field. Master's degree preferred. Degree must be from an accredited college or institution.
• A valid Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Advanced Professional Certificate (APC).
• Three years' experience working in a public-school system, preferably in an urban setting in a related capacity.
• Experience with Restorative Practices, mediation, and/or facilitation of conflict management processes.
• Experience working with secondary level students in a multicultural urban school system.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills, including the ability to make effective professional presentations and trainings.
• Able to take initiative, efficiently handle multiple priorities, work independently, be flexible and be a collaborative team player.
• Demonstrates the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and respect for others.
• Proficient in the knowledge and use of technical computer applications including Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Unless expressly stated otherwise with respect to the qualifications indicated in the position description, City Schools reserves the right to consider other combinations of applicable education, training, and experience which provide the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to perform effectively in the position.
  
  
  

Full time or Part time Full time

Additional Details

Qualified candidates for the above position must submit the following:

• Completed online application
• Resume that clearly demonstrates the above minimum qualifications. It is important that you include all experiences and education related to the position to which you are applying.
• Upload copies of all transcripts -undergraduate, graduate and all MSDE Certifications
• Must provide three (3) professional references to include: name, title, business address, e-mail address and phone number
• All documentation/certification necessary (scanned copies accepted) to substantiate minimum qualifications; must be uploaded into application
• All documentation must be scanned and uploaded to application
  
  
  

Benefits -- This position is eligible for benefits. To review the available options please see the information relevant to the union for this position by viewing the following link: http://www.baltimorecityschools.org

Baltimore City Public Schools ("City Schools") does not discriminate in its employment, programs, and activities based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, nationality, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy or parenting status, family structure, ability (cognitive, social/emotional, and physical), veteran status, genetic information, age, immigration or citizenship status, socioeconomic status, language, or any other legally or constitutionally protected attributes or affiliations. Discrimination undermines our community's long-standing efforts to create, foster, and promote equity and inclusion for all. Some examples of discrimination include acts of hate, violence, harassment, bullying, or retaliation. For more information, see Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners Policies JBA (Nondiscrimination - Students), JBB (Sex-Based Discrimination - Students), JICK (Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation of Students), ACA (Nondiscrimination - Employees and Third Parties), ACB (Sexual Harassment - Employees and Third Parties), ACD (ADA Reasonable Accommodations), and ADA (Equity), and the accompanying City Schools Administrative Regulations. City Schools also provides equal access to the Boy and Girl Scouts and other designated youth groups. Link to Full Nondiscrimination Notice.

This position is affiliated with the Public School Administrators and Supervisors Association (PSASA) bargaining union.

This position is affiliated with the State Retirement System.

In accordance with Maryland law, City School is required to share the position salary ranges in its entirety. Please note, this is not the hiring range. The hiring range for this position is ($94,735 - 142,846).