Horizons - SEL Leadership Team
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Job Description
As the secondlargest Catholic university in New England and one of the fastestgrowing private doctoral institutions in the U.S. Sacred Heart University is a national leader in shaping higher education for the 21st century. SHU offers more than 100 undergraduate graduate and doctoral programs on its Fairfield Conn. campus. Sacred Heart also has a campus in Dingle Ireland and offers online programs. More than 10000 students attend the Universitys eight colleges and schools: College of Arts & Sciences; School of Communication Media & the Arts; School of Social Work; School of Computer Science & Engineering; College of Health Professions; the Isabelle Farrington College of Education & Human Development; the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology and the Dr. Susan L. Davis R.N. & Richard J. Henley College of Nursing. Sacred Heart a Laudato Si campus stands out from other Catholic institutions as it was established and led by laity. The contemporary Catholic university is rooted in the rich Catholic intellectual tradition and the liberal arts and at the same time cultivates students to be forward thinkers who enact changein their own lives professions and in their communities. The Princeton Review includes SHU in itsBest 390 Colleges: 2025 Edition andBest Business Schools: 2024 Edition. Sacred Heart is home to the awardwinning NPRaffiliate station WSHU Public Radio a Division I athletics program and an impressive performing arts program that includes choir band dance and theatre.www.sacredheart
Position Summary
Provide SEL support and crisis intervention to HSHU learners in grades K8. Serve as a resource for HSHU teachers/staff and families.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide socialemotional support and facilitate coregulatory practices with students who are struggling to maintain emotional regulation.
- Help to foster and maintain an emotionally safe and traumainformed environment at HSHU.
- Coordinate and/or provide students with individual sessions as needed as well as facilitate group work that engages dyads small groups and/or affinity groups and classrooms.
- Engage in classroom observation and provide consultation to teachers regarding student social emotional learning student behavior individual student situations community building inclusive practices and classroom management.
- Maintain records of student progress/data.
- Maintain and model professional boundaries and mutually respectful relationships with students colleagues supervisors and community partners with the foundation of open communication respect and collaboration.
- Interface with families and provide feedback and resources for their children.
- Provide and/or collaborate on professional learning for staff.
- Support and complete mandated reporting processes when needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge Skills Abilities & Other Attributes
- Minimum 24 years of experience working with children in a K8 educational setting preferred.
- Knowledge of traumaresponsive practices and working with underresourced communities preferred.
- Strong commitment to the Horizons at SHU mission working agreement and community values.
- Effective oral and communication skills.
- Experience/comfort working with a wide range of abilities and differentiating learning to meet the needs of all students.
- Experience teaching socialemotional learning and with mentoring.
- Experience with building community.
- Willingness to connect with the HSHU community after the summer program by attending schoolyear events.
- Skills needed to mentor and coach classroom staff.
Unusual Working Conditions
This is a seasonal summer program position.
This is a fullday position.
Dates of Program:
- Training week: 6/23 through 6/27/25
- Program Days: 6/30 through 8/8/25; two required evening events 8/6/25 & 8/8/25
- Cleanup & Reporting Days: 8/11 & 8/12/25
- PreTraining Onboarding Date TBD
Trainings generally run 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.
Program days are 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.
This job posting provides an overview of the roles general nature and expected tasks. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all duties performed. The university reserves the right to modify or reassign job responsibilities at any time. This posting description does not constitute an employment contract either explicit or implied.
Other details
- Job FamilyStaff
- Pay TypeHourly
- Employment IndicatorSeasonal
Employment Type
Hourly
