Facilitator Restorative Justice Oakland Performing Arts Intensive OPAI Location Castlemont Grade 2nd-12th Summer 2025
Facilitator Restorative Justice Oakland Performing Arts Intensive OPAI Location Castlemont Grade 2nd-12th Summer 2025
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Job Description
This is an INTERNAL opportunity only.
All staff for Summer Learning Programs will report in person to a specific campus location.
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This is a voluntary summer position.
BASIC FUNCTION: Promote and support the OUSD Strategic Plan to create equitable opportunities for learning and success that ensure all students are college and career ready. Play an integral role in achieving the mission and goals of a Full Service Community District by providing support to schools and families. Support Districtwide Restorative Justice Initiative by coordinating implementing and facilitating schoolbased and community restorative practices to reduce racially disproportionate discipline and foster safe and supportive school environments.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES: (Incumbents may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below. This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties knowledge or abilities associated with this classification but is intended to reflect the principal job elements accurately.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Serve as a spokesperson for restorative justice practices; clearly articulate and explain the benefits of restorative processes to schoolsite staff parents students and the community.
- Organize implement and facilitate OUSD peer restorative justice program at identified school sites; train and provide technical assistance in restorative practices to schools implementing restorative practices.
- Provide ongoing professional development sitebased coaching and support to site administrators and leaders teachers support staff and community partners in restorative justice practices.
- Assist in the identification development implementation and evaluation of curricula for sitebased restorative justice training.
- Facilitate restorative practices with students parents teachers school staff and community members as an alternative to out of school suspension.
- Coordinate the reentry of students returning from discipline and incarceration through restorative practices to increase access to wraparound supports and connection to school site staff and resources.
- Facilitate sitebased restorative practices professional learning community.
- Provide leadership to the school culture and climate team on the integration and implementation of restorative practices to improve conditions for learning reduce suspensions and increase academic engagement.
- Use Model Mentor Transfer process with teachers in the classroom to promote restorative community building practices socialemotional learning positive and inclusive classroom environment and effective instruction.
- Represent the District at City County State and National meetings and conferences to promote and to disseminate restorative practices to eliminate inequity.
- Serve as District liaison to Community Based Organizations to increase community support for and implementation of restorative justice practices within OUSD schools.
- Collaborate with other District departments to infuse restorative justice practices with existing violence prevention truancy reduction crisis intervention academic and alternative educational enrichment health and mental health services and supports.
- Assist with data collection progress monitoring and program evaluation to determine the efficacy of restorative justice practices to increase safety and reduce racially disproportionate discipline referral and incarceration and recidivism.
- Collaborate with Positive Behavior Intervention Supports African American Male Achievement and Social Emotional Learning Initiatives to ensure alignment of restorative practices with other existing and emerging best practices identified in the Voluntary Resolution Plan.
- Collaborate with Teaching and Learning to align restorative practices with Common Core and other academic instructional approaches designed to achieve equity for all students.
- Collaborate with communitybased programs and other initiatives at the site to align restorative justice practices with existing violence prevention truancy reduction crisis intervention academic and alternative educational enrichment health and mental health services/providers and supports
- Utilize trauma informed restorative practices with students parents staff and community members to facilitate trauma healing within school setting.
- Assist in identifying funding opportunities and developing grant proposals to expand sitebased restorative justice practices and personnel.
- Attend trainings and collaborative sessions to acquire knowledge and disseminate best practices in restorative justice.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The District determines whether a candidate is qualified based on fulfillment of prerequisites relevant work experience ability to perform the essential functions reference checks effective interpersonal and communication skills demonstrated by interview performance and/or writing samples and achievement on performancebased assessments (if applicable) that demonstrate the candidate possesses the requisite knowledge skills and abilities. Meeting prerequisites only satisfies the initial screening process and does not indicate the candidate is qualified to perform the essential functions of the position.
KNOWLEDGE OF:
Utilization of various forms of assessment to guide and design program
Applicable federal state and District codes regulations policies and procedures governing workscope
Planning organization and coordination needed for assigned program
Principles and practices of effective leadership
Funding opportunities for assigned program
Community contacts for assigned program
Diverse academic socioeconomic cultural ethnic and disability backgrounds of District students; the Districts diverse community partners and agencies
Correct English usage grammar spelling vocabulary and punctuation
The Districts Strategic Plan
Facilitation techniques
Data analysis and decision making
The Community School philosophy of aligning resources in service of students
Effective strategies theories techniques and methods of professional and organizational development
Interpersonal skills using tact patience and courtesy
Telephone techniques systems and etiquette
Computer software hardware and related technology
ABILITIES TO:
Interpret implement and maintain current knowledge of applicable laws codes policies procedures and District regulations governing work scope
Maintain current knowledge of new developments related to work scope
Analyze situations accurately and adopt effective courses of action
Manage competing priorities and time.
Demonstrate cultural competence with diverse groups across race ethnicity religion gender class and sexuality
Establish and maintain effective working relationships among diverse groups of students parents District staff and the community across race ethnicity religion gender class and sexuality
Establish and maintain effective leadership and working relationships with multifaceted public and private agencies and District departments
Successfully interact with principals teachers staff parents students partner agencies and other community members
Develop and facilitate community partnerships
Communicate effectively using tact patience and courtesy
Meet District standards of professional conduct as outlined in Board Policy
Facilitate; communicate orally and in writing; and listen
Build partnerships and collaboration with departments agencies and institutions
Build capacity of adults to function in new systems
Facilitate and foster new behaviors and practices in challenging contexts
Build authentic and trusting relationships
Operate personal computer related software and other office equipment
PREREQUISITES
- Bachelor Degree or its equivalency required 2 years of similar and relevant work level experience 1 year of college). A combination of experience and education may be used to meet the Bachelor Degree requirement; however the work experience years used to qualify for the Bachelor Degree requirement cannot be used to meet the work requirement.
- 1 year of direct experience implementing conflict mediation and positive youth development in a school or community setting
- Experience working in an urban school district environment preferred
- Experience providing training and coaching to educators preferred
- Proven commitment to school success student achievement and positive child youth and family development
- Available for some evening and weekends
- Bilingual Spanish useful but not required
- Valid California Drivers License if applicable
PREEMPLOYMENT PROCESS:
Employment eligibility will include fingerprints tuberculosis and/or other employment clearance
WORKING CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENT:
Office and diverse school site environments; driving a vehicle to conduct work; fastpaced work; constant interruptions; exposure to a variety of childhood and adult diseases and illnesses
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Consistent mental alertness; sitting or standing for extended periods of time; lifting carrying pushing and pulling objects up to 30 pounds occasionally 30 pounds; bending and twisting at the waist reaching overhead above the shoulders and horizontally; dexterity of both hands and fingers while performing duties; seeing to read write and use the computer; hearing and speaking to exchange information in person or on the telephone and make presentations.
NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY:
The Oakland Unified School District does not discriminate in any program activity or in employment on the basis of actual or perceived race religion color national origin ancestry age marital status pregnancy physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information veteran status gender sex or sexual orientation.
Employment Type
Temp
