• Job Description

  Req#: 21543
  Position Type:
  '); 'Middle Managers/ Prevention Manager
  
  
  Date Posted:
  4/22/2025
  
  
  Location:
  Y.E.S.S. Program
  
  
  Date Available:
  2025-26 School Year
  
  
  Closing Date:
  04/29/2025
  
  
  Provide professional development experiences to district employees in mentoring practices, home visits, data collection and time management.
  Coordinate the activities of district personnel that are utilizing Check and Connect Student Engagement Intervention Model.
  Demonstrate and model student mentoring strategies and home visits.
  Liaison with other departments, schools, programs, and other organizations regarding student engagement.
  Participate in relative committees, district or otherwise.
  Communicate with parents through home visits, telephone calls, e-mails, and other appropriate means, to discuss the student’s progress and goals.
  Encourage parental involvement in students’ education.
  Ensures that student conduct and attendance are consistent with the school's standards and school district policies.
  Communicate and cooperate with other professional staff regarding the student’s needs
  Participate in Student Support Team meetings as required.
  Model professional and ethical standards when dealing with students, parents, colleagues, and members of the community.
  Understand and adhere to laws, district policies, and procedures.
  Maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, school staff, district staff, and members of the community.
  Be a positive role model.
  Supervises and evaluates staff in accordance with the school district's evaluation plan, and makes recommendations regarding goals, areas needing improvement and continued employment.
  Assist in the budgetary and financial affairs of the program.
  Other duties as assigned.
  Knowledge of best practices in program evaluation and staff supervision.
  Knowledge of data information systems, data analysis and the formulation of action plans.
  Experience with supervision, schools, & mentoring.
  Ability to use computer network system and software applications as needed.
  Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  Ability to develop and implement projects.
  Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, and staff.
  Ability to organize multiple tasks and conflicting time constraints.
  Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to leadership, performance, and professional growth.
  Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
  Requires a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree from a regionally-accredited college or university.
  Requires certification in the Check and Connect Student Engagement Intervention Model or willing to become certified within the first 6 months of employment.
  Experience in K-12 education preferred.
  Successful Supervisory experience preferred.
  Empowered to design and deliver professional learning activities for district employees regarding the Check and Connect Student Engagement Intervention Model.
  Makes decisions regarding evaluation and continued employment for assigned employees.
  Interacts and collaborates with employees, board members, patrons, vendors, administrators, and secretaries in schools.
  Works with various department secretaries, coordinators, managers and directors.
  Supervises classified specialist in the department.
  In collaboration with the Gang Prevention Specialist & Drug and Alcohol Specialist, responsible to create and manage yearly data and budget needs for assigned grants.
  Work takes place in a typical school environment.
  Supervision of students requires both indoor and outdoor responsibilities (e.g. recess duty, gymnasium activities, etc.) in all types of weather and air quality.
  Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and/or hear.
  The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
  The employee is occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel objects and must occasionally climb or balance.
  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
  Please note that this posting closes at 3:00 pm on the date listed above.
  
  
  
  Job Title	Prevention Manager
  Department/Location	Prevention & Student Placement
  Supervisor	Associate Director
  Salary Schedule	Middle Manager
  Lane Placement	A
  Contract Length	12 months (243 days)
  FTE	1.0
  FLSA Classification	Exempt
  Special Designations	One-year-only Contract; Internal Applicants Only
  
  The YESS Prevention Manager will provide management and coordination of multiple YESS assignments for Youth in Care (YIC) functions that support facility and mentor programming. Targeted responsibilities will include implementation of the YIC Check and Connect model, data management (Google and FOCUS) and training coordination with USBE. Prevention Manager will oversee the coordination of college programming at the Detention and Decker Lake site locations with Utah Tech University for the graduate populations that exist at these facilities. Prevention Manager will develop and maintain partnerships with local organizations, schools and community leaders to promote initiatives that will engage community providers and the youth for whom we serve. Other duties may be assigned as necessary.
  
  This positng is for a one-year-only contract and is open to internal applicants only. If you have questions regarding this position please contact Jason Rosvall at (385) 646-4680 or email jmrosvall@graniteschools.org
  
  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, training, education, responsibilities, abilities; the machines, tools and equipment used; background; and any licenses or certifications required. Physical, punctual, reliable, and predictable regular attendance is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
  
  Job Summary:
  
  The Prevention Manager is responsible for managing and coordinating the implementation of the Check and Connect Student Engagement Intervention Model throughout the district. This includes training personnel, data collection, budgeting, and program collaboration and coordination.
  
  Essential Functions:
  
  • Provide professional development experiences to district employees in mentoring practices, home visits, data collection and time management.
  • Coordinate the activities of district personnel that are utilizing Check and Connect Student Engagement Intervention Model.
  • Demonstrate and model student mentoring strategies and home visits.
  • Liaison with other departments, schools, programs, and other organizations regarding student engagement.
  • Participate in relative committees, district or otherwise.
  • Communicate with parents through home visits, telephone calls, e-mails, and other appropriate means, to discuss the student’s progress and goals.
  • Encourage parental involvement in students’ education.
  • Ensures that student conduct and attendance are consistent with the school's standards and school district policies.
  • Communicate and cooperate with other professional staff regarding the student’s needs
  • Participate in Student Support Team meetings as required.
  • Model professional and ethical standards when dealing with students, parents, colleagues, and members of the community.
  • Understand and adhere to laws, district policies, and procedures.
  • Maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, school staff, district staff, and members of the community.
  • Be a positive role model.
  • Supervises and evaluates staff in accordance with the school district's evaluation plan, and makes recommendations regarding goals, areas needing improvement and continued employment.
  • Assist in the budgetary and financial affairs of the program.
  
  Non-essential Functions:
  
  • Other duties as assigned.
  
  Required Knowledge and Skills:
  
  • Knowledge of best practices in program evaluation and staff supervision.
  • Knowledge of data information systems, data analysis and the formulation of action plans.
  • Experience with supervision, schools, & mentoring.
  • Ability to use computer network system and software applications as needed.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to develop and implement projects.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, and staff.
  • Ability to organize multiple tasks and conflicting time constraints.
  • Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to leadership, performance, and professional growth.
  • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
  
  Required Education and Qualifications:
  
  • Requires a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree from a regionally-accredited college or university.
  • Requires certification in the Check and Connect Student Engagement Intervention Model or willing to become certified within the first 6 months of employment.
  
  Required Prior Experience:
  
  • Experience in K-12 education preferred.
  • Successful Supervisory experience preferred.
  
  Assigned Decision Making:
  
  • Empowered to design and deliver professional learning activities for district employees regarding the Check and Connect Student Engagement Intervention Model.
  • Makes decisions regarding evaluation and continued employment for assigned employees.
  
  Non-supervisory Interaction:
  
  • Interacts and collaborates with employees, board members, patrons, vendors, administrators, and secretaries in schools.
  • Works with various department secretaries, coordinators, managers and directors.
  
  Supervisory Responsibility:
  
  • Supervises classified specialist in the department.
  
  Budget Responsibility:
  
  • In collaboration with the Gang Prevention Specialist & Drug and Alcohol Specialist, responsible to create and manage yearly data and budget needs for assigned grants.
  
  Working Environment:
  
  • Work takes place in a typical school environment.
  • Supervision of students requires both indoor and outdoor responsibilities (e.g. recess duty, gymnasium activities, etc.) in all types of weather and air quality.
  • Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
  
  Physical Demands:
  This list of essential and marginal functions and of physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented in accordance with the requirements of the job.
  
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and/or hear.
  • The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
  • The employee is occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel objects and must occasionally climb or balance.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
  
  
  

• About the company

  Granite School District, located in the Salt Lake Valley, operates 62 elementary, 16 junior high, and 8 high schools, serving over 67,000 students. Visit our homepage at www.graniteschools.org.

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