Behavior Specialist

Reports to: Principal or designee Location: Edison Elementary

Bargaining Unit: Centralia Education Association FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary: The Behavior Specialist supports student, classroom, and school positive behavior to help students achieve academic and personal success. Coordinates and conducts Functional Assessments of Behavior and Behavior Intervention Plans and provides a means to help students become more academically successful. Provides support to staff and provides student based support related to behavior, Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), and student data. Also, consults with staff, parents, and others to support behavioral improvement.

Required Qualifications:

● Washington State teaching certificate with appropriate endorsement(s)

● Minimum of five years of successful teaching experience or five years of successful experience providing school-based student related services

● Possession of expert knowledge and function-based intervention planning for developing behavior change strategies that focus on modifying behaviors to allow students to be academically successful

● Possession of expert knowledge of techniques needed to successfully complete effective Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA), function-based interventions, and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP)

● Ability to successfully use assessment data to inform instruction and collaboratively develop work plans for individual students

● Ability to effectively implement research based instructional and behavioral strategies

● Ability to demonstrate exceptional skill in the roles of a teacher leader including collaboration, action research, reflective practice, and learner advocacy

● Completion of trauma informed, de-escalation training or complete within six (6) months of position

● Ability to communicate effectively, possess awareness of self and others, listen actively, be patient, incorporate humor/lightheartedness into work, be empathic, possess a growth mindset, and be customer-service oriented

● Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of employment

● Ability to support the District’s vision, mission, goals, and culture code including the belief that all students can succeed

● Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations

Preferred (Not Required) Qualifications:

● Ability to speak Spanish

● Successful experience working with diverse individuals

● Certification in Special Education or related field

● Masters Degree in a related field

Essential Functions:

● Provides leadership and direction at the school level regarding effective behavior systems

● Works to design, implement, coordinate and evaluate a comprehensive behavior support program

● Collaborates with administration and other staff to develop, implement and/or support behavior management procedures

● Conducts Functional Behavior Assessments and develops positive Behavior Intervention Plans for students

● Provides behavioral and/or crisis intervention for students

● Works directly with identified students to adopt behaviors that substantially increase their academic performance

● Under the supervision of the building principal, provides diversified strategies and activities specifically designed for targeted students or for teachers or classrooms

● Effectively supports student acquisition of core curriculum and academic and social emotional standards identified by the State

● Supports staff in defining and measuring behavior, understanding principles of reinforcement, teaching new behaviors, implementing strategies for improving behavior, and identifying antecedents

● Facilitates team meetings with identified student’s teacher and family for the purpose of completing a Functional Behavioral Assessment

● Facilitates team meetings that design behavior intervention plans, address classroom structures, and discuss effective instruction including social skills

● Promotes and/or provides highly specialized positive behavior interventions that include behavior instruction that is explicit, intensive, accelerated and provides ample practice in a manner in which students thrive

● Assists staff with data collection, analysis, and plan modification based upon data

● Uses ongoing assessments to maintain a record of student progress

● Develops a repertoire of assessment strategies consistent with instructional goals, teaching methods, and individual student needs to more accurately assess student behavior skills and understandings

● Provides recognition of a variety of student accomplishments and positive behaviors

● Works collaboratively with building administrators to promote positive behavior by providing professional development that targets research, strategies, and modeling of instructional practices to support teachers in their implementation of positive behavior support in their classrooms

● Participates on the district behavior team

● Supervises students to maintain a safe, non-threatening, learning environment

● Engages families in the student behavior intervention plan process and empowers them by providing them with skills and techniques to support the position behavior development of their child

● Conducts conflict resolution and peer mediation sessions

● Serves as a consultant to administrators, other staff, and families

● Participates in proactive team efforts to achieve District and building goals

● Attends trainings as directed or appropriate

● Other duties as assigned

Salary: $63,567 - $125,972, depending on experience and qualifications

Work schedule: 7.5 hours per day (8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) – 187 days per year

Benefits: 12 Sick leave and 3 personal leave days; health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance through SEBB; State retirement through DRS; other fringe benefits as allowed under the Centralia Education Association Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Application Procedures:

Anyone interested in this position should apply through www.edjobsnw.org AND submit a letter of interest to Josue Lowe, Principal of Edison Elementary at jlowe@centralia.wednet.edu. Current employees of Centralia School District need only to send a letter of interest to Josue Lowe.

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