Behavior Specialist

LINCOLN PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

1650 Champaign

Lincoln Park, Michigan 48146

ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCY

Special Education

2024 -2025 School Year

POSITION:

Behavior Specialist - Special Education

Beacon Day Treatment Center

• (1) Position

And any positions that result from the filling of this posting

QUALIFICATIONS:

• School Social Work Licensure/Temporary or Full School Approval for School Social Worker, School Psychologist, or Teacher (EI endorsement preferred)

• Experience with students with exposure to prolonged chronic stress required

• Experience in a center based program preferred

• Experience working with students with Emotional Impairments preferred

• PBIS, CPI and Crisis Intervention training and experience preferred

• Experience in working within the MTSS framework

• Experience in conducting Functional Behavioral Assessments, writing Positive Behavior Intervention Plans, and Emergency Intervention Plans

• Team work, team building, and mediation skills and ability to work independently

Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education and/or Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable.

DUTIES:

• Provide in-classroom behavioral support, coaching, training and strategies for meeting the needs of students

• Address behavior by providing behavioral interventions and problem solving strategies

• Intervene in crisis situations

• Conduct MDRs; facilitate behavior planning and review meetings, and wraparound meetings

• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary staff, parents, and administrators

• Provide training and support to all appropriate staff members

• Document and collect data for behavior interventions and services provided

• Determine appropriate behavior treatment plans through documented evaluations and consultations

• Participate in student success team meetings

• Implement trauma-informed/resiliency based strategies & interventions

• Implement building wide PBIS

• Maintain compliance with special education timelines, required paperwork and documentation

• Collaborate with classroom teachers to plan and implement classroom based activities and behavior strategies/interventions

• Meet the needs of all students effectively by working in partnership with other disciplines

• Comply with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rules, and school policy

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of research, theories, and practices associated with therapy in the school-based setting

• Maintain a philosophy in accordance with the Special Education Department and the Lincoln Park Public Schools

Other duties as assigned

RESPONSIBLE TO:

Building Administrators and Executive Director of Special Education

WORK SCHEDULE:

According to School Calendar

SALARY:

According to LPEA Master Agreement

Jennifer Walker

Executive Director of Staff and Student Services

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, who fully and actively supports equal access for all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information or Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, and prohibits retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint, or otherwise oppose discrimination.

The Executive Director of Staff and Student Services

1650 Champaign, Lincoln Park, MI 48146

313-389-0200 ext. 20305