Elementary Behavioral Support Specialist

Position Type:

Elementary School Teaching/Positive Behavior Support Specialist

Date Posted:

11/2/2023

Location:

Great Lakes & Sheldon Woods

Date Available:

Immediately

Closing Date:

Open Until Filled

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Notice of Certified Staff Posting

Position: Elementary Behavioral Support Specialist

• Great Lakes & Sheldon Woods Elementary Schools

Posting Dates: November 2, 2023 - Until Filled

Reports To: Principal

Beginning: Immediately

Hours: Full-time Position

Training/Experience/Endorsements preferred:

• MSW w/School Social Work Certificate or Counselor credential and/or

• Teaching Certificate w/Special Ed Endorsement (EI preferred) and/or

• Elementary Teaching Certification with Behavioral Support Experience and/or

• School Psych/MA Psych

Job Responsibilities:

• Tier 1

• Facilitate Implementation of school-wide Tier 1 PBIS Matrix

• Co-teach Tier 1 PBIS Bully Prevention Lessons Yg K-5th

• Assist principal and facilitate PBIS Committee, data collection, and communication

• Work with PBIS Committee to increase weekly and monthly recognition for intended behavior

• Facilitate and monitor effectiveness of current PBIS incentives

• Work with administration to train and support Restorative Practices

• Tier 2

• Create and conduct small group re-teaching sessions based on collected data

• Conduct and Facilitate Check in/Check out interventions

• Facilitate Restorative Circles/Practices with students and staff

• Provide individual mental health and behavioral sessions to students in frequent need

• Help manage, create, and implement Tier 2 Behavior Plans with existing team

• Facilitate monthly meetings to review Tier 2 Behavior Plans

• Observe students and teachers in non-evaluative manner to provide suggestions in regards to behavioral support.

• Respond to and de-escalate Tier 2 behavior.

• Provide job embedded coaching to classroom teachers based on Trauma informed practices.

• Conduct on-task student observations and provide feedback to teachers and parents.

• Tier 3

• Coordinate services with CMH, DHHS, and other community partners/service providers.

• Respond to and de-escalate in the moment Tier 3 aggressive and unsafe behavior.

• Assist with student behavior and consequences

• Attend monthly Child Study Meetings.

• Lead and help plan monthly PBIS Meetings

• Work collaboratively with school nurse, DHHS staff, special education staff and general education staff in the building.

• Help provide families with wrap around services through training to help families make connections to community services.

• Facilitate monthly meetings to review Tier 3 Behavior Plans.

• Administer other duties as assigned by principal

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.

• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is subject to environmental conditions.

• The worker should provide consistent and reliable attendance.

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