Behavior Mentor - Great Valley

About the Role

The Behavior Mentor position is a full‑time role at the Child and Career Development Center (Great Valley) within the Student Services division of the Chester County Intermediate Unit in Malvern, PA. The mentor provides direct behavior support to students with behavioral and emotional support needs, implementing proactive, evidence‑based strategies individually with students and by modeling strategies for staff. Using principles of applied behavior analysis, the mentor works to extinguish negative behaviors and promote positive replacement behaviors as outlined in students’ IEPs, collaborates with classroom staff on Positive Behavior Support Plans (PBSPs), collects and communicates data, and utilizes de‑escalation techniques for student‑student or student‑staff conflicts. The mentor reports directly to the Behavior Analyst.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between the Behavior Consultant/Behavior Analyst/administrative staff to ensure classroom staff implement students’ PBSPs and teaching plans with fidelity.
• Model proactive, evidence‑based strategies for classroom staff.
• Collect data on current goals, interventions, discipline referrals, and ABC data for new Functional Behavior Assessments.
• Generate data‑tracking systems with classroom staff and present data graphically to communicate student progress.
• Maintain paperwork for each student, including IEP at a glance, personal information, PBSP highlights, goals with tracking sheets, and data tools such as ABC sheets or DBR scales.
• Arrange the learning environment and perform other assigned duties.
• Implement universal expectations and established consequences for all students, while providing individualized modifications for students with specific programming.
• Work independently with students to reinforce and practice newly taught replacement behaviors and to generalize those behaviors to new learning environments.
• Support students who place themselves or others at imminent risk by implementing Personal Emergency Interventions after training and competency demonstration.
• Independently represent collected data graphically and enter daily data into provided templates (Skill Card Database).
• Enter discipline referrals into the Student Information System.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED (required); Bachelor’s degree in psychology, education, social work, or counseling (preferred).
• Previous experience working with students who have significant emotional and behavioral needs, especially adolescents (desired).
• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) experience (required).
• Experience working with special education students (required).
• CPR/First Aid certification (required within 30 days of hire).
• Registered Behavior Technician credential (required within 90 days of hire).
• Current Pennsylvania Criminal and Child Abuse Clearances (within 180 days prior to start date).
• Current FBI clearance (within 1 year of start date).
• Clearance as a MA provider by both the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal government (conducted upon hire).

Pay

Hourly rates for the 2026‑2027 school year (Support, Level 12): Step 1 – $27.82; Step 2 – $28.83; Step 3 – $29.83; Step 4 – $30.84; Step 5 – $31.85; Step 6 – $32.85; Step 7 – $33.86. Placement on the salary scale is based upon years of experience in a similar position.

Schedule

Monday – Friday, 210 days per year; 7.5 hours per day, 7:45 AM – 3:45 PM.

Benefits

• Excellent medical, prescription, vision, and dental coverage at minimal cost to the employee (opt‑out payments up to $1,000 available).
• Life insurance equal to 1 × annual salary, paid by CCIU.
• Long‑term disability insurance effective the 31st day of illness/injury.
• Retirement through PSERS, Pennsylvania’s Public School Employees Retirement System.
• Worker’s Compensation.
• Accrual of 10 sick days and 2 personal days annually for new employees.
• Tuition reimbursement – 100 % of 12 credits per year, plus additional benefits.