Behavior Support Specialist

Summary

The Behavior Support Specialist is responsible for assisting teachers and administrators in dealing with student behaviors.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Monitor in-house suspension students as the accountability room supervisor.
• Assist with positive behavior support utilizing the PBIS system.
• Assist with student behaviors in the café during lunch times.
• Attend and assist with behavior intervention plans.
• Communicate student behaviors to parents via phone, email, etc.
• Assist the teachers with behavior intervention.
• May be required to substitute teach in the classroom.
• Monitor and input information on the campus activities calendar as needed.
• Train and supervise peer mediators and mediations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Strong time management skills
• Ability to deal with different age levels
• Positive communication skills; able to relate to students, parents, and staff
• Behavior modification skills

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Required Education and Experience

• Associate degree required, bachelor's degree preferred.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.