Behavior Support Specialist/PBIS 2026-27 Ardmore Elementary

About the Role

The Behavior Support Specialist - PBIS collaborates with all staff in a school building to ensure schoolwide positive behavior supports are in place, creating a safe, civil, and respectful learning environment. The specialist provides Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavior interventions to small groups or individual students, observes and collects behavior data, stabilizes student behavior, implements positive behavior systems, trains staff, and collaborates in student team meetings.

The Bellevue School District is committed to a diverse workforce representative of its students and models cultural competency as an international community.

Responsibilities

• Support individual students whose behavior is detrimental to their learning or others’ by implementing positive behavior systems, interventions, and strategies.
• Assess and analyze the function of student behavior with the school team.
• Collaborate with the school team to plan strategies that replace disruptive behaviors with positive, productive, and socially appropriate behaviors.
• Provide ongoing support for staff during school transitions, lunch times, and recess related to positive behavior support strategies.
• Collaborate with various school team members, including teachers, PBIS committee, behavior intervention specialists, administrators, school psychologists, counselors, and other specialists.
• Assess Schoolwide and Classroom PBIS Tier 1 and the effect of classroom management on student behaviors.
• Observe visual support systems and determine triggers that escalate student behavior.
• Confer with the Assistant Principal and Principal, observe and record data on targeted behaviors, and include student input in reward systems.
• Document student escalations on Antecedent Behavior Consequence (ABC) forms.
• Develop and implement positive behavior reinforcement systems, including charts, schedules, visual supports, routines, and interventions.
• Train staff on systems and positive reinforcement strategies.
• Obtain, read, and follow student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP), Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA), Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP), and Aversive Intervention Plan (AIP).
• Suggest additional visual supports to help students succeed.
• Create written daily schedules, behavior expectations, reinforcement charts, and other documents to improve student behavior.
• Communicate progress with the Behavior Intervention Specialist almost daily and provide intervention summaries.
• Prepare staff training binders with student-specific positive behavior systems and model interventions.
• Utilize BSD behavior resources and provide reference materials to teachers as needed.
• Follow up post-intervention to assess implementation and consult on modifications.

Requirements

• High school graduation or equivalent and an Associate’s (AA) Degree or higher, two years of college, or passing a formal state/local academic assessment.
• Training and/or experience in implementing PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support) theory and practice.
• Experience working with a team to accomplish common goals.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of child development theory and its implications for teaching and learning.
• Familiarity with a variety of reading and/or math methods.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff, students, and parents, both orally and in writing.
• Willingness to work with students and families of diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds.
• Problem-solving skills and ability to handle challenging situations.
• Ability to meet confidentiality, punctuality, and attendance expectations.
• Spanish language skills preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Positions typically require stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.
• Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds frequently, and/or negligible force constantly.
• May be subjected to moving mechanical parts, odors, chemicals, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, workspace restrictions, and intense noises.

Pay

$31.44/hour to $33.39/hour (starting hourly rate $31.44/hour) based on the negotiated collective bargaining agreement.

Schedule

32 hours per week for a 192-day annual assignment (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 7:30 AM to 2:45 PM; Wednesday 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life-insurance eligibility based on 630 hours worked within a school year.
• Retirement provided through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems.
• This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement.