Student Support Specialist (Middle School)

Job Responsibilities

• Provide direct support to students by teaching and modeling research/evidence based interventions as determined by the intervention team.
• Facilitate restorative meetings between staff and students, staff and staff, students and students.
• Collaborate with the student's intervention team and parents to develop and implement a personalized plan with intervention strategies and positive behavior support.
• Implement preventative strategies, as identified by the intervention team, like reviewing expectations, providing pre-correction, reminding students of incentives, and providing students with planned breaks or frequent reinforcement, as needed.
• Implement identified interventions to enable students to remain in class and/or de-escalate students, as needed.
• Provide direct support to students by modeling research/evidence-based interventions and implementing interventions identified by student intervention team.
• Assist with data collection for Functional Behavioral Analysis as directed by a School Psychologist or BCBA.
• Ensure that data in all systems, including but not limited to PowerSchool, SWIS, restraint reporting form, and suspension log is accurate and up-to-date.

Qualifications

• Background or experience working with a diverse population with diverse behavioral needs.
• Minimum of an associate's degree, preferred bachelor's degree.
• Preferably a Registered Behavior Technician certification and/or elementary behavior response experience in a school setting and/or experience/training in restorative practices.
• Professional Development: Registered Behavior Technician certification, if not already held; Restorative practice certificate, if not already held; Safety Care certification, if not already held.
• Understanding of school-wide Positive Behavior Support System.