Behavior Specialist (2020-2021 Eligibility Pool) – Special Education – Education Center 301 views

About the Employer

As one of California’s largest high school districts, we offer rewarding and exciting employment opportunities that impact our students and community in a positive way. We offer a supportive team environment with a shared passion and common goal of providing students the education and skills they need to succeed in college and career.

Apart from competitive salaries and 100% benefits coverage for employees and their dependents, we also focus on personal professional development.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team!

Job Description / Essential Elements:

EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
SPECIAL EDUCATION – BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST

Articulation with Feeder School Districts

• Attend high profile, eighth grade student transition IEP’s for the Autistic/Aspergers, ED and MR
  programs as needed if there are behavioral concerns.
• Staff Support
• Support and/or mentor general and special education teachers as well as their
• Para-educators.
• Support and/or consult with school administrators.

Department Meetings

• Attend school department meetings upon request.
• Attend weekly Program/Behavior Specialists meetings.

Professional Development

• Behavior Specialist will arrange for and/or provide professional development
  training in the area of writing behaviors into the IEP, to include goals and
  objectives.
• Behavior Specialist will arrange for and/or provide professional development
  training in classroom behavior management, behavioral documentation and
  behavior support plan development.
• Participate in all required ESUHSD professional development activities.
• Attend assigned task force meetings
• Provide therapeutic crisis intervention training (strategies to avoid escalating behavior and
  teaching coping skills) Both behaviorists are certified trainers from Cornell University
• Provide Hughes Bill Training (legal procedures for addressing the behavior issues with special education students).

Program Management

• Review case management notebooks relevant to assigned cases.
• Make program placement recommendations to the IEP team.
• Observe and document student behavior, generating summary report with annotated data to case manager.
• Attend lEPs as needed
• Collaborate with case managers to plan, coordinate and evaluate effectiveness of strategies.

Other Activities

• Act as a student advocate
• Consult with SSTMST and Section 504 teams as needed.
• Monitor for district, state and federal compliance.
• Assist in the investigation and preparation of responses to CDE complaints.
• Keep current with best practices through current training and updates of previous training.
• Review IEPs for compliance and final submission into CASEMIS
• Other duties that revolve around behavior issues
• Participate in specific training related to TCI and Hughes Bill

Requirements / Qualifications

Complete online application, Appropriate Secondary Education Special Education Credential, Transcripts, Letter of Introduction, Letters of recommendation, CBEST