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Behavior Specialist, Special Education

Adams 12 Five Star Schools
life insurance, paid time off, 401(k), 403(b)
United States, Colorado, Thornton
1500 East 128th Avenue (Show on map)
Apr 26, 2023
SALARY INFORMATION:
STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40
FTE: 1.0
MONTHS PER YEAR:9
JOB CODE: 5027
POSITION TYPE: REPLACEMENT - PERMANENT/REGULAR
LOCATION: THORNTON, CO.

NEW for 2022-2023: Unlimited experience credit to all newly hired special educators.

SUMMARY: Provide information, guidance, training and assistance to school-based teams through observations, reviewing of records, attending meetings, side-by-side coaching, data collection, and consultation. Assist in assessment of Behavior Intervention Plans, data collection, and data analysis of individual students, classrooms, or schools. Assist schools in the development and monitoring of Behavior Intervention Plans. Provide trainings for classroom teachers, administration, paraprofessionals, parents, and related service providers on Functional Behavioral Assessments, Behavior Intervention Plans, crisis management, data collection and analysis as related to Mild/Moderate students as well as students with significant support needs, serious emotional disabilities and Autism Spectrum disorders. Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of specialized programming and staff development. Support Special Education Directors and Coordinators in the area of behavior support and management. Collaborate with other district members, community services, outside providers, school based teams, administrators and problem solving teams.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Preference will be extended to internal candidates. Valid Colorado Special Services license with Psychologist, Social Worker, or Special Education endorsement. Knowledge of Functional Behavior Assessment/Analysis and Behavior support/Intervention Plans. Assists staff with design and implementation of behavioral programming for identified students. Assists staff with student observation, data collection, assessment, analysis of behavior plans, intervention design, crises management, and assistance with inclusion. Instructs students in affective development. Works with families of at risk students. Advocates for students and their families if involved in attendance, discipline, or expulsion hearings or in the court system. Participates in program wide planning.

EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
* Must be a minimum of 18 years old.
* Master's degree or higher required.
* Experience providing mental health in an elementary or secondary school setting preferred.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS:
* Criminal background check required for hire.
* Preference given to candidates with ELL Training and/or an ESL or (LDE) Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement.
* Must possess or be able to obtain a valid and appropriate Colorado Educator License.

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT OPERATING KNOWLEDGE: Operating knowledge of and experience with personal computers and peripherals. Operating knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Google Apps. Operating knowledge of and experience with typical office equipment, such as telephones, copier, fax machine, and Email

SALARY INFORMATION (FOR EXTERNAL CANDIDATES):

  • Salary placement on our is dependent on the employees' education and/or work experience

  • Certified/licensed employees will be granted one (1) year for each full year of contractual and/or work experience up to a maximum of ten (10) years, which includes in-district and out-of-district contractual teaching and/or work experience. Responsibility for verification of outside experience shall rest with the individual employee.

  • For further explanation of salary placement please refer to our that can be found on our district website.

BENEFITS INFORMATION:

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eli

gible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).

To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see our.

THIS POSTING IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION.



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