Behavior Support Specialist/PBIS 2024
Bellevue School District
- Bellevue, WA
- $29.37 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Support individual students whose behavior is detrimental to their learning and the learning of others by implementing positive behavior systems, interventions, and strategies.
- Assess and analyze function of student's behavior with school team.
- Collaborate with school team to plan strategies to replace disruptive, negative behaviors by teaching students positive, productive, and socially appropriate replacement behaviors.
- Provide on-going support for staff members during school transitions, lunch times, and recess sessions related to the use of positive behavior support strategies.
- Collaborate with a variety of school team members, which may include individual teachers, grade level teams, PBIS committee, behavior intervention specialists, classroom teachers, administrators, school psychologists, school counselors, consultants and other specialists.
- Assess Schoolwide and Classroom PBIS Tier 1 and the effect of classroom management on student's behaviors.
- Observe visual support system(s) being utilized (if applicable).
- Determine and/or assess triggers which appear to escalate student.
- Confer with the Assistant Principal and Principal.
- Observe and record data on targeted positive behaviors and negative behaviors.
- Include student input in reward system plan to include his/her motivators.
- Document student escalations on Antecedent Behavior Consequence (ABC) forms.
- Collaborate with school team members to develop and implement positive behavior reinforcement systems including positive reinforcement charts, daily schedules, necessary visual supports, routines and interventions to help student learn successfully in the classroom using appropriate behavior.
- Train staff working with the student 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 needed to help student succeed.
- Create written daily schedules, student behavior expectations, create and/or revise positive behavior reinforcement charts, create and/or revise negative behavior tracking chart, and other written documents designed to help student improve their behavior.
- Communicate assignment progress with Behavior Intervention Specialist almost daily.
- Write intervention summary and provide to Behavior Intervention Specialist.
- Prepare staff training binder with student's positive behavior reinforcement systems, positive reinforcement charts, and daily schedules to train staff for specific cases.
- Model positive behavior interventions and train staff in effective positive behavior supports.
- Utilize BSD behavior resources and provide behavior reference material to teachers as needed.
- As needed, follow up one to three weeks post-intervention, assess the extent that intervention recommendations have been implemented, and consult with team on modifications needed to best support students.
- Performs related duties as required.
- Reports directly and supervised by the Building Administrator.
- High school graduation or equivalent and an Associate's (AA) Degree or higher, two years of college, or pass a formal state or local academic assessment that meets specific criteria.
- Training and/or experience in implementing PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support) theory and practice.
- Experience working with other members of a department or team to accomplish common goals.
- Knowledge of child development theory and its implications for teaching and learning.
- A variety of reading and/or math methods.
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, students, and parents, orally and in writing.
- Ability and willingness to work with students and families of diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds.
- Position requires the ability to problem-solve and sometimes deal with challenging situations.
- Ability to meet and maintain confidentiality, punctuality and attendance expectations.
- Ability to meet and maintain punctuality and attendance expectations.
- Ability to perform all duties in accordance with all applicable Board policies and district and legal requirements
Civil Rights/Nondiscrimination Compliance Coordinator Nancy Pham, (425) 456-4040 or phamn@bsd405.orgSex-based Discrimination, including Sexual Harassment:
Title IX Coordinator: Jeff Lowell, (425) 456-4010 or lowellj@bsd405.orgDisability Discrimination:
Section 504/ADA Coordinator: Heather Edlund, (425) 456-4156 or edlundh@bsd405.orgMailing address for all three: 12111 NE 1st Street, Bellevue, WA 98005.Job Title : Behavior Support Specialist/PBIS 2024-25Primary Location : VARIOUS LOCATIONSSalary Range : Per HourShift Type : Full-Time