Behavioral Specialist 2023-24 - Gubser

Primary Function

Assists building administration in the planning, implementation and assessment of the schoolwide student management program and contributes to a positive school culture and climate.

Supervised By

School Administrator(s)

Essential Functions

1. Teaches individual students strategies and skills including conflict resolution, responsibility, and problem solving.
2. Consults with, and assists, the school staff and parents in developing student behavioral expectations.
3. Support the successful implementation of positive behavior expectations and management strategies through modeling and/or co-teaching.
4. Plans, develops, and implements individual student behavior contracts in collaboration with parents and building administrators.
5. Acts as a resource for staff with discipline issues and/or assisting teachers in effective and culturally appropriate classroom management practices.
6. Works with identified students for the purpose of modifying behaviors.
7. Assists the administration in the implementation and evaluation of school-wide positive behavior procedures for all students.
8. Assists the administration on disciplinary issues that may result in suspension and/or expulsion.
9. Assists in developing programs and/or activities to promote positive student behavior as well as intervention strategies.
10. Assesses, monitors, and provides feedback to students on their academic and/or behavioral progress as necessary.
11. In collaboration with other building staff, collects and reviews data related to school positive student behavior goals.
12. Works in cooperation with the youth services team, if applicable, which may include the juvenile court system, community resource person and/or agencies that provide services for students and families. Keeps building staff up-to-date on students, as appropriate and as needed.
13. Provides information on school behavior plans, programs, policies, and the role of Student Behavior Resource staff.

Additional Functions

1. Takes precautions to provide for the health and safety of all students.
2. Takes precautions to secure and protect District material, equipment, and facilities.
3. Participates in activities related to school functions and/or the educative process that occur outside the regular school day, in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement.
4. Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

1. A valid and current Oregon Teaching License
2. Knowledge of child growth and development at each level of instruction
3. Three years of teaching or counseling experience

Work Environment

Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions with routine exposure to the weather including seasonal heat and cold. Subject to frequent loud noises in the environment.

Physical Requirements

1. Hearing and speaking to exchange information; seeing to perform assigned duties; sitting, standing and walking for extended periods of time; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate equipment; kneeling, bending at the waist, and reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally, to retrieve and store files and materials, and lifting light objects.
2. Strength: Sedentary/Medium – Exert force to 10-25 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or move objects. May be required to restrain a student using moderate strength (20-50 pounds push or pull) and MANDT techniques.
3. Intermittent bending, twisting, squatting kneeling, crawling, climbing stairs, reaching. On feet throughout the day. Work effectively in an environment which can be both physically and emotionally fatiguing.
4. Work with students who may exhibit aggressive assaultive behavior, as required of specific job assignment.

Type: Licensed 
FTE: 1.0
Status: Temporary, ASAP - June 17, 2024
Salary is prorated based on FTE: $48,320 - 95,107 (Salary range is based on the 2022-23 range and is subject to change)
Application Procedure: Apply online