ONC BOCES is accepting applications for a full-time Behavior Specialist. This is a 10-month, 7.5-hour workday, Non-Unit Support, Civil Service position.
The Behavior Specialist is a key member of our Special Education and Related Services team that provides support in relation to the behavior management of students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment within the BOCES and districts. The Behavior Specialist provides training, dissemination of information, consultation, and resources to teachers, administrators, and other related service providers to ensure our students are successful.
The ideal candidate for the Behavior Specialist position will have a proven track record of working with challenging students to improve their behaviors. They should also be familiar with a variety of evaluation tools and have experience administering functional behavioral assessments and creating behavior intervention plans. They should also have knowledge of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, the ability to collect and analyze data, and classroom and behavior management experience while working with students with disabilities.
Salary: $50,000—$60,000 commensurate with education and experience
Paid holidays, generous sick time, NYS retirement, EAP, continuing education assistance, and exceptional insurance, including retiree health insurance, are available.
Reports to: Director of Special Education
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The following list is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Primary Responsibilities:
Organize, develop, collaborate, and provide oversight of Functional Behavior Assessments
Assist with the writing, development, implementation, and oversee Behavior Intervention Plans
Monitor, analyze, and track data in relation to FBAs, BIPs, and other counseling to make necessary modifications
Lead and implement training for staff on data collection, development, and execution of BIPs
Identify behavior patterns of students across programs
Oversee research, identify, develop, and lead a unified counseling program to address systematic approaches across grades and developmental spans to address pro-social behavior
Lead and train staff in data collection techniques
Monitor referral reason for ISS and OSS
Monitor and Develop proactive strategies for counseling behaviors leading to suspension
Model and implement behavior intervention strategies inside the classroom
Civil Service Job Description:
This position involves providing training, dissemination of information, consultation and resources related to the behavior management of students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment to teachers of school age students and pre-school students with disabilities, general education classroom teachers, administrators, and related service providers. Work is performed under the supervision of the Special Education Administration. Does related work as required.
Duties include but are not limited to:
Provide oversight of Functional Behavioral Assessments.
Organize, develop, collaborate with component districts and Special Education Administrator on FBA format
Write, co-write, develop, implement, and oversee Behavior Intervention Plans for students with special education team.
Oversee development of all BIP's
Monitor collection of and record of all data on BIP's
Lead and implement training of staff on data collection, development, and execution of BIP's.
Model appropriate execution of BIP's.
Monitor and conduct regular review of BIP's. Meet with staff and administration on status.
Identify behavior patterns of students across programs: TLC, TRUST, BA, etc.
Oversee research, identify, develop, and lead a unified counseling program to address systematic approach across the grades and developmental span to address pro social behavior.
Oversee and develop a system to evaluate the counseling program.
Direct, monitor, analyze, and track data in conjunction with counseling program and make modifications as needed.
Oversee the analysis strands of behavior across TLC, TRUST, BA, etc.
Oversee, design, develop, implement and write, specific behavior modification plans for students.
Model and implement behavior intervention strategies inside the classroom.
Oversee and provide training for teachers on implementation of behavior plans.
Oversee, develop, record, and analyze data associated with behavior plans.
Lead and train staff in data collection techniques.
Monitor referral reason for ISS and OSS.
Monitor and Develop proactive strategies for counseling behaviors leading to suspension.
For more information, please contact: humanresources@oncboces.org
Civil Service position candidates must be reachable on the existing eligibility list. If there is no mandated eligibility list, candidates will be considered for provisional appointment. Continued employment will be contingent on successfully passing the required examination and being reached on the eligibility list.
The selected applicant will be subject to a fingerprint support criminal history background check in accordance with SAVE Legislation effective July 1, 2001.
The Board of Cooperative Educational Services of the Sole Supervisory District of Otsego, Delaware, Schoharie and Greene Counties does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ethnicity, pregnancy, family status, age, marital status, genetic predisposition, military status, domestic violence victim status, disability and any other class protected by state or federal law in the educational programs or activities which it operates, including, but not limited to, access to facilities in accordance with the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C. 7905, which requires equal access for the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups to meet at public schools.