What are the responsibilities and job description for the Positive Behavior Specialist position at Jackson Co School District?
Qualifications
Director of Special Education
Duties
- Valid Professional License from MDE or other State Agency. (Bachelor's degree or higher)
- Minimum of 2 years Experience in behavior management and in designing positive interventions in the educational setting.
Director of Special Education
Duties
- Provide counseling to special education students who require such services.
- Work side-by-side with teachers to assess students' needs and to improve student behavior.
- Provide staff development focusing on students with difficult behaviors and related topics to teachers as needed.
- Develop functional behavior assessments.
- Develop and implement functional behavior plans.
- Develop and implement behavior modification plans as a member of the IEP team.
- Provide individual counseling as specified on the individual IEP.
- Provide home/school behavior intervention support models.
- Consult with out-of-district facilities of which Jackson County School District has placed students for individual services.
- Support paraprofessionals/contracted personnel assigned to students with difficult behaviors.
- Support Principals with discipline related issues as it relates to special education students.
- Serve as a member of the District Behavior Support Team.