Behavioral Support Counselor (grades 3rd -10th)

• Do you like to work in an environment where we live our mission?   
• Do you value celebrating our differences and learning from them?   
• Are you passionate about the work you do?   
• Do you value collaboration?   
• Are you looking to be empowered as a professional to help us grow as an organizational community?
• Are you a skilled cross-cultural communicator, helping cultivate a place of acceptance?   
• Do you value cross-cultural competence and communication with individuals, teams, and systems within our organization?   

         If you can answer “yes” to these questions, this job could be for you!          
         

• Provide opportunities and availability to engage with students when requested by staff in compliance with the student’s behavior plan, or staff requests.
• Be available for “check-ins” with individual students to problem-solve situations, events, or social interactions with others.
• Attend and participate in classroom morning meetings when a student’s behavior plan or behavior is being discussed.
• Be present to offer support to students during arrival and dismissal times.
• Ensure adequate/optimal coverage for all recesses. 
• Support/model classroom/student behavior management for classroom staff as necessary

• Execute role in full compliance with Federal, state, and SELPA-approved programs/policies and procedures for dealing with behavior emergencies.  
• Assure proper Pro-ACT regulated procedures are used when behavior crises occur, and that required Behavior Emergency Reports are completed within 24 hours, being delivered to the Compliance Program Manager
• Provide any needed or requested support and/or guidance to behavior specialists, classroom staff, and/or students 
• Supervise, follow behavior plans, and complete PBTs when a student is placed in ALL (Alternative Learning Location)
• Supervise students who are off task, visually, and within adequate proximity to respond when necessary.
• Complete Behavior Emergency Reports (BER) or Incident Reports (IR) within 24 hours of the incident, delivering them to the Compliance Program Manager.
• Attend all meetings to review BERs.

• Teach weekly PE lessons in accordance with the school’s master schedule
• Conduct required yearly PE assessments. 
• Refer to class Behavior Specialist and /or therapist for check-in as needed.
• Monitor students if in a quiet room, logging duration and any relevant information in the quiet room log. 
• Become a Pro-Act Trainer and conduct training as scheduled, meeting all requirements of continuing certification.
• Oversee all incidents that call for the direct intervention of an escalated student.
• Support classroom staff to promote Positive Behavior Teaching implementation.  Support classroom staff in implementing individual Positive Behavior Plans, including the use of individual coping strategies. 
• Communicate with the student’s team when there is an escalation in behavior, and immediately to their therapist if a student makes statements of self-harm or injury to others.
• Meet with the Site Director and/or Behavior Program Manager, as needed
• Ensure that the quiet rooms and supervision of quiet rooms are compliant with CA laws and regulations.  
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned

• Ensures that school policies and procedures are carried out.
• Ensures that CA Educational Code is adhered to.
• Adheres to CHC/EBC Employee Handbooks. 
• Ensure the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Laws are adhered to.
• Protect the confidentiality of clients/students and families.

• Candidate will be responsible for training, supervising, and evaluating school staff in the principles of Pro-Act.  
• Must have a thorough knowledge of all State, local, and SELPA laws, regulations, and policies regarding behavioral emergencies.
• Must be able to remain calm and rational in the face of escalated and/or threatening behavior.  

• Experience in special education with children needing behavioral intervention or as a behaviorist in a school setting. 
• Knowledge of public school special education regulations governing behavior. Knowledge of the IEP process.
• Requires at least a B.A. or B.S. in a relevant field and 5 years of school-based experience as a classroom behaviorist or behavior support specialist. 
• Active certificated training in an approved behavior emergency procedure and methodology is required for any candidate.
  
  

• Must be in good physical health. 
• Must be able to walk/run in the event a student leaves campus. 
• Must be able to physically implement the principles of Pro-Act, meeting the size and weight requirements specified by Pro-Act. 
• In the event of a behavioral emergency, this individual must be able to safely implement physical interventions to keep all students and staff safe.