Behavior Specialist; SY

Behavior Specialist (26‑27 SY)

Rankin County School District

In keeping a tradition of excellence, the purpose of the Behavior Specialist Special Education is to provide behavior support for Special Education students across the district as designated by their IEP or other Special Education forms. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provide direct intervention, counseling, behavior consultation, and assist with behavioral management programs for students who are in need of an individual support plan/functional behavior assessment, to include follow‑up on specific recommended learning strategies with students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
• Assist with transition of SPED students from learning center to their home schools.
• Direct caseload contact for individual and group counseling with students for schools designated by the Special Education Director.
• Conduct Social Skills instruction in group counseling settings at assigned schools as needed.
• Attend IEP and eligibility meetings to provide parent/staff information and to ensure behavior supports are properly implemented.
• Provide Crisis Management.
• Liaison with outside mental health agencies/organizations, placements, physicians, psychologists and counselors.
• Attend weekly staff/team meetings with department behavior team.
• Provide assistance with the development of behavior goals for student individualized education plans.
• Develop targeted support plans for students displaying behavioral deficits in the school setting.
• Collect and analyze student behavioral data to make data‑driven decisions in regards to student behavior.
• Conduct IEP meetings to obtain consent when a functional behavior assessment is warranted.
• Conduct functional behavior assessments.
• Review the findings of the functional behavior assessment with parents and staff in the form of an IEP meeting.
• Develop a behavior intervention plan based on the findings of the functional behavior assessment.
• Train staff working with students with behavior intervention plans on data collection for progress monitoring of behavior.
• Be willing to acquire crisis prevention intervention certification.
• Conduct manifestation determination reviews based on data collected and reviewed.
• Oversee the completion of paperwork that is completed as a part of a manifestation determination review/change in placement.
• Attend 45‑day review meetings that are held for students placed in alternative settings.
• Provide weekly support/collaboration with special education teachers in the school settings covered.
• Lead and attend staff meetings/trainings as applicable; serve on staff committees.
• Assume responsibility for own professional growth and development, for keeping current with literature, new research findings, for attending appropriate professional meetings and conferences, and to maintain any credits and/or continued education for maintenance of licensure/qualifications required for the position.
• Maintain and accept responsibility for any district owned fixed asset item assigned to employee and ensure appropriate use by following district policies for acceptable use.
• Undergo periodic evaluations according to state and board policy procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Regular, dependable, in‑person, and punctual attendance is an essential function of this position.
• Perform such other and not specifically enumerated duties as may be requested by the Board of Education, superintendent, administrator, director or established by district policy.
• Read, understand, and abide by Employee Conduct Policy, GAB, all other district, state and federal policies, and procedures and protocols as established by RCSD and the Mississippi Educator Code of Conduct.

• Education Level: Minimum of Master’s degree issued by an accredited college or university.
• Licensure:
  Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor, Licensed Professional…