Behavioral Specialist

Behavioral Specialist

Position Type: Classified
Work Schedule: School year; hours determined by assignment
Reports To: Building Principal

Payette School District is seeking applicants to support students for the 2026-27 school year. The Behavior Specialist provides academic, behavioral, social-emotional, functional, and supervisory support to students in a variety of school settings including education classrooms, special education programs, in-school suspension, academic intervention, school-based work experiences, career and technical education, electives, common areas, and other student-support settings.

The Behavior Specialist works under the direction of building administrators and certified staff to implement established instructional activities, behavior supports, individual student plans, and school expectations. Assignments and responsibilities may vary during the school day and may be adjusted based on student, building, and District needs.

Duties may vary by assignment and student needs and may include, but are not limited to:

• Establish and maintain positive, professional relationships with students.
• Support a safe, respectful, structured, and productive learning environment.
• Reinforce classroom, school wide, and individualized behavioral expectations.
• Implement positive behavior supports, intervention strategies, and de-escalation techniques as directed.
• Assist students in developing self-regulation, communication, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Recognize signs of escalation and respond according to student plans and District procedures.
• Provide supervision and support in classrooms, intervention settings, and other assigned locations.
• Assist students in understanding and completing teacher-assigned academic work.
• Reinforce academic, communication, functional, behavioral, and employability skills introduced by certified staff.
• Provide guided practice and individual or small-group assistance under the direction of a certified teacher.
• Support student organization, use of schedules, assignment completion, and classroom participation.
• Assist students with educational technology, assistive technology, visual supports, task analyses, and communication systems.
• Implement applicable IEP accommodations, behavior intervention plans, safety plans, and other student-support plans as directed.
• Encourage students to work as independently as possible and use the least intrusive level of prompting necessary.
• Support students in various educational settings and school environments.
• Assist students with independent-living, vocational, social, and functional activities when assigned.
• Support students in practicing workplace behaviors such as punctuality, following directions, task completion, work quality, communication, and accepting feedback.
• Supervise students assigned to structured intervention or in-school suspension settings.
• Help students reflect on behavior, repair harm, complete assigned work, and prepare to return successfully to the classroom.
• Follow administrator direction regarding student supervision and disciplinary placement; do not independently assign or modify disciplinary consequences.
• Collect and record academic, behavioral, functional, and IEP-related data as directed.
• Maintain accurate records of student attendance, participation, work completion, behavior, level of assistance, and other assigned information.
• Report student progress, concerns, safety issues, and significant incidents promptly to the appropriate teacher or administrator.
• Assist with arrival, dismissal, meals, transportation transitions, school activities, and other supervisory assignments.
• Assist students with mobility, hygiene, feeding, personal care, or other daily needs when assigned, appropriately trained, and required by the student’s plan.
• Maintain student confidentiality and comply with FERPA, District policy, and professional expectations.
• Participate in required meetings, training, and professional development.
• Follow District policies, building procedures, emergency plans, and safety requirements.
• Work collaboratively with teachers, administrators, counselors,…