SYBehavior Specialist

Position: SY26-27 Behavior Specialist
Behavior Specialist

Start Date:
July 2026

Role Type:
Full-Time, 12 month

Location:
Washington, DC

FLSA Status:
Exempt

WHO WE ARE

DC Prep is a high performing network of public charter schools serving over 2,100 preschool through 8th-grade students across six campuses in Wards 5, 7, and 8. We're proud of the high bar we set for ourselves to achieve results-our students deserve our best! We recognize that how we support our students to be successful is just as important as the results we achieve, which pushes us to reflect on questions such as:

• How can we facilitate our students' academic, social, and emotional development?
• How can we support our team members' professional growth and personal ability to do this work long-term?
• How can we engage our students' families as our own?

While this work is hard, it's worth it - we believe in the transformative power of education, the can-do-itness of our students and staff, and the joy that comes from engaging in meaningful work with people we care about and trust!

Here's how we drive results:

• Rigorous academic focus. Our Preppies receive the highest level of academic preparation through standards-based instruction, daily targeted interventions, and meaningful assessments.

• Social-emotional learning. We have always had a dual mission of academic and social-emotional skill development. Our research-based SEL curriculum is integrated into daily instruction, helping students leverage their personal values to strengthen their self-awareness, social awareness, and responsible decision-making skills and create a school-wide culture of empathy and reflection.

• Commitment to reflection and refinement. Our results tell us that we are moving in the right direction, but there's further to go to ensure that every student receives a transformative education. As a team, we regularly reflect on our programmatic model to see what's working and where we can get better.

Are you interested in learning more about the DC Prep Way? If so, check out our website to find out more about what we're working towards and how we're doing it.

OVERVIEW

Students need much more than high quality instruction to be successful, which is why DC Prep offers a range of in-house student support services that support our Preppies' behavioral, social, and emotional growth. As the campus Behavior Specialist, you will work alongside our special education and student services teams to support students by:

• Identifying students in need of behavioral and or social-emotional support and providing substantive service in-house (or make referrals to effective community agencies)
• Providing individual and group counseling services to Special Education students
• Conducting psycho-educational evaluations, Functional Behavioral Assessments, and Social History reports, as requested by the multidisciplinary team
• Developing, monitoring, reviewing, and modifying behavior intervention plans
• Developing and monitoring behavioral and social-emotional goals for students receiving counseling
• Conducting classroom observations of students
• Provide ABA Therapy to students with IEPs
• Supporting students in crisis

WHO YOU ARE

You are a fierce advocate for ALL students, particularly those who need targeted behavior interventions and accommodations to be successful in the classroom. You are unwavering in your belief that if a child is not seeing academic success in the classroom, it's because you and your team-in partnership with the child's family-are still in the process of finding out what will work to ensure that child is meeting rigorous academic and social emotional goals.

You are solutions oriented, data driven, collaborative and above all, you're passionate about the need for students from underserved communities to have access to behavioral and social-emotional support services, the importance of addressing the intersection of race and public education in the U.S., and the transformational power of talented, mission-aligned people working together to advance a goal. You're open to feedback, love working with a team, and bring your best to everything you do.

You look for joy in your day-to-day and want to work with others who do, too!

Additionally, you are a reflective, results-driven professional with:

• Outstanding interpersonal skills and emotional constancy to build and maintain strong relationships with students, families and colleagues
• Superior analytical skills to support ongoing curriculum planning, development, and refinement
• Effective written communication skills
• Meticulous organizational abilities (enabling you to set priorities, then organize what needs to happen when to meet deadlines)
• Optimism, maturity, and personal resiliency
• A demonstrated belief in DC Prep's vision, mission, and values, including our commitment to diversity and inclusion
• A desire to work as a team player with families, teachers, and school staff

QUALIFICATIONS

Educational background and work experience

• Master's Degree in Behavior Analysis, Applied Behavior Analysis, Education/Special…