Behavior Specialist

Position Type:
Paraprofessional Staff/Behavior Specialist

Location:

District

Date Available:

August 2025

Closing Date:
until filled
ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCY
Wethersfield Public Schools
Wethersfield, CT
Behavior Specialist
June 2025

The Wethersfield Public Schools partner with the community and families in fostering our students' ongoing education in a safe and engaging learning environment. Our schools are demographically diverse and are characterized by respectful behavior, trusting relationships, caring educators/administrators/staff and continuous learning.

Position:
Behavior Specialist

Reports To:

Director/Supervisor for Special Services & Building Principal

Start Date:

August 27, 2025

Compensation: $24.66-$30.21 per hour worked (per bargaining contract)

Work Year: 10 month position (late August - mid June)

Weekly

Hours:

Will vary (range 25 - 32.5 hours per week)

Daily

Hours:

Monday - Friday (start and end times will vary based on building assignment; includes 30 minute unpaid lunch)

Benefits:
This position is eligible for various benefits including paid sick time, paid personal days, and retirement benefits. Please note that health care, life insurance and disability benefits are only available for work assignments of 30 or more hours per week.

The Wethersfield Public Schools has multiple openings for a Behavior Specialist. Chosen candidates will be responsible for providing support - to one or more students throughout the academic day - in the areas of academic, social and behavioral growth and development. Behavior Specialists are critical to the student's ongoing success and will provide value through fostering positive relationships, communicating effectively with staff and students, demonstrating patience and compassion, maintaining confidentiality, always holding a positive attitude, demonstrating flexibility throughout the course of the day, and being one to establish/model the behavior and academic progress we seek in our students.

Candidates must be aware the district reserves the right to move Behavior Specialists between assignments/schools during the school year at its discretion in order to efficiently support and service our students. Additionally, some assignments may require the para educator to be assigned to a daily work schedule beyond the student school day in order to provide necessary adult supervision for students at all times (i.e., bus ride supervisor before/after school).

Duties of the position may include the following:

• Maintain a high level of fairness, respect and equity with students, families and staff;
• Understand and maintain boundaries and confidentiality with students, families and staff;
• Be able to work independently with small groups of students in various environments;
• Demonstrate willingness to work with all students with various levels of functioning and disabilities including but not limited to: learning disabilities, autism, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance, ADHD, speech/language impairments, multiple disabilities, etc., across all grade levels;
• Apply behavioral principles consistently in all interactions with clients and caregivers;
• Implement treatment plans under the direction of a BCBA/BCBA consultant;
• Provide individual support to students with identified behavioral concerns and needs;
• Consistently implement behavior plans to reduce client's socially inappropriate behavior and promote appropriate social behaviors, including skills in emotional regulation and problem solving;
• Effectively respond to and manage crisis situations which may include client physical aggression;
• Teach communication skills, social skills, self-help skills, and play skills through Applied Behavior Analysis principles;
• Work with students to effectively prevent discipline problems and promote relationship building;
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with co-workers, teachers, community partners, and administrative team;
• Implement and support behavior plans and strategies under teacher direction;
• Complete daily documentation and data collection notes in a detailed, accurate, consistent and timely manner;
  Collect and record student data adhering to the supervising teachers' directions and…