Behavioral Support Specialist

3 hours ago

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Indianapolis Public Schools Full time
Purpose of Position

Provide support to individual students with behavioral and social-emotional challenges. Model and encourage positive behavioral changes by implementing strategies within the student's IEP and collaborating with the school-based team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Monitor students continually within a variety of school environments, including the cafeteria, playground, classroom, restroom, hallway, field trips, and assemblies.
  • Meet regularly with the classroom teacher, Behavior Specialist, Mental Health Therapist, and other school staff to discuss student behavior and progress.
  • Support the classroom teacher by providing opportunities for social-emotional interventions and supports to reduce suspensions, expulsions, and exclusions.
  • Continually supervise, monitor, and redirect the student to ensure a safe, non-threatening, nurturing environment.
  • Attend parent meetings to provide insight into the student's behavioral progress.
  • Participate in the implementation of the student Behavior Plan.
  • Use specialized data tracking techniques to collect student behavior data.
  • Use specialized de-escalation strategies with a student in crisis.
  • Attend meetings and professional development sessions to acquire and/or convey information relative to the job functions.

Critical Core Competencies

  • Highly developed written and verbal communication skills.
  • Results-oriented.
  • Unwavering moral compass guided by personal ethics, integrity, tolerance, and trustworthiness.
  • Ability to navigate varying degrees of ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
  • Willingness to collaborate with the classroom teacher and other building staff in a professional and collegial manner.

Qualifications

  • Associate's degree or 60 semester hours of college credit or successful completion of the ParaPro Assessment test required.
  • Prior work experience with children with behavioral challenges in school, child care, or residential settings preferred.
  • Organizational skills required to compile and maintain documentation and data collection.
  • Basic computer skills necessary.

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