Behavior Mentor - CCDC Great Valley

Chester County Intermediate Unit; Coatesville (Chester County); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Sick and personal days

Job summary

Chester County Intermediate Unit seeks a dedicated Behavior Mentor for the Child and Career Development Center in Malvern, PA. This full-time position focuses on providing behavior support to students with emotional and behavioral challenges.

The ideal candidate will implement proactive strategies, collaborate with classroom staff, and ensure the effective application of student Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required, bachelor's degree preferred.
• Previous experience with students with emotional and behavioral needs.
• ABA experience required and experience with special education students.

Responsibilities

• Assist in implementing Positive Behavior Support Plans with fidelity.
• Model proactive, evidence-based strategies for classroom staff.
• Collect data for Functional Behavior Assessments.

Skills

Behavior Analysis

Data Collection

Intervention Strategies

Communication

Crisis Management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in psychology, education, social work, or counseling

Tools

Skill Card Database

Job description

A vacancy exist for a full-time Behavior Mentor at the Child and Career Development Center (Great Valley) within the Student Services division of the Chester County Intermediate Unit, located in Malvern, PA. This position involves providing direct behavior support to students with behavioral and emotional support needs.

Are you motivated to create brighter futures for students, families, and the entire community? If so, we want you on Team CCIU! At the CCIU, we pride ourselves on the creativity, dedication, and collaborative spirit that our employees bring to their work every day, and we know that achieving success together takes a team approach! We strive to hire exceptional, motivated, and passionate individuals that help us achieve our vision of acting as educational leaders who contribute to a better Chester County and beyond.

Summary Of Position

The primary role of the behavior mentor is to implement proactive, evidence-based strategies both individually with students and with staff by modeling strategies. The behavior mentor uses principles of applied behavior analysis to extinguish negative behaviors and promote positive replacement behaviors as developed in students' IEPs. The mentor works collaboratively with classroom staff to implement Positive Behavior Support Plans (PBSPs), collect data on current IEP goals and interventions, and communicate noted trends to classroom staff. The mentor will utilize de-escalation techniques and management strategies for student-student or student-staff conflicts. The mentor works in conjunction with and reports directly to the Behavior Analyst.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Assisting The Teacher

• Serve as liaison between Behavior Consultant/Behavior Analyst/administrative staff to ensure classroom staff implement students' PBSPs/teaching plans with fidelity.
• Model proactive, evidence-based strategies for classroom staff.
• Collect data on current goals, current interventions, discipline referrals, and ABC data for new Functional Behavior Assessments.
• Generate data tracking systems in collaboration with classroom staff to represent collected data graphically to ensure communication of student progress.
• Maintain paperwork for each student to support staff collaboration to include IEP at a glance, important personal information, most current PBSP highlights, the student's goals with tracking sheets, and pertinent data tools like ABC sheets or DBR scales.
• Arrange the learning environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Assisting With Students

• Implement universal expectations and follow established consequences for all students, while implementing strategies and individualized modifications for all students with specific programming.
• Work independently with students to provide opportunities to reinforce and practice newly taught replacement behaviors.
• Work independently with students to generalize learned replacement behaviors to new learning environments.
• Support students placing themselves or others in imminent risk by implementing Personal Emergency Interventions, after having been trained and demonstrating competency in the skills.

Assisting With Clerical Duties

• Work independently to represent collected data graphically.
• Work independently to enter all daily data into provided templates (Skill Card Database).
• Entering discipline referrals into the Student Information System.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree (psychology, education, social work, counseling) preferred
• Previous experience working with students with significant emotional and behavioral needs; demonstrated ability to relate well to adolescent population desired.
• ABA experience required
• Experience working with special education students required
• CPR/First Aid Certification required within 30 days of hire
• Registered Behavior Technician Credential required to obtain within 90-days of hire
• PA Criminal and Child abuse Clearances current within 180 days prior to start date required
• FBI clearance current within 1 year of start date required
• Clearance as an MA provider by both the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal government required (conducted upon hire)

2026-2027 School Year Hourly Rates

Support, Level 12

• Step 1 - $27.82
• Step 2 - $28.83
• Step 3 - $29.83
• Step 4 - $30.84
• Step 5 - $31.85
• Step 6 - $32.85
• Step 7 - $33.86
• Placement on salary scale based upon years of experience in a similar position.

Schedule

• Monday- Friday (210 days/year)
• 7.5 hours/day, 7:45 AM - 3:45 PM

Support Staff Benefits

• Excellent medical, prescription, vision and dental coverage at minimal cost to employee
• If medical, prescription, vision and dental coverage is not needed, up to $1,000 in opt-out payments available
• Life insurance in amount of 1x annual salary paid by CCIU
• Long-term disability insurance effective 31st day of illness/injury
• Retirement through PSERS, PA's Public School Employees Retirement System
• Worker's Compensation
• New employees accrue 10 sick days and 2 personal days annually
• Tuition reimbursement - 100% of 12 credits per year
• ...and much more!

Equal Opportunity Employer

Chester County Intermediate Unit is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Chester County Intermediate Unit ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. Chester County Intermediate Unit has a policy of active recruitment of qualified minority teachers and non-certified employees. Any individual needing assistance in making application for any opening should contact the Department of Human Resources at 484-237-5085.