Behavior Specialist

Kentwood Public School District; Michigan; On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Kentwood Public Schools is seeking a Behavior Specialist at East Kentwood High School to identify student strengths and address obstacles to learning. You will implement prescriptive interventions and collaborate with staff to support student success.

You will participate in IEPs, develop behavior and attendance support plans, and assist with non-instructional duties to ensure a safe, inclusive learning environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• Ability to develop prescriptive interventions for students needing behavioral support.
• Experience collaborating with school personnel and families.

Responsibilities

• Develop prescriptive interventions for referred or identified students needing behavioral support.
• Collaborate with staff to gather and share information and implement behavior plans.
• Assist with behavior management and processing of referrals; implement PBIS strategies.

Skills

Prescriptive intervention

Collaboration

Behavior management

PBIS implementation

IEP participation

Attendance support

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

• Position Type: Support Staff/ Behavior Specialist
• Date Posted: 10/14/2026
• Location: East Kentwood High School
• Closing Date: 10/21/2026

Position: Behavior Specialist

Unit: 4232

Calendar: 38 weeks, 7 hours per day - Full time salary position with benefits.

Position Purpose: Responsible for identifying student strengths and addressing individual and environmental obstacles to learning.

Essential Job Functions

• Develop a prescriptive intervention for referred and/or identifies students needing behavioral support.
• Consult and collaborate with other school personnel to gather and give information.
• Assist with student behavior management and processing of referrals.
• Implement PBIS strategies to support students.
• Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas.
• Accompanies students on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision.
• Develop and implement behavior and attendance support plans as needed.
• Assists teacher with parent contact as requested to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education..
• Participates in IEP process, child study, and serves as resource for the student support team as needed.
• Assist students for the purpose of maximizing their ability to participate in school or learning activities.
• Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs.
• Maintain a casework of individual to assist students and families with appropriate resources and support.
• Assist students directly toward adjustment to school.
• Regular, reliable and punctual attendance.
• Collaborate with staff to support student success.
• Attendance at evening events (up to 2 per week) at the direction of the building principal (secondary).
• Other related duties as assigned.

Additional Duties

Preforms other related tasks as assigned by the Principal and other central office administrators as designated by the Superintendent.

Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility

Equipment: Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers.

Travel Requirements: Travel between schools, or between schools and central offices, may be required for certain positions.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel).
• Ability to work in an economically, culturally, and racially diverse environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.
• Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students with special needs.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff and others contacted in the course of work.
• Ability to report work orally or in writing to supervisor as required.
• Effective writing and verbal communication skills.
• An understanding of working with standards.
• Able to develop and maintain constructive relationships with staff, students, and Administration.
• Ability to support general education instructional staff

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.

Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards

• Ada Requirements: The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment), taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust/focus.
• Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate.
• Mental Functions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Kentwood Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status in its employment decisions or the provision of services.