Positive Behavior Coordinator

Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio; Shaker Heights (OH); On-site; USD 58,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Shaker Heights City School District seeks a Positive Behavior Coordinator for the 2026-2027 school year. The role supports students and staff through consultation and direct services addressing social, emotional, and behavioral needs.

Responsibilities include delivering professional learning on FBA/BIP development, coordinating MTSS initiatives, and maintaining accurate documentation while collaborating with families and outside agencies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• Experience supporting social, emotional and behavioral needs in a school setting.
• BCBA certification or coursework preferred.
• Experience assisting teams with data collection, behavioral analysis and intervention planning in schools.
• Pass background check.
• Flexibility and reliability to handle challenging tasks.
• Strong time management and problem-solving.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; proficient with technology; confidential.
• Strong interpersonal skills across diverse audiences including students, staff and families.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong MTSS and behavioral analysis understanding.
• Coaching, collaboration and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct, short-term behavioral consultation to staff.
• Deliver job-embedded professional learning on FBA/BIP development and data collection.
• Facilitate environmental and classroom strategies to promote positive climates.
• Provide resources for data collection and progress monitoring.
• Offer Tier 1 and targeted Tier 2 supports for social and emotional needs.
• Lead and support Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs).
• Provide crisis support to students when needed.
• Support re-integration for school-avoidant students with community outreach.
• Coordinate with outside/community agencies for student support.
• Support PBIS and MTSS initiatives district-wide.
• Create supplemental materials and resources.
• Attend staff meetings and trainings.
• Implement strategies aligned to the district Strategic Plan.
• Apply data-driven approaches to improve interventions.

Skills

Effective communication

Interpersonal skills

Multicultural engagement

Time management

Leadership

Collaboration

Documentation skills

Confidentiality

Flexibility

Problem solving

MTSS knowledge

Coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Title: Positive Behavior Coordinator: 2026-2027 School Year

Reports to: Director of Student Support Systems

Employment Status: Regular/Full-time

Salary: $58,202 - 76,3444 for 201 days

Job Objective: To promote a positive school climate and to support instructional staff and students through consultation and direct services related to student social/emotional/behavioral needs.

NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 1. Bachelor's degree is required.
• 2. Successful experience supporting the social, emotional and behavioral needs of students within the school setting.
• 3. Board Certified Behavioral Analyst (BCBA) certification or coursework preferred.
• 4. Prior experience in assisting teams in data collection, analyzing behavioral concerns, and intervention planning within the school setting.
• 5. Satisfies the criminal background check.
• 6. Displays flexibility, reliability, self-discipline and a willingness to take on challenging tasks.
• 7. Exhibits effective time management and resourceful problem-solving skills.
• 8. Possesses excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills and proficiency with current technology; ability to confidentially communicate.
• 9. Exhibits strong interpersonal skills and ability to relate well across a variety of multi-cultural, multi-experience, multi-background audiences including students, staff, administration, parents and the community.
• 10. Ability to organize, prioritize, work under time constraints and to be flexible in an environment of multiple tasks and changing priorities.
• 11. Possesses a strong understanding of a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) and behavioral analysis.
• 12. Exhibits effective coaching, collaboration, and documentation skills.

Essential Functions:

• 1. Complies with drug-free workplace rules and board policies.
• 2. Adheres to the Licensure Code of Professional Conduct for Ohio Educators.
• 3. Provides direct, short term behavioral consultation to staff to address specific behavioral concerns.
• 4. Provides job embedded professional learning to staff in conducting Functional Behavior Assessments, developing Behavior Intervention Plans and data collection.
• 5. Provides job embedded professional learning to staff in environmental and whole class strategies to promote positive classroom environments.
• 6. Provides resource materials for data collection and progress monitoring of behavior.
• 7. Provide professional learning to staff on Tier 1 classroom strategies to support the social, emotional and behavioral support of all students and targeted Tier 2 strategies.
• 8. Leads and supports the completion of Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs).
• 9. Provides short term direct support to students in crisis.
• 10. Provides flexible support to school avoidant students to assist them in re-integrating into the school setting, including working with students outside of the school setting.
• 11. Liaises to outside/community agency support for students (e.g., community mental health providers, CCBDD, PEP Connections, juvenile court, etc.).
• 12. Supports district PBIS and MTSS initiatives.
• 13. Develops supplemental materials/resources.
• 14. Attends and participates in staff meetings, planning/training sessions.
• 15. Implements strategies aligned to the Strategic Plan.
• 16. Apply research and data to improve the content, sequence and outcomes of social, emotional and behavioral intervention programming and write Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs).
• 17. Maintain current and accurate documentation.
• 18. Encourage parental involvement in students' education and ensure effective communication with staff, parents and students.
• 19. Assist with unexpected/urgent situations as needed.
• 20. Attend and present at meetings and in-services as required.
• 21. Attend professional growth seminars, workshops, etc. to keep current on relevant issues.
• 22. Cultivate relationships with all departments that promote a strong commitment to District goals
• 23. Maintain respect at all times for confidential information (e.g., student test scores, family information, personnel documents).
• 24. Promote a positive school climate in support of academic excellence.
• 25. Promote the District's mission, philosophy and vision.
• 26. Performs other duties as directed.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• 1. Ability to work effectively with diverse groups of people.
• 2. Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• 3. Experience working in a consultative role with other professionals.
• 4. Ability to analyze behavior.
• 5. Ability to communicate the relationship between social/emotional/behavioral needs and academic achievement.
• 6. Knowledge of Positive Behavior Supports and Interventions.
• 7. Experience leading Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans.
• 8. Ability to interact positively with various departments and individuals.
• 9. Knowledge of research based social, emotional and behavioral interventions.
• 10. Ability to organize and manage multiple tasks and conflicting time constraints.
• 11. Ability to communicate ideas and expectations clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
• 12. Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to leadership, performance and professional growth.
• 13. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others in the course of work.

Performance Evaluation: Job performance is evaluated according to policy provisions and contractual agreements adopted by the Shaker Heights City School District Board of Education and Superintendent.

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the employee. The employee will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the employee's supervisor, appointing authority.