School-Based Behavior Support Specialist

KIPP North Carolina Career Board; North Carolina; On-site; USD 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

KIPP NC in North Carolina is seeking a Behavior Technician to provide direct, intensive behavioral support to students with behavioral, social-emotional, or adaptive needs, enabling access to instruction and participation in school.

You will implement BIPs and IEP behavioral supports, collect data, monitor progress, collaborate with EC staff, teachers, families, and support CPI training to prevent crises. This role emphasizes data-driven decisions and teamwork to support student success.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience working with children or adolescents in an educational, behavioral, mental health, developmental, or related setting.
• Experience supporting children or adolescents with significant behavioral or social-emotional needs.
• Working knowledge of positive behavioral supports, reinforcement, prompting, replacement behaviors, antecedent strategies, and de-escalation.
• Ability to implement established behavioral interventions and student plans consistently and with fidelity.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct behavioral support to assigned students in individual, small-group, classroom, and other school settings.
• Implements established Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), IEP behavioral supports, safety plans, reinforcement systems, and other assigned behavioral interventions with fidelity.
• Provides explicit instruction and practice in replacement behaviors, self-regulation, communication, coping strategies, social-emotional skills, adaptive skills, and other identified student needs.
• Uses positive behavioral strategies, including reinforcement, prompting, modeling, antecedent strategies, environmental supports, visual supports, structured routines, and systematic fading of adult support.
• Provides proactive behavioral support designed to reduce escalation and increase student engagement, access, and independence.
• Supports students during classroom instruction, transitions, arrival and dismissal, meals, recess, assemblies, and other school activities as needed.
• Assists students in generalizing appropriate behaviors and skills across adults, settings, activities, and routines.
• Works intentionally to increase student independence and reduce unnecessary reliance on intensive adult support.

Skills

Direct behavioral support

Collaboration

Data collection

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in psychology, education, special education, ABA, human services, or related field

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

KIPP NC in North Carolina is seeking a Behavior Technician to provide direct, intensive behavioral support to students with behavioral, social-emotional, or adaptive needs, enabling access to instruction and participation in school.

You will implement BIPs and IEP behavioral supports, collect data, monitor progress, collaborate with EC staff, teachers, families, and support CPI training to prevent crises. This role emphasizes data-driven decisions and teamwork to support student success.