SUBSTITUTE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT SPECIALIST Eligibility Pool (Student Support & Health Services)

Elk Grove Unified School District; Elk Grove (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus 8.25% of Step 1 for CN/MA

Job summary

Elk Grove Unified School District seeks a Behavior Support Specialist to support students with ASD in school settings. The role involves designing and implementing behavior plans, conducting assessments, and collaborating with educators and families to promote positive outcomes.

Requires experience in public education and advanced degrees. Candidates with experience across home and school settings and knowledge of various intervention techniques are preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of experience working with students with ASD and related disorders in home and school settings.
• Experience designing and developing specific educationally necessary program plans for children with autism.
• Experience working as a behavior specialist in public education.
• Experience in performance of functional behavior assessments and development of behavioral plans.
• Experience with a range of curriculum and intervention techniques (e.g., PECS, Natural Language Paradigm, Pivotal Response training, TEACCH social skills, applied behavior analysis).

Skills

ASD support experience

Behavior intervention planning

Public education experience

Education

Master's degree or Doctorate in related field

Job description

The Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) is the fourth-largest school district in California located in southern Sacramento County. EGUSD covers 320 square miles and includes 62 traditional public schools, five alternative education schools, an adult school, one charter school and a virtual academy. Offering a multitude of educational programs, including over 60 career-themed academies and pathways within 13 industry sectors, we prepare our students for college and career by supporting them with the means to be creative problem solvers; self-aware, self-reliant, and self-disciplined; technically literate; effective communicators and collaborators; and engaged in the community as individuals with integrity. We integrate rigorous academics with career-based learning and real world workplace experiences and ensure that Every Student is Learning, in Every Classroom, in Every Subject, Every Day to Prepare College, Career and Life Ready Graduates.

Comments And Other Information

For Behavior Support Specialists, an annual bonus of 8.25% of Step 1 will be paid for a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Master's or Doctorate degrees.

• A minimum of three years of working with students with ASD and related disorders in both home and school settings, preferably cross age groups.
• Experience in interpreting, designing and developing specific educationally necessary program plans for children with autism and related disorders.
• Experience working as a behavior specialist in public education.
• Experience in performance of functional behavior assessments, functional analysis assessments, development of behavioral plans and training and use of emergency behavioral interventions.
• Experience and training in a variety of appropriate curriculum, instruction, classroom management and intervention techniques [e.g. communication training, parent training, PECS, Natural Language Paradigm, Pivotal Response training, relation-based intervention, TEACCH social skills training, positive behavior intervention training, applied behavioral analysis (discreet trial)].

Nondiscrimination Statement: The Elk Grove Unified School District (District) is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in District programs and activities. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints concerning student against student incidents, please contact: Jenifer Avey, Assistant Superintendent, PreK-6 Education/Title IX Coordinator - 9510 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624, [phone] x 67125 | [e-mail] or Chad Sweitzer, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education/Title IX Coordinator - 9510 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624, [phone] x 67118 | [e-mail]. For questions or complaints concerning employees, please contact: Elena Duenas, HR Compliance Coordinator/Title IX Coordinator - 9510 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624 | [phone] x 67149 | [e-mail] or [e-mail]. For questions or complaints concerning Section 504, please contact: Amreek Singh, Executive Director, School Supports/504 Coordinator - 9510 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624, [phone] x 67194 | [e-mail]. For questions or complaints concerning facilities, please contact: Robert Teresi, Risk Manager - 9510 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624 | [phone] | [e-mail]. For questions or complaints concerning educational equity, please contact: Cory Jones, Director of Educational Equity - 9384 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624 | [phone] |[e-mail].