What are the responsibilities and job description for the BEHAVIOR SUPPORT SPECIALIST Eligibility Pool (Student Support & Health Services) position at Elk Grove Unified School District?
Elk Grove Unified School District will provide a learning community that challenges ALL students to realize their greatest potential. Student Support and Health Services will support students, families, and staff by providing direct and indirect services, coordinated resources, and strategic interventions in order to enhance students’ physical, mental, and emotional well being so they may realize their greatest potential. The Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) is the fifth-largest school district in California located in southern Sacramento County. EGUSD covers 320 square miles and includes 68 schools: 43 elementary schools, nine middle schools, nine high 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.