Behavior Management Specialist

Pending approval of the Sy25 CFA by TDOE and HCS Board. 

Hamilton County Schools, located in Chattanooga, TN, is working to ensure that all students thrive and experience a future without limits.  We are committed to excellence for every student and are seeking outstanding leaders, teachers, support staff, and district employees who desire to make a difference in the lives of students. With nearly 75 schools, we are confident that you can find your place in Hamilton County. 

Learn more about working for Hamilton County Schools at careers.hcde.org and get to know us and our strategic plan, Opportunity 2030.

The Howard School is a 9-12 school located in Chattanooga, TN. We have a past full of rich tradition; a present that embraces dynamic and exciting change; and a future gleaming with limitless possibilities. Our approach to education is one that involves an entire team working together to develop the whole child. Through rigor, engagement, commitment, and compassion, our faculty and staff strive to ensure that every child receives the academic and emotional support that is needed to achieve the utmost success.

As the oldest public school in Chattanooga, we have a vibrant community that supports our vision and strives to continue the Hustling Tiger tradition of excellence. We are privileged to have community partners who believe in our students and have committed to our Future Ready Institutes, such as the Erlanger Institute for Healthcare and Innovation and the See Rock City Institute for Hospitality and Tourism. Additionally, our principal, Dr. Le Andrea Ware, is Tennessee’s Principal of the Year!

The Howard School is a highly distinguished school in many ways. We are the only 2019-2020 Model Demonstration High School in the State for RTIB2. People from around the world have also taken notice of our school. After his visit in May of 2019, Microsoft Founder Bill Gates spotlighted our school in a video that highlights our immense community pride and our nonstop, collaborative efforts to make a difference!  To view the video, click here. 

We are looking for team-oriented teachers who understand that while the job will be challenging, the challenge will be rewarding. Enthusiasm, drive, and a willingness to explore creative approaches to pedagogy are all important attributes in a teacher who understands the importance of standards-based instruction.

The purpose of this job is to assist the school administration and staff in implementing research-based interventions to decrease inappropriate student behaviors and increase academic achievement.

• Acts in a professional, respectful, and welcoming manner at all times. 
• Creates a customer-focused climate and provides quality services and support to the school and other stakeholders.
• Supports and promotes the school’s overall mission and vision.
• Complies with applicable district, state, and federal codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures. 
• Assists administrators and staff with safety throughout the school by monitoring students immediately before and after school, classroom, cafeteria, halls, and school grounds.
• Uses appropriate communication skills to encourage students to acknowledge inappropriate behavior, accept responsibility for behavior, and identify ways to improve behavior. 
• Gathers data regarding discipline, attendance, and academic achievement, and other pertinent information regarding students. Provides data to administrators and staff with the goal of improving student behavior and academic achievement.
• Works with administration and staff to develop and implement Behavior Improvement Plans (BIP).
• Uses researched-based interventions with students to improve student behavior.  NEVER administers corporal punishment.  Follows school policies, district policies and state/federal laws pertaining to discipline of students.  
• Assists staff and administrators in developing intervention behavior plans.  Monitors plans and recommends changes to staff and administrators as needed.
• Communicates through the proper channels to keep supervisor and other appropriate personnel informed of impending problems or events of unusual nature.
• Follows established procedures for ensuring assigned areas are safe. 
• Works collaboratively with administration, principals, secretaries, staff, and other stakeholders.
• Attends work and arrives to work on time.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Adheres to the Teacher Code of Ethics as defined by Tennessee Law.
• Uses technology to enter and maintain data concerning student behavior.
• Completes forms and produces reports as requested by the administration and staff.
• Performs general/clerical tasks, which may include answering telephone calls, sending/receiving faxes, or filing documentation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge/Education/Experience:

Four-year college degree preferred.  Trained in at least one research-based strategy for classroom management and/or student behavior such as conflict resolution or peer mediation preferred.  Two (2) years of successful experience working in an urban school preferred.  Or, any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.  Must attend CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) training or other training if required by school administrators. 

Skills/Qualifications:

• Ability to use good judgment in assessing situations and applying behavior management strategies that de-escalate inappropriate student behavior.
• Ability to work collaboratively with school administrators, staff, students, parents, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to gather student information from different sources and use information to make recommendations to administrators, staff, students, and parents to improve student behavior and academic achievement.
• Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  Ability to calculate decimals and percentages.  
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.

Compensation:
Salary is based on a combination of relevant education and experience.
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