Behavior Coach

Collaborate with individual teachers, groups of teachers and/or the entire staff on issues such as: crisis intervention, learning and collaboration issues, and factors that can affect development and implementation of interventions and/or student progress.

 Promote highly specialized positive behavior interventions in which “at risk” students thrive by prioritizing behavior instruction that is explicit, intensive, accelerated, and provides ample practice.

 Use ongoing assessments to maintain a record of student progress and the success or failure of planned interventions and systems.

 Develop a repertoire of assessment strategies that are fair and equitable; assess higher-order thinking and problem solving.

 Provide recognition of a variety of student accomplishments and positive behaviors.

 Work cooperatively with building administrators to promote positive student behavior.

 Continually supervise students to ensure a safe, non-threatening, nurturing environment where students can thrive.

 Engage in ongoing professional development to increase knowledge and skills of positive student behavior support for all students and targeted students.

 Engage parents in the student behavior intervention plan process and empower parents by providing them with skills and techniques to support the positive behavior development of their child.

 Conduct conflict resolution and peer mediation sessions.

 Review behavior referrals and school wide data report.

 Participate in building level interdisciplinary team meetings, and/or grade level meetings, as appropriate.

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  Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills in order to relate to students, parents, staff, administrators, and community. Ability to negotiate effective working relationships, and develop position resolutions to conflict.
• Strong organization skills in order to manage multiple issues simultaneously combined with ability to effectively prioritize.
• Ability to work independently and within a team while maintaining cooperative working relationships.
• Unwavering moral compass guided by personal ethics, integrity, tolerance, and trustworthiness.
• Ability to successfully navigate within varying degrees of ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to support the classroom teacher and other building staff in a professional and collegial manner.