Positive Behavior Intervention Specialist - Summer Camps 2025 (Seasonal)

The Science Museum of Minnesota is currently seeking a committed, passionate Positive Behavior Intervention Specialist, who holds a belief in the ability of our scholars, to join our team. The Positive Behavior Intervention Specialist will be responsible for setting standards and laying a foundation of academic and classroom success for scholars by providing high-quality, relevant instruction to scholars and staff to promote a positive learning environment. This position provides research based targeted intervention in areas of behavior and social emotional learning.

This is a seasonal position for Summer Camp.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide classroom management and scholar redirection support and practical training to staff.
• Assist scholars, staff and all stakeholders through the application of positive behavior supports.
• Provide classroom behavior management strategies that will help scholars become successful.
• Create and led school-wide behavior management strategies that will help scholars become academically successful and support teachers classroom management 
• Monitor and record data pertaining to scholars goals and objectives
• Communicates with parents, students and staff to convey pertinent information while maintaining confidentiality of personal information.
• Assist with the development and implementation of a Functional Behavior Assessment, Proactive Behavior Plans and/or Behavior Intervention Plans developed by the IEP Team
• Monitors and supervises student activities; promotes respect, supports diversity, explains social norms and disciplinary consequences, de-escalates personal confrontations
• Provides customer service to parents and guardians, answers questions, and explains school rules.
• Deliver high-quality, individualized strategies based on scholars’ needs.
• Participate in weekly meetings with grade-level staff.
• Collaborate with the leadership team , and staff as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned. 

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

1.  Communication: Expresses oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others and ensures that information is shared with others who should be informed.
2. Collaboration: Develops, maintains, and strengthens partnerships with others inside or outside the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support.
3. Customer Service: Demonstrates an understanding of the SMM mission by ensuring that their own interactions with internal and external customers consistently support the mission.
4. Fostering an Inclusive Community: Contributes to a museum environment, and people, that reflect and respond to the diverse needs and cultures of our community (internal and external).
5. Results Orientation: Focuses on providing a best in class visitor experience through work outcomes by meeting personal and organizational work objectives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Experience and training in crisis interventions. Crisis intervention and prevention training
• Experience: Experience in conflict resolution strategies and a variety of discipline strategies. Ability to assist in writing Functional Behavioral Assessments, Proactive Behavior Plans, and Behavior Intervention Plans. Experience in communicating behavior management techniques. Experience working with IEP teams.

Starting Compensation: $21.85-$24.42 per hour (depending on qualifications)

The job duties and responsibilities listed describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position and are not an exhaustive list. For some positions, detailed procedures may be outlined in supplemental documents. 

We exist to turn on the science and inspire learning, inform policy and improve lives. We envision a world in which all people have the power to use science to make lives better. We value science as an essential literacy and strive for inclusion inside and out so that our museum and our people reflect and respond to the diverse needs and cultures of our community. It is the museum’s policy and practice to hire and promote qualified job seekers from a variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Salary : $22 - $24