Behavior Specialist - Part Time

Position: Behavior Specialist

Department/Campus: District Office 

Reports to: District SPED Coordinator

Job Type: Part Time

Work Hours: 9AM - 2 PM Monday - Thursday

Employee is a third-party contractor working with Harmony Public Schools and is not a direct-hire.

Position Qualifications: 

• Master's degree in Psychology, Behavior, or related field
• Valid Texas license as a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP) or Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
• Minimum 3 years of experience as an LSSP in an educational setting or BCBA in a clinical setting (preferred)

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Synthesizes psychological research for dissemination in large group staff development training as well as for use in individual mentoring.
• Conducts in-services for school personnel on emotional/behavioral markers, classroom

modifications/accommodations and structured intervention strategies

• Provides professional input and support to campuses on the use of multi-tiered systems of supports to address student needs
• Conducts behavioral observations
• Provides consultation regarding behavioral management/structured intervention strategies for teachers and/or parents
• Conducts functional behavioral assessment (FBA) through the use of comprehensive data gathering methods to develop Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP) and to delineate positive behavior strategies for teachers and other school staff
• Assists campus personnel in implementing student BIPs
• Maintains a positive and effective relationship with supervisors and coworkers
• Effectively communicates with colleagues, students, and parents

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with parents, teachers and other relevant staff members in developing and implementing IEPs
• Provides psychological expertise and renders a professional opinion addressing disability condition issues and their inter-relationship with disciplinary infractions in the context of ManifestationDetermination Review (MDR) meetings.
• Reviews initial FIEs for thoroughness and completeness.