Behavior Specialist → 26/27 SY

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ChanceLight Behavioral Health, Therapy, & Educion, a growing, dynamic organizion with a social mission to offer hope, is seeking a Behavior Specialist to join our award-winning Special Educion team for the 2026-2027 School Year and perform meaningful work in a culture th welcomes innovion, encourages creive expression and offers limitless potential for personal and professional sisfaction!

If you thrive in a dynamic, student-centered environment, are driven by meaningful outcomes, and bring compassion, creivity, and resilience to every challenge, especially when supporting exceptional learners — We Should Talk! 📲

As a Behavior Specialist, you will guide and assist with our school-wide classroom implemention of the positive behavior support program, increasing positive student behaviors. This position always focuses first on proactive stregies when working with challenging behaviors and is immediely available to respond to crisis situions with the ability to de-escale students using CPI stregies, behavioral contracts and interventions documented in student’s behavioral intervention plan, if applicable.

‖ Responsibilities Include:

• Implementing targeted individual, group, and system-wide interventions to enhance positive academic, social-emotional, behavioral, and independent outcomes for students.
• Reinforcing positive student behavior, skillfully redirecting negive behaviors, and modeling effective behavioral stregies for staff.
• Maintaining accure and comprehensive records reled to student behavior stregies (SBS) and behavior intervention plans (BIPs).
• Collecting, analyzing, and charting behavioral da to effectively monitor student progress and inform instructional practices in collaborion with IEP teams.
• Providing practical support and guidance to classroom staff in monitoring individual student behaviors and implementing effective class-wide behavior management systems.
• Applying applied behavior analysis principles under the direction of a board-certified behavior analyst to improve student outcomes and proactively address disruptive behaviors.
• Conducting detailed behavioral observions essential for developing functional behavior assessments and creing individualized behavior intervention plans.
• Assisting teachers with preparion and execution of instructional activities, supervising students, and supporting classroom management tasks.
• Providing responsive and effective crisis intervention by promptly employing de-escalion techniques, prioritizing safety, and acting as a first responder to minimize disruptions to instruction and school operions.
• Completing thorough documention of behavioral incidents and reled reports, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with organizional policies.
• Adhering strictly to universal precautions and emergency protocols, including CPR, First Aid, and procedures for blood-borne phogens.
• Identifying, reporting, and addressing potential safety hazards, actively contributing to the site's safety committee.
• Actively tending and participing in team meetings, clinical supervision, staff meetings, teacher collaborion sessions, and stregic planning initiives.
• Participing in professional development opportunities to stay informed about current behavioral principles, stregies, and educional policies.
• Assisting in supervising students during school-reled activities, including field trips, bus duties, lunch supervision, playground monitoring, and transportion support as necessary.
• Performing additional duties and special projects as assigned to promote continuous program excellence and organizional improvement.

‖ Qualificions Required:

• Associe's degree or higher in a closely reled field of study.
• Bachelors degree or high in a closely reled field of study preferred.
• Licensed currently or in the process of obtaining a registered behavior technician (RBT) credential preferred.
• Ability to obtain and maintain certificion in company approved crisis management training.
• Prior experience providing behavioral instruction, guidance and/or support to children; preferably in an alternive, special educion and/or behavioral health program setting.
• Highly skilled in working with children with learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, emotional behavioral disorders and/or other reled disabilities.
• Well-versed in applied behavior analysis (ABA) including functional behavior assessment (FBA), positive behavior interventions and support (PBIS) and behavior intervention plans (BIP's) preferred.
• Proficiency in providing motivion and having critical conversions with students th help move them toward realistic goals.
• Ability to think and act quickly and calmly in an emergency situion and make independent decisions.
• Solid motivional skills and willingness to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities and new initiives. 
• Advanced oral and written communicion, organizion, conflict resolution, multitasking, problem solving, and decision-making ability.
• Knowledge of relevant technology including experience with computers, Microsoft Office Suite, dabase entry and basic office equipment.

ChanceLight Behavioral Health, Therapy, & Educion is the nion’s leading provider of alternive and special educion programs for children and young adults. For more than 50 years, and in partnership with over 235 school districts nionwide, we have helped change the direction of more than 240,000 student lives!

💻 Learn more about our history, our mission and the program services we provide by visiting the link below:

At ChanceLight we believe in providing more than just a job, as a member of our team you'll receive the opportunity to make meaningful impacts, the support needed to achieve success, and all the tools essential to reaching your personal & professional fulfillment!  Your ph to a truly rewarding career starts here – where growth, empowerment, and collaborion define our culture; and every day is a Chance to transform lives through educion!

‖ Perks and Benefits Include:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• FREE Telehealth and Virtual Counseling Sessions
• FREE Health Advocacy Services and 24/7 Nurse Line
• Company Paid Life & Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Personal Protection Insurance Plans
• Cigna Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Babies Program
• Legal Services Insurance 
• Pet Health Insurance
• Accrual-based Paid Time Off 
• School Hours and Paid Holiday Schedule
• Extensive Personal and Life Event Paid Leave Policy
• 401k Retirement Saving Plan
• Perks Work Employee Discount Program
• Opportunities for Growth & Development
• And So Much More!

If you're ready to start making lasting impacts on the lives of students and contribute to the creion of a brighter future — This Is Your Chance!

Join us and together, we can empower students to overcome challenges, build confidence and unlock their full potential!

Careers, With ChanceLight 💙 Work. With Purpose.

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Educion

• Associes or better in Reled Field of Study

• Bachelors or better in Reled Field of Study

Licenses & Certificions

• Ability to Obtain
• Crisis Prevention Inst

• Behavioral - RBT

Skills

• Special Educion
• Behavioral Disorders
• Learning Disabilities
• Crisis Intervention
• Student Coaching/Mentorship
• Emotional Disturbance
• Record Keeping & Reporting
• Individualized Educion Programs (IEP)
• Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
• Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)
• Behavior Intervention Plans - BIP
• Emergency Management
• Autism
• Performance Motivion
• Academic Support
• Working With At-Risk Students
• Problem Solving
• Conflict Resolution
• Attention to Detail
• Communicion
• Interpersonal Skills
• Computer Skills
• K-12 Educion
• Assistant Teaching
• 1:1 Student Instruction
• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
• Behavioral Support
• Behavioral Intervention

Behaviors

• Dediced: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivions

• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organizion

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