Behavior Specialist
Stride, Inc.

Job Description

Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA) is a rapidly-growing organization that offers our teachers and staff members the excitement of exploring an emerging concept in education. Daily, our talented teachers and staff experience the impact they make on the lives of students. Join us and be inspired by the potential of our students.

Stride is a dynamic company on a mission to provide the most compelling, comprehensive, and effective K-12 education available. Our employees are a critical organization that is providing powerful, new options for the way children can be educated. They have a passion for education and a drive to make a difference pride ourselves on maintaining the highest level of integrity. We have the same high expectations for our employees as we do for the students who are in our programs. These are just a few of the values that make Stride a great place to work

AS A BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST, YOU WILL...

• Collaborate with teachers to identify and develop behavioral interventions for special education students, affect positive behavioral change in students, provide supporting interventions to families and/or students.
• Provides positive behavior supports (PBS) to teachers, parents, and other members of the IEP team;
• Monitors the behavior plan of students in special education;
• Develops model behavior plan templates for facilitating identification, documenting intervention data, and coordinating individual student goals and progress toward behavior goals; Monitors plans for teacher accountability and student success
• Provides initial and ongoing professional development training for staff in order to build capacity for outstanding behavior intervention service delivery; Collaborates with staff and administration to facilitate an understanding of the impact behavior has on student academic success, the importance of building a school-wide support system for students, parents, learning coaches, and teachers;
• Establishes a parent group for the purpose of establishing a Parent Advisory Committee for Behavior Intervention Services and Parent Support;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Organizational skills, multi-tasking abilities
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Flexible schedule; Ability to travel up to 35%
• Ability to pass required background check
  
  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor's Degree in human services, psychology, or social work, AND
• Minimum of 1 year experience working with students with behavioral issues OR
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

PREFERED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's Degree in social work or psychology, AND
• Minimum of 1 year experience working with students with behavioral issues

Job Type
Board Employee

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Stride, Inc. is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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