Behavior Support Specialist, KIPP Harmony Academy

KIPP•Baltimore, MD

5d•$55,000 - $60,000

About The Position

The Behavior Support Specialist will support school culture by providing preventative and responsive interventions to our highest-need students and their families to ensure improved academic and character outcomes. The BSS will partner with the school leaders and classroom teachers to support a trauma-informed school community.

Requirements

Evidence of strong relationships with families.
Unquestioned integrity and commitment to KIPP Baltimore’s mission and growth.
Professional demeanor, strong self-confidence.
Self-starter, takes initiative, leadership skills.
Ability to influence and motivate others. Build strong working relationships with colleagues.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent networking and interpersonal skills.
Ability to be flexible and adaptive.
Strong judgment and decision-maker.
Demonstrated skill in de-escalating conflict.
Exceptionally organized.
Ability to lift 40lbs.
A healthy measure of the character traits we value: zest, grit, hope, love, social intelligence, gratitude and a sense of humor.
Minimum of Para-educator level certification. (48 college credits or having passed the Parapro exam)

Nice To Haves

Minimum 3 years teaching experience (preferred, not required).

Responsibilities

Participates in SST and CST meetings relevant to caseloads, as needed.
Establishes and upholds consistently high expectations for student behavior.
Ensures that school-wide discipline structures effectively support students, families, teachers, and the school and adjust as needed through coaching.
Collaborates on school-wide incentives to plan and execute monthly school-wide incentives.
Builds positive relationships with students, families, and teachers.
Assists with lunchtime and after-school procedures as needed.
Mediates issues between key stakeholders with warmth, empathy, and decisiveness.
Observes students in classrooms to support teachers in developing intervention plans for students needing services.
Responds to support students in crisis.
Plans, coordinates, and supports teachers in implementing and monitoring the implementation of preventative behavior intervention plans for students.
Leads discipline initiatives for one grade level.
Works in close partnership with the school leadership team to meet the needs of students.
Works with the school leadership team to continue monitoring the strategic plan's goals to develop a Trauma-sensitive school community.
Builds staff and family mindsets about the importance of recognizing and understanding trauma's impact on our students.
Builds the staff and family mindsets about how we maintain high expectations while building structures to support students who have experienced trauma.
Builds structures within our school to ensure each classroom utilizes trauma-sensitive practices.
Monitors progress against goals to ensure students who have experienced trauma continue to improve their progress against academic outcomes.
Attends training and continuing education relevant to these job duties.
Leads and supports documentation.
Leads and supports reinstatement meetings.
Enters referral data into infinite campus and analyze data.
Participates in arrival and dismissal duties.
Ensures communication to parents around events, initiatives, daily activities, and important issues are clear and timely.
Co-leads a lunch block.
Supports timely transitions by monitoring students in the hallways and walking to and from classes, lunch, and recess.
Serves as a full-time and engaged member of KIPP Baltimore’s staff.