Behavior & Education Support Specialist
Behavior & Education Support Specialist
Seeking skilled Behavior & Education Support Specialist to provide educational and behavioral support for severely behaviorally challenged youth attending the ReLife School in Puyallup, Washington.
ReLife School offers a full continuum of multi-disciplinary services based on student strengths and needs to King and Pierce County districts and Bainbridge Island. Instruction is delivered to students in grades 2 through 12 in a site based model focused on academics with a strong social emotional component incorporated. The program encourages active parent and community involvement to serve the whole child. The mission of ReLife is “Meeting academic and behavioral needs, one student at a time".
PSESD is one of nine regional educational agencies serving school districts, charter schools and state-approved private schools in Washington. Educational Service Districts, created by the legislature, are an essential regional delivery system for early learning and K-12 services in the state. PSESD is committed to becoming an Antiracist Multicultural Organization driven by equity in education.
Qualifications
- High school diploma, GED or its equivalent and qualifying score of 461 on the Education Testing Service ParaPro Assessment; or an associate degree or higher from an accredited college or university; or seventy-two quarter credits or forty-eight semester credits at the one hundred level or higher at an accredited college or university; or completed an apprenticeship as a paraeducator, in a program registered with the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council.
- Experience working with youth in a mental health private, university, and/or special education setting
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience providing support to emotionally/behaviorally challenged students in a self-self-contained classroom (direct experience) and/or in in a resource room (indirect experience)
- Experience with de-escalation techniques
- Experience supporting teacher in delivering lessons, or in planning and delivering content-specific instruction
Describe experience meeting minimum qualifications (and preferred qualifications if applicable) in cover letter and resume
Position based in Puyallup.
School Schedule: 8 hours/day; 208 days/year.
Salary: $23.47 - $27.12/hour.
Salary offers consider candidate experience, qualifications, and internal equity.
Post-offer WorkSteps physical test required.
Excellent benefits and retirement package; 12 sick days, 11 paid holidays, participation in Washington State Department of Retirement System, Tax Sheltered Annuity Plans, subsidized ORCA card, and the opportunity to work in a highly engaged, customer-centric environment
PSESD is committed to having a diverse workforce and encourages all candidates meeting the minimum qualifications to apply.
Open until filled; for best consideration, submit complete application by Sunday, June 2, 2019.
Tentative interview: June 10, 2019 or June 11, 2019
For more information or to apply for this position, visit:
https://www.psesd.org/careers/job-posting-page/~board/job-postings/post/behavior-education-support-specialist
PSESD is committed to non-discrimination in all aspects of its education programs and employment practices. The agency prohibits discrimination in all aspects of its education programs and employment practices against any employee, applicant, student, intern or volunteer because of sex, race, creed, color, national origin, language, immigrant, refugee, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, pregnancy, marital status, religion, age, veteran or military status, physical, sensory, or mental disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. It is the policy of the Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) to employ persons on the basis of experience, training and merit, and to provide equal access of agency facilities to designated youth groups. Puget Sound ESD complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws as may pertain thereto. The administrator for Human Resources and Organizational Development will serve as the compliance officer for this policy and also serves as the Title IX/RCW 28A.640 Officer and Section 504 Coordinator.