July 01, 2025

 

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 

JOB TITLE:  School-Wide Behavioral Specialist 

School: CCP, CES & CJSHS	School Year: 2025-26
Reports to: Director of Special Services	Bargaining Unit: CEA
Status: New Position	FTE: .6
Wage Range (Salaries are stated as an estimate only. Actual salary is confirmed only upon hire/job offer.) $61,925 -$114,589 (DOE)

Note: Employees are paid the last working day of each month.

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

Support staff in identifying and working through problem behaviors. Provide ongoing professional development in the area of behavior to all staff. Provide techniques and modeling of behavior intervention support to staff.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

The candidates should have the following qualifications:

1. Required:  Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Certification, as certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB), three years’ experience preferred.
2. Preferred: Experience as a social worker, school psychologist, or counselor in a school setting.  Current training and experience in behavior analysis, functional behavior assessments and interventions designed to build social-emotional competence in young children. 

ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supports staff in identifying and working through problem behaviors. Provides ongoing professional development in the area of behavior to all staff. Provides techniques and modeling of behavior intervention support to staff.

 

OTHER PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Travel to school sites as required for observations, functional behavioral assessments, behavior intervention plans, or programmatic recommendations for individual students. 
• Engage parents and staff in the process of creating behavior programs for students in order to empower stakeholders by providing them with skills and techniques to support the positive behavior development of students.
• Conducts functional behavior assessments and educational assessments, accurately identifying the function of challenging behavior and socially valid, pivotal behaviors to target. 
• Develops targeted behavior plans that recommend individualized, evidence-based behavioral strategies in a format accessible to staff, family members, other professionals. 
• Develops strong collaborative relationships and trains families, caregivers, and school staff to implement effective techniques across all environments, promoting progress and generalization.
• Provides ongoing training of school staff, ensuring intervention integrity and supporting the professional growth of staff. 
• Monitors progress and evaluates intervention effectiveness regularly, maintaining high rates of progress. 
• Identifies behavior goals and intervention techniques utilizing non-aversive behavior change methods. 
• Selects intervention and strategies according to the needs and desires and abilities of the individual, and prepares written behavior interventions and strategies, and support plans.
• Completes reports and other paperwork within the established timeframes. 
• Participates in building-level meetings as appropriate. 
• Assist in other areas as needed. 
• Completes other duties as assigned.  

Physical and Environmental Requirements of the Position:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, move about, hear and speak, and be visually observant of classroom behavior and learning activities.

 

The employee may occasionally lift, restrain, or move up to 100 pounds – most typically when required to intervene in student safety issues.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, or consistent with the subject being taught, but can be abnormally loud on occasion.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally work in outside weather conditions and be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, temperature fluctuations, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals commonly used in instruction and/or cleaning. It may be expected that the individual could be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials during the course of their duties. The employee may be exposed to infectious disease as carried by students.

 

The employee may be required to travel on school owned or leased vehicles while supervising and assisting students.

                               

Application Material Required

Go to https://www.csd49.org/Content2/employment-application to submit an online application. Complete online applications include: letter of interest, completed district application, resume, and three (3) letters of recommendation.

 

Questions regarding completion of application? Please contact:

Upuli Murray, Executive Assistant

Upuli_murray@csd49.org

(360) 302-5891

 

Open Until Filled

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About Chimacum Schools:

 

OUR PURPOSE

To be a caring community for courageous learners

 

OUR PROMISE

Every student is known by name, strength, and need, to inspire them to learn, dream, and become

 

Surrounded by farms and forests at the base of the Olympic Mountains and the edge of the Salish Sea, Chimacum Schools are the heart center of a proud and vibrant rural community. We offer a deeply rewarding work environment with dedicated colleagues, enriching professional development, community partnerships, and regionally competitive compensation. 

 

Chimacum provides PreK-12 students engaging place-based and hands-on learning, opportunities for accelerated learning like College in the High School coursework, locally produced school lunches, and an invitation to educational innovation and support, among other amazing professional opportunities.

 

The Chimacum Promise to our community is Every student is known by name, strength, and need, and aspires to learn, dream, and become. We are deeply dedicated to authentic collaborative practices and not fads to meet our students’ needs in the classroom setting, regardless of their academic, social, or behavioral differences.

The district reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the district desires. This job description is illustrative and in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. The job requirements are subject to change within the district’s sole discretion to reasonably accommodate qualified disabled individuals.

Chimacum School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.  The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: 
Civil Rights Coordinator: Stephanie McCleary, HR Director, 360.302.5894
Title IX Coordinator: Ryan Stevens, CJSHS Principal, 360.302.5905
HIB Compliance Officer:  Ryan Stevens, CJSHS Principal, 360.302.5905
Section 504 Coordinator: Sarah Walker, CCP Principal, 360.302.5823
Gender-Inclusive Schools Coordinator: Sarah Walker, CCP Principal, 360.302.5823

 

Chimacum School District will also take steps to assure that national origin persons who lack English language skills can participate in all education programs, services and activities. Contact Sarah Walker at (360) 302-5823 for information regarding translation services or transitional bilingual education programs

NOTE: All new employees are required to undergo a criminal history check via fingerprint cards with the Washington State Patrol and FBI. Employment is conditional pending a satisfactory background check.

 

Chimacum School District is a smoke and drug free workplace which includes nicotine delivering devices.