Elementary PBIS Specialist

Position:                      Elementary PBIS Specialist                                  
Posting Dates:             March 30, 2026 – Until Filled
Reports To:                 Great Lakes Elementary School Principal
Beginning:                   August 2026

Qualifications: 

• MSW w/School Social Work Certificate or Counselor credential and/or
• Teaching Certificate w/Special Ed Endorsement (EI preferred) and/or
• Elementary Teaching Certification with Behavioral Support Experience and/or
• School Psych/MA Psych. 

Job Responsibilities: 

Tier 1:

• Facilitate Implementation of school-wide Tier 1 PBIS Matrix
• Co-teach Tier 1 PBIS Bully Prevention Lessons Yg K-5th
• Assist principal and facilitate PBIS Committee, data collection, and communication.
• Work with PBIS Committee to increase weekly and monthly recognition for intended behavior.
• Develop more consistent ways to recognize students who are caught doing the right thing.
• Work with administration to facilitate roll out of Restorative Practices. 

Tier 2:

• Create and conduct small group re-teaching sessions based on collected data.
• Conduct and Facilitate Check in/Check-out interventions.
• Facilitate Restorative Circles/Practices with students and staff.
• Provide individual mental health and behavioral sessions to students in frequent need.
• Help manage, create, and implement Tier 2 Behavior Plans with existing team.
• Facilitate monthly meetings to review Tier 2 Behavior Plans.
• Observe students and teachers in non-evaluative manner.
• Provide suggestions to teachers who need behavioral support.
• Respond to and de-escalate Tier 2 behavior.
• Provide job embedded coaching to classroom teachers based on Trauma informed practices.
• Conduct on-task student observations and provide feedback to teachers and parents. 

Tier 3:

• Coordinate services with CMH, DHHS, and other community partners/service providers.
• Respond to and de-escalate in the moment Tier 3 aggressive and unsafe behavior.
• Attend monthly Child Study Meetings.
• Attend and help plan monthly PBIS Meetings
• Work collaboratively with school nurse, DHHS staff, and special education staff and general education staff in the building.
• Help provide families with wrap around services through the Parent Workshops and help families make connections to community services.
• Facilitate monthly meetings to review Tier 3 Behavior Plans.
• Continues to acquire professional knowledge and learning of current developments in the educational field by attending seminars, workshops or professional development meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned. 

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable in person attendance.