Behavior Support Specialist

Position Information

• Position Type: Student Support/Instructional Assistants/ Behavior Support Specialist
• Date Posted: 1/13/2026
• Location: Multiple Buildings
• Date Available: 01/20/2026
• Closing Date: Until Filled
• Building Assignment: Hickory and Cedar Elementaries

• Salary Lane: TECHD – Hourly pay starting at $27.25
• FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
• Assigned Workday Calendar: 181 days (School Year Days)
• Job Status: Full-Time – 36.25 Hours per Week
• Schedule: Monday – Friday, 7:20am - 3:00pm
• Benefits: Full-time positions are eligible for medical, dental insurance as well as supplemental benefits such as vision, life insurance, disability, etc. Eligible for PERF Retirement.
• Paid Time Off Benefits: Eligible
• Holiday Pay: Not Eligible

• Education: Degree preferred. Must have relevant experience that relates to behavior interventions and supports.
• Certification: None is required.
• Experience: A minimum of three to five years’ experience working with students with significant behavioral needs.
• Skills and Knowledge: Proven ability to work with a team of educators and administrators to develop and support behavior management systems. Strong ability to utilize data to develop behavior management plans and systems. Ultimate team player and natural ability to work with educators to implement plans for students. Good organizational, communication, and technology skills. Knowledge of student disabilities and strategies to address them.
• Other: Ability to maintain a positive relationship with pupils, staff, parents, and the community.

• Program in collaboration with school staff to support students’ needs.
• Collaborate with staff for student specific plans.
• Assist students and staff in crisis situations.
• Provides proactive strategies through ongoing consultation to staff, modeling of appropriate interactions, problem-solving and supporting staff to work with students with diverse needs.
• Collect data with school personnel to track behavior and academic progress.
• Works 1:1 with students and works with small groups as assigned.
• Assist with functional behavior assessments and behavior plans.
• Follows crisis intervention techniques to prevent or deescalate crisis situations.
• Project a genuine care and concern for all students.
• Participate in professional development, as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Avon Community School Corporation does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition in admission to its programs, services, or activities, in access to them, in treatment of individuals, or in any aspect of their operations. The Avon Community School Corporation also does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices.

This notice is provided as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Questions, complaints, or requests for additional information regarding these laws may be forwarded to the designated compliance coordinator, Kristin Williams, Director of Human Resources.